Nearly $1.5 million in economic recovery money coming to Nevada

May 19, 2009

 Washington, D.C. – Nevada Senator Harry Reid today announced nearly $1.5 million in economic recovery act funding to create jobs helping respond to and prevent domestic violence in the Silver State.

Funded through the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) of the Department of Justice, the money will assist communities in their efforts to hire and retain criminal justice and victim services personnel that respond to violent crimes against women as a way to develop and strengthen effective law enforcement, prosecution strategies, and victim services in cases involving violent crimes against women.

To further the purposes of the recovery act, OVW encourages states to target recovery act funding to hiring and retaining criminal justice and victim services personnel who respond to violent crimes against women, as well as supporting other strategies that create and preserve jobs and promote economic growth while improving responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.

“Economic recovery funding is not just about jobs; it is about helping those in our community when they are most vulnerable,” Reid said. “This money will create jobs for Nevadans, and it will also protect women and their families suffering from the fallout of domestic violence.”