Sunday, December 4, 2011

Walker balanced budget by cutting Sexual Assault Victim Services grant. It's Working.

It’s working…again?

Tough budget decisions have benefited big business in Wisconsin, resulting in …nothing much at all but job losses. But the most needy, like sexual assault victims, have been abandoned. This is what conservative voters and the Walker administration thinks is working.
Channel3000: The Wisconsin Justice Department plans to dramatically cut funding for organizations that help sexual assault victims. DOJ provides grants to victim service providers through its Sexual Assault Victim Services program. Agency officials warned providers in November that they plan to cut the grants by 42.5 percent … had to make the cuts because the state budget has imposed a 10 percent cut to all state agencies and another $174.3 million in cuts on top of that.

The Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault is calling the cuts disastrous. DOJ officials said they are aware of the challenges the cuts present but they have little choice.

Walker and the DOJ made sure we knew they were tough on sex crimes. Just don't bring up the victims.  

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