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Contact your senators on June 8 and tell them to urge Senate Leadership to bring VOCA to the floor!
As you know, the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds over 6,000 local organizations, such as domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, legal services programs, and child abuse treatment programs in every state and territory. Millions of victims rely on VOCA-funded services to find safety, healing, and stability in the aftermath of abuse. However, VOCA funding is in extreme jeopardy.
Deposits into the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) have dropped dramatically in the last several years leading to substantial cuts to the VOCA victim assistance grants. Now victim services organizations are facing budget cuts, staff layoffs, and even program closures while demand for victim services is growing (learn more here). This is truly a crisis for victims.
Senate leadership must act so that local domestic violence programs can help survivors escape abuse and rebuild their lives.
The U.S. House of Representatives took decisive action in March and overwhelmingly passed the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021 (“VOCA Fix”) (H.R. 1562), which would stave off catastrophic cuts in victim services funding. Now the Senate must act as a matter of urgency.
Please join us in calling on Senate leadership to bring the VOCA Fix bill to the floor.
On June 8, 2021, NNEDV and our national VOCA coalition partners are holding a Twitterstorm at 2:00 PM ET to urge Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader McConnell (R-KY) to bring the VOCA Fix bill to the U.S. Senate floor for an immediate vote. Please join us at that time to demand action on VOCA. Use this form to quickly and easily tweet your senators, Senator Schumer, and Senator McConnell.
We are also urging you to take just a few more minutes of your time to call both Senator Schumer and Senator McConnell using the script below. You can reach the senators at:
Phone script for Senators Schumer and McConnell:
“My name is [your name and, if applicable, your organization], and I am calling to urge Senator McConnell/Schumer to immediately bring the VOCA Fix bill, S. 611, to the floor for a vote with no amendments.
The Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds more than 6,000 local organizations, such as domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, legal services programs, and child abuse treatment programs in every state and territory.
Millions of victims rely on VOCA-funded services to find safety, healing, and stability in the aftermath of abuse, but the funding is in extreme jeopardy, and this is truly a crisis for victims.
The House passed the legislation in March overwhelmingly at more than 90 percent of the vote, and we need the same from the Senate immediately.
Thank you in advance for protecting victims."
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