HHS AWARDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION,
UNACCOMPANIED MINOR GRANTS IN SEATTLE
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced three domestic violence prevention grants totaling $174,663 and a $1 million grant to help unaccompanied children in the Seattle and Tacoma area. Representing President George W. Bush and Secretary Thompson, HHS Assistant Secretary for Children and Families Wade F. Horn, Ph.D., unveiled the grants in Seattle today.
“The Bush Administration is pleased to award these grants to help prevent domestic violence in the state of Washington and to reach out to children who do not have a parent in America,” said Secretary Thompson.
The domestic violence prevention grants are given to state domestic violence coalitions, nonprofit community-based organizations, Indian tribes and Native Alaskan villages under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Division at HHS. The three grants in Seattle include:
- Refugee Women’s Alliance, which received $50,000 to develop domestic violence survivors’ groups for refugee and immigrant women from Russia and Somalia;
- Seattle Children’s Home, which received $75,000 to help homeless street youth who have experienced domestic violence; and
- Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, which received $49,663 to improve the safety of victims with disabilities.
The unaccompanied children grant for $1 million was awarded to Pioneer Human Services in Seattle. The money will be used to provide staff-secured shelter for unaccompanied alien children.
“The grants the Bush Administration ar awarding today are designed to help combat the problem of domestic violence and to give safe shelter to youth at risk,” said Dr. Horn. “Those who have been abused and those who are in Seattle and Tacoma without a parent will have more opportunities for hope and safety as a result of these grants.”
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