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Domestic violence continues to rise. The number of adults cared for in the state this year is likely to exceed 2020 with a projected 12% increase, according to VSDVAA figures.
Yet across the state, programs designed to help people who experience domestic violence have lost more than half of their funding since 2018.
The Victims of Crime Act grants funds to victim service providers, including programs for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and other crimes. Survivor programs offer a range of services in different communities, including legal assistance, counseling, support groups, housing assistance, and more, to help with problems survivors may face.
VOCA grants for survival programs are financed by the federal government from crimes that were white-collar crimes in the past.
However, funds for VOCA grants have declined sharply as the Justice Department makes more deferred, rather than criminal, prosecution arrangements.
Virginia’s VOCA award for fiscal 2021 will hit a five-year low with a nearly $ 7 million cut in state utility funds, according to a letter from members of the Virginia Advisory Committee on Sexual and Domestic Violence to Virginia’s U.S. Senators.
For fiscal 2021, the funding will be approximately $ 27.8 million – up from $ 85.4 million in 2018.
