Fed'l money to keep CT shelters open

Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on November 8th, 2009

Hartford (AP) – Connecticut will use federal stimulus money to help some domestic violence shelters across the state stay open around-the-clock and preserve five state prosecutor positions.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell says the state has notified the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence that $1 million of the federal money will be used to expand hours at CCADV member shelters across the state.

The $1 million covers the equivalent of 10 full-time staffers at five locations, to be chosen by CCADV.

The state has also received $545,000 to preserve five domestic violence prosecutor positions in the state. Two are located in the Hartford judicial district. The others are located in the Ansonia/Milford district, Stamford and Windham districts.

| Posted in News, Gov. Jodi Rell
| 10 feedbacks »
Comment from: Independant Observer [Visitor] Email
Correction-- it is not Federal Money it is your money. Don't loose sight of that.
11/08/09 @ 19:18
Comment from: Todd [Visitor] Email
Great, IO.. When the shelters close, hopefully they will put all the homeless on your front lawn.
11/08/09 @ 19:25
Comment from: Visitor2 [Visitor] Email
"Great, IO.. When the shelters close, hopefully they will put all the homeless on your front lawn. "

Why don't you take some of them into your home ?

Your talk is cheap.......


11/08/09 @ 20:13
Comment from: Able [Visitor] Email
'Correction-- it is not Federal Money it is your money. Don't loose sight of that.'

All money is our money. Todd, this is for domestic abuse shelters, not homeless shelters.
11/08/09 @ 23:49
Comment from: Todd [Visitor] Email
Woops! I guess I read to quickly. I'll just put the battered women on his front lawn, maybe Visitor2 can take some as well.

If these two believe society doesn't need to take care of others for the collective good, then maybe they should experience taking care of others who need help first hand. Maybe then their position would change.
11/09/09 @ 08:08
Comment from: GLENNA MACDONALD [Visitor] Email
Walk a mile in their shoes and see how your heart feels then.Money can be replaced people can`t.~Peace Glenna~
11/09/09 @ 08:14
Comment from: Independant Observer [Visitor] Email
I can remember the day when many church organizations dealt effectively with these problems. It wasn't until the government dependency became a reality that it became a tax payer problem.
11/09/09 @ 10:45
Comment from: Todd [Visitor] Email
IO - many of these organizations work off grants and are privately funded.
11/09/09 @ 14:26
Comment from: Sarah [Visitor] Email
Yea I don't think the government has been too effective when dealing with these matters over charities such as the church. Charities have done a much better job. Many churches have been performing charitable work for centuries while the government is restrained by politics of the day and is usually indifferent and ineffective.
The Catholics have been the largest and in recent decades the LDS, Morman, have done an outstanding job in education and charitable work as well.
11/09/09 @ 16:36
Comment from: Able [Visitor] Email
Churches, and the government for that matter, do not address the root causes of domestic abuse, or homelessness for that matter. They fail in those regards.
11/09/09 @ 17:57

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