States to Spend Cash for Women’s Programs

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State by State Details of Spending Plans *
State Total Distribution Fund Organization Distribution Amount
Alabama $240,000 The Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham. (Money will be used to support organizations whose purpose is to fund, enhance or otherwise benefit women’s health, education, safety or vocational programs. Will distribute the money through an endowment plan from 2001-2010
Alaska $68,228.05 Alaska Dept. of Health & Social Services, Division of Public Health, Section of Maternal, Child and Family Health for the Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project. 100%
American Samoa $6,650.22 Requests extension of time to file a distribution plan. N/A
Arizona $526,257.10 Maricopa County Bar – (Domestic Violence);
Child & Family Resources;
United Phoenix Firefighters Org.;
Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona
$133,000
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$67,000
$120,000
&nbsp
$60,000
Arkansas $280,993.06 Arkansas Community Foundation (public non-profit organization whose mission is to provide and promote leadership as the premier builder of philanthropic funds earmarked to meet the needs of Arkansas citizens). 100%
California $3,650.406.69 California Health and Welfare Agency;
California Dept. of Justice;
California Dept. of Health Services
$1,000,000
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$1,000,000
$900,000
Colorado $446,718.39 Colorado Bar Assoc. – Colorado Employers Against Domestic Violence Program 100%
Connecticut $361,463.39 State of Connecticut Department of Public Health for breast and cervical cancer treatment services 100%
Delaware $82,990.20 Sexual Abuse Nurse Examiner (SANE)Training;
YWCA Young Offenders Program;
LaEsperanza (domestic violence aid);
CONTACT (rape/crisis hotline)
$10,000
&nbsp
$10,000
&nbsp
$15,000
&nbsp
$15,000
District of Columbia $57,159.58 House of Ruth (provides emergency and crisis housing to homeless women and children $60,000
Florida $1,664.262.63 The Early Childhood Initiative/Foundation;
Florida Council Against Sexual Violence;
Consortium of Haitian American Agencies of Miami-Dade County
$250,000
&nbsp
$150,000
&nbsp
$85,000
Georgia $857,750.48 Georgia Commission on Family Violence;
Atlanta Women’s Foundation;
Office of Women’s Health;
Georgia Commission on Women
$400,000

$100,000
$100,000
$100,000
Guam 16,055.34 Alee Family Violence Shelter;
Victim Advocates Reaching Out;
Women’s Career and Educational Resource Center
Allocation amounts not provided.
Hawaii 130,563.60 State Commission on Status of Women (trust account) 100%
Idaho $137,854.80 Idaho council on Domestic Violence – distributed to crisis centers in the seven Idaho regions. 100%
Illinois $1,335.746.61 Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights (Travelers Aid Society);
Rainbow PUSH Coalition;
Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
$200,000
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&nbsp
$200,000
$335,000
Indiana $654,515.81 Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence 80%
Iowa $316,020.10 Iowa Department of Public Health – Funding: smoking cessation programs for pregnant and young women. 100%
Kansas $292,301.52 Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence. 100%
Kentucky $436,221.73 Commonwealth of Kentucky Rape Crisis and Spouse Abuse Centers’ Professional Development Fund 100%
Louisiana $481,509.96 Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence;
Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault;
Department of Justice Project Violence in the Workplace;
19 Battered Women Shelters;
8 Sexual Assault programs
$14,000

