Local agencies using federal grant to help crime victims

Several local agencies will have extra help navigating crime victims through the legal system, thanks to funding from a federal law enforcement grant.

The S.C. Public Safety Coordinating Council has authorized funding through the Victims of Crime Act to add more than 80 victim advocates to law enforcement and nonprofit agencies statewide, including more than a dozen in York, Chester and Lancaster counties.

View full story as published by [Herald] on [March 10, 2016]

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