Budget Falls Short for Domestic Violence Programs

By Allison Stevens Women's eNews
Friday 17 February 2006

The president's spending plan for next year omits programs approved last year in the Violence Against Women Act. Anti-violence advocates challenge the cuts as political, saying the savings are too small to make a dent in the overall budget picture.

Washington, DC - President Bush is not putting his money where his mouth is on domestic violence policy, advocates argue.

One month after he held a ceremony in the Oval Office to sign legislation that would authorize a considerable increase in funding to aid victims of domestic violence, Bush proposed an overall cut to domestic violence programs and services and included no funding for the law's new programs, effectively placing them on indefinite hold.

The news, delivered last week in the president's fiscal 2007 budget resolution, a non-binding document that serves as a blueprint for government spending, dampened the spirits of domestic violence activists. >>>cont



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