TOPEKA – (September 29, 2016) – Two Manhattan organizations have been awarded more than $64,000 in grants to provide services for victims of crime, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced today.

The grants were awarded to support the following programs:

• Sunflower CASA Project, Inc., $8,000 to support the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program to ensure an increased number of children are able to benefit from volunteer advocacy through quality training and supervision.
• Sunflower CASA Project, Inc., $15,500 to provide supervised visitation and monitored exchange services to children and their non-residential parents.
• The Crisis Center, Inc., $41,410 to provide in-person, round-the-clock crisis intervention services, as well as safe shelter for victims of sexual and domestic violence in the five-county region.

The awards were made from the Protection from Abuse Fund, State Child Exchange and Visitation Centers Fund, and State Crime Victims’ Assistance Fund for Child Abuse and Neglect. The Protection from Abuse Fund is funded by State General Fund appropriations, marriage license fees, county court costs and municipal court assessments. The State Child Exchange and Visitation Centers is funded through marriage license fees and State General Fund appropriations. The State Crime Victims’ Assistance Fund is funded though the remittance of applicable fines, penalties and forfeitures from clerks of the district courts. The State Crime Victims’ Assistance Fund for Child Abuse and Neglect is funded through county court costs, municipal court assessments and State General Fund appropriations.

This year, the attorney general’s office awarded nearly $2.2 million in grants to local and state crime victim assistance organizations. More information on the grant programs and the full list of award recipients is available on the attorney general’s website at www.ag.ks.gov.