SB 234 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES

Sen Nancy Rodriguez

Actions: [4] SCC/SHPAC/SFC-SCC-germane-SHPAC [6] DP-SFC

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

 Senate Bill 234 (SB 234) appropriates four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) for domestic violence services. 

 Senate Bill 234 (SB 234) appropriates four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) from the General Fund (GF) to the Children, Youth and Families Department for expenditure in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 and subsequent FYs to provide or contract for services to provide domestic violence services.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a FY will not revert to the GF.
 

 Currently the CYFD funds programs as listed on its website to provide immediate shelter and a wide range of supportive services for victims/survivors of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence and their dependents. Though not every provider offers every service, they form a network of services, and advocates within each program will work to get every survivor the services and supports they need to find safety and hope in the future. A person may contact the programs directly for information, referral, or for immediate crisis intervention. CYFD also uses the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800‐799‐7233 or chat with an advocate through their website (thehotline.org), who will connect survivors to the programs in this list and answer questions.