MONTGOMERY – Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded two grants totaling $70,381 to support a nonprofit organization that serves child abuse victims in nine southeast Alabama counties.
The grants will help the Exchange Center for Child Abuse Prevention in Dothan provide individual and family counseling, support groups and other assistance to victims of child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault. The free services are available to residents of Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Pike counties.
Along with grants, the center relies on private donations to ensure that free services remain available for victims.
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs is administering the grants from funds made available to the state by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ADECA administers a wide range of programs that support law enforcement, workforce development, energy conservation, economic development, water resource management and recreation.
Bentley notified Kevin Payne, the center’s board president, that the grants had been approved.
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