Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV)          Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault (IowaCASA)

27 Member Programs                                                                                                            28 Member Programs

22,508 Victims served in FY 2008                                                                          3,886 Victims served in FY 2008

 

The Funding Restoration Project is a partnership between ICADV and IowaCASA and their member programs to ensure vital state funding for sexual and domestic violence in Iowa so that no victim finds the door to safety closed.

  

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Keep the Doors Open!

 

 

 

 

Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault are at Risk

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Keep the Doors Open

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Please visit www.iowacasa.org or www.icadv.org to learn about our important work.

 

Advocacy is important and easy. 

ICADV and IowaCASA are thrilled that victim services were included in Governor Culver's budget at $4.18 million. 

But the fight isn't over.  The State Senate and State House are now going over the budget line by line looking for places to cut. 

 

What can you do?

Please contact the Iowa Senate and House leadership and urge them to support victims services by appropriating the $4.18 million included in the Governor's budget.  Click the legislator's names below for a printable post card that includes the details. 

 

Or click here, give us your name and address, and we will send a post card on your behalf!

 

Iowa Senate Leadership Iowa House of Representatives Leadership
Senator Bob Dvorsky Speaker of the House Pat Murphy
Senator Tom Hancock Representative Jo Oldson
Senator Rob Hogg Representative Todd Taylor
Senator Larry Noble Representative Eric Palmer
  Representative Gary Worthan

 

Add your personal message.  A few simple words will speak volumes.  ("I sure hope you will support this important cause." or "This matters to me.  I hope it does to you too.")  These post cards are addressed and ready to go!

You can also look up your State Senator and Representative at http://www.legis.state.ia.us/. 

Call and let your representative know that Iowa victims need the chance to become survivors! 

  Click here for suggested talking points.

  You can always write to your legislators as well.  Click here for a sample letter in PDF or here for a sample letter in Word. 

  Please use this reporting form with your legislators. 

If your legislator has questions that you do not have the answer for, please notify either your local victim service agency or Nancy Robertson, Senior Staff Attorney/Public Policy Director,  ICADV, (515)244-8028 or nancyr@icadv.org; Beth Barnhill, Executive Director, IowaCASA, (515)244-7417 or director@iowacasa.org; Erika Anderson, joint legislative liaison/consultant, (515)333-1202 or ea2@mchsi.com.