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While unable to disclose its share of the money, the Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre Society said the funds will be used to hire additional staff for its domestic violence and sexual assault response team, enabling 24-hour access to its crisis support line and being able to accompany survivors of violence during hospital visits. The three-year, $10-million grant will help fill gaps in funding created when all funding to provincial sexual assault centres was cut nearly 20 years ago, according to a press release from EVABC. EVABC executive director Tracy Porteous said the society has been in talks with the provincial government for 18 years regarding the status of sexual assault response and the funding needed to provide services for survivors.