News Release

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute awarded $500,000 in grant funding to 26 non-profits, to provide emergency shelter and services to victims of domestic violence and their dependents.

One of the recipients is the Beaman Home, Warsaw, which was awarded $17,400.

The funding was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Social Services Block Grant program.

“Domestic violence shelters are there for people during some of the darkest moments in their lives,” said Devon McDonald, ICJI executive director. “They provide a safe haven in the community, and we’ll continue to use every tool at our disposal to reinforce the work they’re doing to care for those in need.”

Established in 1981, the SSBG program is a flexible funding source that allows states to tailor social service programming to address their needs. In Indiana, the funding is distributed to the Indiana Department of Child Services, which allocates a portion to ICJI to assist residential domestic violence programs.

This year, organizations will use the grants to provide items like food, clothing, transportation and shelter to survivors in crisis. The goal of the program is to help offset the cost of certain operational expenses, so that other funding may be used to provide support services.