Blunt Announces Over $7.4 Million in Victims
of Crime Act (VOCA) Grants
JEFFERSON CITY, October 6, 2005-Gov. Matt Blunt today
announced that 121 victim service agencies in Missouri will receive
over $7.4 million in the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant funding.
“We must support the agencies and organizations
that serve Missourians who have been violently and needlessly victimized,”
Blunt said. “An important part of the justice process is making
sure victims are not forgotten. It is only fitting that the funds
for this grant come from court fees and fines levied on offenders.”
VOCA dollars fund programs that serve victims of sexual
assault, spousal abuse, child abuse, underserved populations of victims
of violent crimes in addition to victims of various other crimes.
VOCA funding often goes to programs that offer crisis intervention,
emergency services, support services, court related services and training.
The Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) of 1984 was passed
by Congress to assist states in providing high quality services that
directly improve the health and well being of victims of crime. The
U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, administers
these funds at the federal level, and the Missouri Department of Public
Safety administers the VOCA funds at the state level. Fines and forfeitures
collected by federal courts provide funding for this grant program.
The following contracts began October 1, 2005 and end
September 30, 2006:
City, Agency, Award
Benton Scott, County of $ 31,967.50
Bethany Harrison, County of $ 23,493.16
Branson Women’s Crisis Center of Taney County $ 68,512.00
Brentwood Long Term Care Ombudsman Program $ 15,440.00
Camdenton Citizens Against Domestic Violence $ 73,351.54
Camdenton Kids Harbor Inc. $ 75,788.20
Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau, City of $ 32,891.65
Cape Girardeau Safe House for Women, Inc. $ 63,259.05
Cape Girardeau SEMO-NASV $ 68,804.02
Carrollton Carroll, County of $ 10,207.14
Centerville Reynolds, County of $ 28,938.00
Chillicothe Livingston, County of $ 39,069.62
Clinton FAITH, INC. $ 23,726.18
Clinton Henry, County of $ 34,144.26
Columbia Boone, County of $ 52,139.00
Columbia Comprehensive Human Services, Inc. $ 95,709.62
Columbia L.E.A.D. Institute, The $128,876.63
Columbia University of Missouri $ 4,560.00
Columbia Child Abuse and Neglect Emergency Shelter $ 33,890.22
East Prairie Susanna Wesley Family Learning Center $ 43,374.00
Ellington Whole Health Outreach $ 67,335.24
Eminence Shannon, County of $ 24,436.16
Farmington SEMO Family Violence Council $104,604.00
Festus COMTREA, Inc. $ 62,400.00
Fulton Callaway County CARDV $ 38,562.93
Grain Valley Grain Valley, City of $ 29,997.94
Grant City Worth, County of $ 14,347.79
Greenfield Betterment Assn of Dade County Communities $ 34,061.98
Hannibal AVENUES $ 90,854.00
Harrisonville Hope Haven $ 91,346.06
Hermitage Mary Shaw Butler Shelter & Victims Center $ 27,175.32
Hillsboro Jefferson, County of $ 57,483.00
Huntsville Randolph, County of $ 22,864.15
Independence Child Abuse Prevention Association-CAPA $ 94,820.89
Independence Hope House, Inc. $191,854.35
Jefferson City Jefferson City Rape and Abuse Crisis Service $115,113.43
Jefferson City Mothers Against Drunk Driving $150,632.67
Joplin Children’s Center of Southwest Missouri $ 74,806.36
Joplin Lafayette House $ 90,440.53
Kansas City Child Advocacy Services Center Inc. $ 23,125.35
Kansas City Jackson, County of $ 38,688.00
Kansas City Jackson, County of $ 48,136.50
Kansas City Kansas City, City of $ 28,099.92
Kansas City Legal Aid of Western Missouri $ 37,000.00
Kansas City Mattie Rhodes Memorial Society $ 29,682.84
