LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky county attorney has received a federal grant to fund work with domestic violence victims in Louisville.
The grant for approximately $176,000 from the federal Victims of Crime Act will go toward funding three victim advocates in Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell’s office. O’Connell said in a statement that one of the advocates will focus on victims who are at high risk of deadly abuse.
A nearly $24,000 increase in the grant this year will go toward training for intimate partner/family violence, interpreter services, and increased pension obligations.
It was one of four federal grants totaling $1.5 million announced Monday by political leaders in Louisville. The awards included a $750,000 Improving Criminal Justice Responses award, which will partially go toward training prosecutors and advocates in the county attorney’s office.
Kentucky attorney gets domestic violence prevention grant
The grant for approximately $176,000 from the federal Victims of Crime Act will go toward funding three victim advocates