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Violence Against Women Act Supports Laurel House, Montco Organizations
Congress must pass VAWA in order for funding to be maintained. Casey supporting the Act.
Last year, 530 adults were turned away from a shelter in Bucks and Montgomery counties due to lack of room, said a report on PhillyBurbs.com. "Should Congress fail to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which pays for programs that help victims of domestic violence, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., said it would encourage 'a terrible, horrific betrayal of who we are as a people' and make it more difficult to help victims," said the article. VAWA, according to WhiteHouse.gov's fact sheet, is credited with decreasing domestic violence against women by 67 percent from 1993 to 2010. The fact sheet calls the Act a "landmark federal legislation’s comprehensive approach to violence against women combined tough new provisions to hold …
Melissa Treacy
2:54 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Thank you to our readers. State Rep. Brendan Boyle has also sponsored a resolution in the State House calling on Congress to reauthorize the VAWA. For more read his post here: http://www.pahouse.com/boyle/PAHouseNews.asp?doc=28782 more ›