$14,000

$9,500

$14,000 each
$14,000 each
Maine $138,002 YWCA;
Maine Centers for Women, Work and Community;
Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault;
Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence
$34,500
to each organization
Maryland $569,573.04 Friends of the Family, Inc.;
Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Inc.;
Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, Inc.
$50,000
$83,160
&nbsp
$46,593
Mass. $680,096.42 American Cancer Society;
Jane Doe, Inc. (40 member programs);
The Boston Women’s Fund
$100,000
$200,000
&nbsp
$75,000
Michigan $1,086,337.57 Funding of women’s cardiovascular health program 100%
Minnesota $525,946.08 Lutheran Social Services – assistance for low income women;
Catholic Charities – emergency homeless shelter for teen-age women seeking to escape from prostitution;
Life House, Inc. – transitional housing shelter for young women
$280,000
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&nbsp
$150,000
&nbsp
&nbsp
&nbsp
$85,000
Mississippi $304, 919.25 Mississippi Mentoring Network, Inc. (girls and young women);
Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence;
Coalition Against Sexual Assault (SANE program)
$125,000
&nbsp
$125,000
&nbsp
$50,000
Missouri $602,250.26 Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence (shelters and programs);
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater St. Louis;
Phoenix Family Housing Corp.;
Girls Inc., Missouri
$274,000
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&nbsp
$70,000
&nbsp
$60,000
$60,000
Montana $97,224.03 Women’s Foundation of Montana;
The Montana Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence
Equal share of total distribution
Nebraska $183,486.42 Nine non-profit organizations including: Friendship Home, Lincoln Crisis Pregnancy Center, American Cancer Society Equal share of total distribution
Nevada $199,260.88 State of Nevada Health Division – (treatment costs for women with breast or cervical cancer) 100%
New Hampshire $132,285.76 The Women’s Fund of New Hampshire;
Dress For Success
$46,329.50
&nbsp
$86,040.50
New Jersey $896,867.01 The New Jersey Department of Health and Services (Health Hearts Program and Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment for Women);
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (Scholarships for Childcare and Transportation Services)
$550,000
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&nbsp
&nbsp
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$210,000
New Mexico $191,616.08 New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence;
La Pinon Sexual Assault Recovery Services (SANE)
$110,000
&nbsp
$25,000
New York $2,004,065.52 Cancer Care;
New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault;
Displaced Homemakers;
American Heart Association
$300,000
$275,000

$250,000
$300,000
North Carolina $842,612.44 Funding non-profit organizations associated with women’s health programs for battered and sexually assaulted women. Allocation amounts not provided.
North Dakota $69,788.81 North Dakota Council on Abused Women’s Services 100%
North Mariana Islands $7,012.57 Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program within the Department of Public Health 100%
Ohio $1,239,740 SANE Nurse’s Association of Ohio;
YWCAs of Ohio;
Primary Care Association of Ohio
$285,000
&nbsp
$230,000
$200,000
Oklahoma $369,835 Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office;
28 organizations including domestic violence, shelters, rape crisis centers, alcoholism and YWCA
$100,000
&nbsp
$9,637.25
for each organization
Oregon $365,221 Funding non-profit organizations associated with women’s health programs for battered and sexually assaulted women. 100%
Pennsylvania $1,320,949 Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence;
18 charitable organizations will each receive 5.26% of the total distribution which includes Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh and Turning Point of Lehigh Valley, Inc.
10.52%
Puerto Rico $425,127.49 Victims and Witness Assistance Program;
Puerto Rico Youth at Risk;
Department of Health;
Office of Monopolistic Affairs
Allocation amounts not provided.
Rhode Island $109,122 Equal distribution to seven organizations including: Women in Transition, Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and Self Help Allocation amounts not provided.
South Carolina $427,951 South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence;
South Carolina Crisis Prevention Centers
$126,450
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$17,500 each
South Dakota $80,742.91 Funding of domestic violence organizations throughout the state 100%
Tennessee $603,923.36 Tennessee Economic Council on Women;
Domestic Violence Program, Inc.;
Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
$150,000
&nbsp
$94,500
&nbsp
$94,500
Texas $2,207,542.59 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Women’s Advocacy Project – (Provides legal advise, education and access to justice for Texas women.)
Dress for Success
$1,000,000
&nbsp
$750,000
&nbsp
&nbsp
&nbsp
$250,000
Utah $234,567.48 Blue Mountain Abused Women’s Shelter;
Greenbacks Bringing Hope Foundation;
Utah Alcoholism Foundation
$75,000
&nbsp
$34,575
&nbsp
$75,000
Vermont $65,391 Vermont Women’s Fund;
Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations
$60,000
$5,000
Virginia $756,941.69 Virginians Aligned Against Sexual Assault;
Virginia Primary Care Association;
Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation;
Crisis Pregnancy Centers
22.5%
&nbsp
22.5%
&nbsp
22.5%
&nbsp
22.5%
U.S. Virgin Islands $12,608.48 Settlement funds will be administered by the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands to support activities, which relate to women’s health and safety concerns. 100%
Washington $632,971.40 Supports 22 organizations that will promote women’s health, educational, vocational or safety programs throughout the state. 100%
West Virginia $199,004.31 Settlement funds will support the plights and needs of battered West Virginia women. 100%
Wisconsin $578,252.93 Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation;
Wisconsin Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs;
YWCA
$100,000
&nbsp
$225,000
&nbsp
$150,000
Wyoming $52,820.51 Wyoming Women’s Foundation 100%
* In some states, the list of distribution amounts does not equal the total distribution fund because organizations receiving less than $10,000 were not listed.

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