Moran Announces $1/2 Million for Victims of Domestic Violence, Trafficking

October 13, 2009 – Congressman Jim Moran announced the award of $500,000 to Homestretch, a Northern Virginia-based non-profit organization dedicated to helping the homeless, many of whom are the victims of domestic abuse and trafficking.
                                                                                                           
Based in Fairfax County and Falls Church, Homestretch has been working with abused women and their families since 1990. Last Christmas, Congressman Moran participated in the organization’s “adopt a family” program where he got to know Chanya and hear her harrowing story as a survivor of human trafficking, abuse, and rape.

“There are groups that move mountains,” Moran told organization staff and volunteers on Tuesday. “You are one of them.”

The grant, which was supported by the Congressman, was awarded through a special program at the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding will allow Homestretch to extend its services to an additional 40 women and their families, helping them to secure employment, legal services, and safe, permanent housing.

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