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Officials oppose cuts to domestic violence services

Mar 06, 2015 5:45 am
Ryan Anglim is reporting in The Daily Mail the Greene County Legislature Resources Committee has taken a position in opposition to the elimination of state funding for non-residential domestic violence services. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposed 2015-16 state budget eliminates the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families non-residential domestic violence services funding. The fund currently supports Community Action of Greene County's aftercare program that supports victims leaving shelters. In 2014, Community Action sheltered 59 people in Greene County; Columbia County sheltered 120 people. All were offered aftercare services as well. Community Action has seen its federal and state funding diminish over the past several years. The resolution approved unanimously by the Resources Committee will go to the full Legislature for a vote later this month. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.