SOUTH BEND -- Indiana advocates for victims of domestic violence plan to be at a meeting Friday to protest what they see as a loss of more than $1 million in state funding.
But state officials say they plan to keep funding stable this year for the Domestic Violence Treatment and Prevention program.
And at the YWCA North Central Indiana, President and CEO Linda Baechle said her shelter cannot sustain another loss. It has already had to cope with a loss of $60,000 in United Way funding for the shelter and services last year, then a drop of another $18,000 from United Way this year, she said.
The YWCA has seen spikes in people coming to the shelter in recent weeks, including a day when eight families checked in, Baechle said.
The state's Treatment and Prevention program often pays for staff, she said.
There was confusion earlier Wednesday when the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence described a total of $1.25 million in cuts to the program, which Gov. Mike Pence's office quickly denied.
As it did in 2013, the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute plans to spend $2,070,660 on the Treatment and Prevention program this year, said Gary Abell, spokesman for the institute.
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