Concordia agencies receive grants for victims of crimes

TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has announced that two Concordia organizations have been awarded more than $41,000 in grants to provide services for victims of crime.
The 12th Judicial District Supervised Visitation Service, Inc. has received $32,500 to provide supervised visitation and child exchange services in north central Kansas.
North Central Kansas CASA, Inc. was awarded $9,000 to continue to raise awareness and recruit CASA volunteers through Friends of CASA in Mitchell and Republic counties, and to train, support and supervise CASA volunteers in Cloud, Mitchell, Jewell, Lincoln and Republic counties.
“Organizations across Kansas do great work every day to support victims of crime,” Schmidt said, “We are proud to support these organizations through the victims services grant programs.”
The awards were made from the State Child Exchange and Visitation Centers Fund and the State Crime Victims' Assistance Fund for Child Abuse and Neglect.
The State Child Exchange and Visitation Centers Fund is funded through marriage license fees and state general fund appropriations. The State Crime Victims' Assistance Fund for Child Abuse and Neglect is funded through county court costs, municipal court assessments and state general fund appropriations.
The Attorney General's office awarded more than $2.5 million in grants this year to local and state crime victim assistance organizations.
For more information on the grant programs and the full list of award recipients to to www.ag.ks.gov.