An Act To Prevent Violence against Maine Families and To Provide Adequate Intervention in Cases of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Purchased Social Services

Initiative: Provides funds for the department to contract with community-based agencies to provide school-based and community-based domestic violence and sexual assault projects for education, prevention and provision of direct services.

GENERAL FUND	2007-08	2008-09
All Other	$4,600,000	$4,600,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$4,600,000	$4,600,000

summary

This bill makes a General Fund appropriation of $4,600,000 in each of fiscal years 2007-08 and 2008-09 for the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with community-based agencies to provide school-based and community-based sexual assault and domestic violence prevention education and to sustain the efforts already in place to protect Maine citizens from domestic violence and sexual assault and to provide services to victims of those crimes.