Funding has been granted to two Kerry charities that provide domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services.
Adapt Kerry Limited provides support to women and children who experience domestic violence and coercive control; this service has been allocated €15,000.
Meanwhile, the Kerry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre has been allocated over €80,000 (€80,691).
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This funding was announced by Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan and it’s part of a €3.2 million package to expand domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services nationwide.
The allocation follows a targeted funding call by Cuan, the national agency for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.
It's been welcomed by Minister for Children, Disability and Equality Norma Foley.
