SAVE: Call Judiciary Members Today: 'Where's All the Money Going?'

Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2012-01-30 14:56

The Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was postponed until this coming week to allow more time for staff to negotiate several sticking points. And well they should, because victims are demanding to know, "Where's all the money going?"
 
Time and time again, domestic violence victims are being turned away by the very agencies that are supposed to be helping them, or are getting the DV runaround. One Department of Justice audit reached this disturbing conclusion:
 
$638,298, or about 47 percent, of $1.3 million given to Jane Doe, Inc., also known as the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, was identified as unsupported and unallowable payroll expenditures, unallowable bonus payments, and unallowable and unreasonable conference expenditures.
 
So the problem isn't a lack of funding. The problem is lack of accountability.

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Here's the letter I FAXed to all ten Dem's. on the Senate Judiciary Committee, including Feinstein and my other Senator (not on that committee) Barbara Boxer.

Please feel free to borrow any, or all, of the letter and send your own FAX, or phone call. Even an email would be better than nothing, but I heard that's the least effective way to contact them.

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Please vote for the Partner Violence Reduction Act (PVRA). The Violence Against Women Act needs more financial accountability.

Where's all the money going?

Time and time again, domestic violence victims are being turned away by the very agencies that are supposed to be helping them, or are getting the DV runaround. One Department of Justice audit reached this disturbing conclusion:

“$638,298, or about 47 percent, of $1.3 million given to Jane Doe, Inc., also known as the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, was identified as unsupported and unallowable payroll expenditures, unallowable bonus payments, and unallowable and unreasonable conference expenditures."

The Violence Against Women Act doesn’t have a problem with a lack of funding. It has a problem with a lack of accountability. Please increase accountability for all domestic violence programs and services by voting for the Partner Violence Reduction Act (PVRA) and assure taxpayer’s that their money is being used the way domestic violence legislation says it’s being used.

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Submitted by MR on Tue, 2012-01-31 19:20

Senator Richard Blumenthal
702 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-0703
Fax: 202-224-9673

Senator Christopher A. Coons
127A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Fax: 202-228-3075

Senator Dick Durbin
711 Hart Senate Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
FAX (202) 228-0400

Senator Dianne Feinstein
331 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
Fax: (202) 228-3954

Senator Al Franken
309 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-2304:
Fax: 202-224-0044

Senator Herb Kohl
330 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Fax: (202) 224-9787

Senator Amy Klobuchar
302 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
FAX 202-228-2186

Senator Patrick Leahy
437 Russell Senate Bldg
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Fax: 202-224-3479

Senator Charles E. Schumer
322 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington D.C. 20510
Fax: 202-228-3027

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Hart Senate Office Building
Room 717
Washington, D.C. 20510
FAX (202)-228-6362

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Submitted by MR on Tue, 2012-01-31 19:26