Fair Haven rape crisis center receives $500K grant for services

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Fair Haven Rape Crisis Center received a second infusion of federal cash late last month, this time to help with survivors’ needs once they’re in the program.

The center will receive $500,000 from the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking (Transitional Housing Program) courtesy of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Representative Frank J. Mrvan’s office announced November 24. Fair Haven in April 2024 received $1.8 million in local and federal money to purchase the downtown Highland building in which it’s resided for the last 20 years to add “stabilization housing,” the Post-Tribune previously reported.

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