MIAMI VALLEY — The Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services has awarded more than $3 million in grants to domestic violence shelters across the state.
Five of these shelters are in the Miami Valley with funding totaling over $500,000:
- Auglaize County Crisis Center
- Family Violence Prevention Center
- Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County
- Artemis Center
- New Choices, Inc.
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The funding plans to help community-based, non-profit organizations provide emergency shelter and/or supportive services for victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence and their families, according to a media release.
Funds can also be used for COVID-19 testing, vaccine access, mobile health unit access, workforce expansions and more.
All awards will support 15 months of program funding from July 1, 2023 through Sept. 30, 2024.