the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act --- The renewed act expanded federal protections to gays, lesbians and transgender individuals, Native Americans and immigrants.
Many grant programs authorized in VAWA have been funded by the U.S. Congress. The following grant programs, which are administered primarily through the Office on Violence Against Women in the U.S. Department of Justice have received appropriations from Congress: STOP Grants (State Formula Grants) Transitional Housing Grants Grants to Encourage Arrest and Enforce Protection Orders Court Training and Improvement Grants Research on Violence Against Indian Women National Tribal Sex Offender Registry Stalker Reduction Database Federal Victim Assistants Sexual Assault Services Program Services for Rural Victims Civil Legal Assistance for Victims Elder Abuse Grant Program Protections and Services for Disabled Victims Combating Abuse in Public Housing National Resource Center on Workplace Responses Violence on College Campuses Grants Safe Havens Project Engaging Men and Youth in Prevention On Mar 8, 10:13 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank You RepublicansPosted byLaurence Vanceon March 7, 2013 07:06 PM > President Obama has signed into law the reauthorization of the Violence > Against Women Act. It passed the House with the help of 85 Republicans. > Thanks Republican defenders of the Constitution. Thanks a lot. And since > Republicans have controlled the House since January of 2010, they are > responsible for every bill that Obama has signed since then. I note also that > the Violence Against Women Act was reauthorized in 2005--with a Republican > president and Republican majorities in the House and Senate. Thank you > Republicans. -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
