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An Act To Prevent Violence against Maine Families and To Provide Adequate Intervention in Cases of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Purchased Social Services
 
Initiative: Provides funds for the department to contract with community-based agencies to provide school-based and community-based domestic violence and sexual assault projects for education, prevention and provision of direct services.

GENERAL FUND	2007-08	2008-09	
All Other	$4,600,000	$4,600,000	
 	  	  	
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$4,600,000	$4,600,000	

SUMMARY
This bill makes a General Fund appropriation of $4,600,000 in each of fiscal years 2007-08 and 2008-09 for the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with community-based agencies to provide school-based and community-based sexual assault and domestic violence prevention education and to sustain the efforts already in place to protect Maine citizens from domestic violence and sexual assault and to provide services to victims of those crimes.