Following federal cuts, the groups requested $132 million in additional funding to be put in the state budget. When the budget was approved, there was $50.8 million.
When Heaven Strothers learned two of her children had been sexually abused by her then-husband, it felt like “the floor shattered and fell out from underneath” her.
Many questions remain as the police investigation continues into the deaths of 27-year-old Meshay “Karmen” Melendez and her 7-year-old daughter, Layla Stewart.