Kansas City MOCSA $138,208.81
Kansas City NEWHOUSE $157,231.93
Kansas City Rose Brooks Center, Inc. $189,704.51
Kimberling City Christian Associates of Table Rock Lake $ 62,802.80
Kingston Caldwell, County of $ 39,362.21
Kirksville Victim Support Services $125,548.00
Lebanon COPE $ 50,530.82
Lees Summit Parents of Murdered Children $ 6,550.00
Lexington House of Hope, Inc. $ 83,339.24
Linneus Linn, County of $ 67,371.30
Malden Center for Family Resources, Inc. $ 33,270.00
Marshall 15th Judicial Circuit $ 11,500.00
Marshall Lighthouse Shelter, The $ 56,773.68
Marshall Saline, County of $ 27,459.57
Marshfield Team for Education & Asst with Comm Hlth $ 33,916.72
Mexico Audrain County Crisis Intervention $ 61,005.51
Milan Sullivan, County of $ 23,823.40
Moberly Safe Passage $ 44,820.50
Mountain View Agape House Inc. $ 38,960.00
Nevada Council on Families in Crisis, Inc. $ 52,487.78
Nevada Vernon, County of $ 12,434.58
New Madrid New Madrid, County of $ 25,000.00
Parkville Synergy Services, Inc. $100,285.00
Perryville Regional Family Crisis Center $ 59,926.77
Pineville McDonald, County of $ 24,779.64
Plattsburg Clinton, County of $ 26,127.27
Poplar Bluff Haven House, Inc. $ 96,094.24
Rock Port C.A.R.E. of Atchison County, Inc. $ 37,362.00
Rolla Phelps County Family Crisis Services $119,222.77
Sedalia CASA, Inc. $ 99,802.86
Sedalia Child Safe of Central Missouri Inc. $ 23,959.20
Sedalia Pettis, County of $ 26,814.74
Sikeston House of Refuge for Abused and Battered Women $ 42,798.00
Springfield Child Advocacy Center Inc. $ 56,589.40
Springfield CASA of Southwest Missouri $ 15,850.00
Springfield Family Violence Center $131,838.34
Springfield Legal Services of Southern Missouri $ 26,855.70
Springfield Legal Services of Southern Missouri $ 27,001.50
Springfield Victim Center, The $131,385.00
Sullivan COMTREA, Inc. $ 35,069.36
St. Charles Bridgeway Counseling Services, Inc. $ 64,879.00
St. Charles Bridgeway Counseling Services, Inc. $ 27,732.04
St. Charles St. Charles, County of $ 79,895.13
St. Charles St. Charles, County of $ 49,728.42
St. Charles Youth In Need Inc. $ 32,410.00
St. Joseph YWCA-St. Joseph $109,225.86
St. Louis ALIVE, Inc. $157,513.60
St. Louis Barnes-Jewish Hospital $ 84,780.00
St. Louis Crime Victim Advocacy Center of St. Louis $125,949.28
St. Louis Family Resource Center $132,589.20
St. Louis Legal Advocates for Abused Women $ 55,484.34
St. Louis Legal Services of Eastern Missouri $ 40,000.00
St. Louis Life Source Consultants $ 61,823.38
St. Louis Redevelopment Opportunities for Women Inc $ 47,741.90
St. Louis St. Louis Circuit Attorney $155,064.80
St. Louis St. Louis, County of $ 94,756.00
St. Louis St. Martha’s Hall $101,011.44
St. Louis Voices for Children $ 35,396.00
St. Louis Women’s Safe House, The $ 92,826.82
St. Louis Women’s Support and Community Services $138,801.13
St. Louis YWCA Metro St. Louis $126,462.36
St. Louis Lydia's House Inc. $ 60,932.91
St. Louis University of Missouri $ 16,067.87
St. Louis University of Missouri $ 50,215.40
Tecumseh Emerald City $ 22,000.00
Trenton Green Hills Community Action Agency $ 93,873.00
Troy Bridgeway Counseling Services, Inc. $ 55,279.65
Tuscumbia Miller, County of $ 10,476.20
Warrensburg Survival Adult Abuse Center Inc. $ 95,340.55
Warrenton Warren County Council Against Domestic Violence $ 42,371.04
Warrenton Warren, County of $ 28,639.86
Warsaw Benton, County of $ 28,586.96
Waynesville Genesis: A Place of New Beginnings $ 57,132.39
Wentzville Child Center, Inc., The $ 38,240.00
West Plains Christos House $ 35,798.00
West Plains Howell, County of $ 30,374.50
For more information on the 2005 VOCA grants, please
contact Terri Durdaller at (573) 751-4819.