The fund that supports programs for domestic and sexual violence victims is set to be reduced by $25 million. Nonprofits are calling on legislators to take action.
The fund that supports programs for domestic and sexual violence victims is set to be reduced by $25 million. Nonprofits are calling on legislators to take action.
Chancellor, WSU-Spokane: 2013-17 ); })() The largest division within the agency actually deals with housing and community services, Brown says, which includes seeverything from the state housing trust fund and the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy to a spectrum of homelessness services. The state energy office is also housed in her roughly 300-person agency. Hundreds of millions of dollars in state grants and financial assistance to people and businesses have flowed through the agency to those in need during the pandemic. So there s that whole spectrum of things that are not normally in Commerce in other states, Brown says. We re really not one of the biggest agencies in state government, but we have like 90-some programs.