The General Assembly declares that it is the policy of this Commonwealth to support the efforts of public and private community groups seeking to provide assistance to and treatment for the victims of domestic violence and to provide recognition to the need to combat all phases of domestic violence in this Commonwealth. To this end […]
It shall be the responsibility of the Department, to the extent funds are appropriated by the General Assembly or otherwise made available: 1. To support, strengthen, evaluate, and monitor community-based domestic violence programs funded by the Department and to act as the administrator for state grant funds and the disbursal of federal funds pursuant to […]
Local departments may, to the extent that funds are available: 1. Promote interagency cooperation at the local level for technical assistance, data collection and service delivery; and 2. Provide services directly to victims of domestic violence. 1985, c. 20, § 63.1-317.1; 2002, c. 747.
Subject to regulations of the Board and to the availability of state or federal funds for services to the victims of domestic violence, the Department is authorized to: 1. Receive state and federal funds for services to the victims of domestic violence; 2. Disperse funds through matching grants to local, public or private nonprofit agencies […]
In dispersing funds through grants to local agencies to provide service programs for the victims of domestic violence, the Department may fund both administrative functions and the delivery of direct services, including a portion of: the operational costs of offices and shelters including staff, rent, utilities, travel and supplies; twenty-four-hour crisis intervention hotlines; counseling; information […]
