{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sorensen.house.gov/media/press-releases/sorensen-announces-more-350000-prevent-domestic-violence-and-sexual-assault", "Sorensen Announces More Than $350,000 to Prevent Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Against Children", "2024-10-28", "2024", "2024-10", "Democrat", "House", "IL", "Eric Sorensen", "S001225", "sorensen.house.gov", "sorensen", "https://sorensen.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "PEORIA, IL \u2013 Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) announced a $359,034 grant to the Young Women\u2019s Christian Association of McLean County (YWCA) to support families impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking.\n\n\u201cEvery child deserves to grow up in a safe and nurturing environment, free from any form of violence,\u201d saidSorensen. \u201cBut when a child does go through such a deeply traumatic experience, we need to step up as a community and make sure that child has our support. This important funding coming to the YWCA of McLean County will ensure that local organizations, that already do so much to help our neighbors, have the resources they need to prevent and respond to crimes against our kids. I look forward to working with local leaders to deliver federal investments in the future that will keep our communities safe.\u201d\n\n\u201cBeing awarded this grant truly shows our dedication to building a safer community,\u201d said Jennifer Golliday, Director of YWCA Stepping Stones. \u201cWith this additional support, we will be able to expand our reach and provide sexual violence prevention lessons to youth throughout McLean County. Our goal is to empower them with the knowledge and resources needed to recognize, prevent, and respond to instances of sexual violence, strengthening the community as a whole.\u201d\n\nThe $359,034 in grant funding comes from the U.S. Department of Justice\u2019s Office of Violence Against Women\u2019s Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Sex Trafficking Against Children and Youth Program. With this funding, YWCA will expand current prevention education services and direct services for children and youth ages 11 to 24 who have been impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and/or sex trafficking.\n\nIn collaboration with Project Oz, a non-profit in Bloomington, the YWCA will:\n\nHire two prevention coordinators to provide sexual violence prevention education lessons and trainings to schools, community organizations, and businesses.\n\nPartner with Project Oz to offer services to their children and youth clients who are high at-risk youth.\n\nProvide stipends for after-hour, on call personnel at the hotline and hospital.\n\nCongressman Eric Sorensen serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Prior to serving in Congress, Sorensen was a local meteorologist in Rockford and the Quad Cities for nearly 20 years. His district includes Illinois\u2019 Quad Cities, Rockford, Peoria, and Bloomington-Normal.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://sorensen.house.gov/media/press-releases/sorensen-announces-more-350000-prevent-domestic-violence-and-sexual-assault"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8947990611195564, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}