Tim Willert
NORTHEAST GLENDALE -- The state has restored $4 million in funding for
10 domestic violence shelters, including one operated by the Glendale
YWCA.
The YWCA will receive $414,000 over the next two years to operate its
shelter, which offers a variety of services, including a 24-hour hotline,
a 45-day crisis center and two traditional housing programs
"This is excellent news," YWCA Interim Executive Director Wayne Page
said Tuesday. "Without this money we would have had to lay off employees
and close our outreach program for Armenian- and Spanish-speaking women."
Funding for the shelters was discontinued last year because of minor
technical errors in applications.
A bill coauthored by state Sen. Jack Scott (D-Glendale) calling for
funding to be reinstated, was passed Monday by the senate budget
subcommittee.
