MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Victim service providers call on the Wisconsin State Legislature to fully fund the Department of Justice’s victim services budget request.
Victim service providers and advocates are calling on the Wisconsin State Legislature to fully fund the Department of Justice’s victim services budget request.
“Everybody is victims of crime. I don’t want to downsize it, but it’s not just your sexual assault victims. It’s not your homicide victims. It’s not just your domestic. It’s your elderly, it’s financial crimes, it’s your traffic crimes,” said Jessica Bryan, victim services manager for Eau Claire County. “It is everybody that we are serving, and it’s just, it’s very sad that we’re here today fighting for those dollars.”
Late Friday, the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance approved $20 million to go towards victim services. DOJ had requested nearly $68 million over two years. Bryan took part in a Monday media conference with Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul.