LANSING, Mich.– The Crime Victims Fund is a federal fund that goes towards organizations that support victims of crime. These organizations include domestic violence shelters, child advocacy centers, rape crisis centers, and many others. This upcoming fiscal year, the federal fund is being slashed by $600 million.
The Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office reported more than 2,000 domestic violence charges in 2020, 2021 and 2022. In the United States, 12 million individuals each year experience intimate partner physical abuse, dating stalking or rape. When an adult or child is subject to domestic violence, there are many resources available–resources that rely on the dwindling Crime Victims Fund.
Hear more about what the Crime Victims Fund is, why it is decreasing, and how this decrease will impact organizations in the Lansing area, including insight from Alex Brace, Small Talk Children’s Advocacy Center’s executive director, Kaitlyn Fales, SIREN/Eaton Shelter’s program director and Senator Sarah Anthony.