Ending Abuse—Improving Lives - Florida Department of Children ...

Financial HighlightsThe department’s Domestic Violence Program is fundedthrough state fees, general revenue, and federal grantprograms from the US Departments of Health and HumanServices and Justice. Fees include batterer interventioncertification, divorce filings, marriage licenses, anddomestic violence fines. These fees comprise 31 percentof the department’s budget for domestic violence. Federalprograms include the Temporary Assistance for NeedyFamilies (TANF), Family Violence Prevention and ServicesAct (FVPSA), and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).See the Grant Programs section on page 47 for furtherdiscussion of the individual programs.Ninety-five percent of the Domestic Violence Program’sbudget is used for community-based and statewide programsto support the provision of temporary emergencyshelter and related services to domestic violence victimsand their dependents. It also provides funding to lawenforcement agencies, prosecutors, courts, and victimservice providers in an effort to prevent and/or remediatethe effects of domestic violence.Three percent of the Domestic Violence Program’s budgetis used for administrative oversight of all domestic violenceprograms and the remaining two percent is designatedfor the operation of the Certification and Monitoringof Batterer Intervention Programs.ProgramManagement2%Utilization of FundsAdministration3%Services 95%Funding SourcesState Funds$10,289,37136%VAWA$5,260,90718%GR$1,567,493SSBG 5%$ 2,000,0007%Fees$8,721,87831%Federal Funds$18,381,66564%FVPSA$3,370,75812%TANF$7,750,00027%Domestic Violence Annual Report 2005-200655