Where’d the Penn State money go? 2016

Twenty-one grants went to Child Advocacy Centers or efforts to establish them, totaling $1.16 million in grants.

The CAC in Erie County got two grants, totaling $34,073.

The Crawford County Commissioners got $49,186 to hire a coordinator for the county’s multi-disciplinary team for responding to child abuse allegations.

The Mercer County CAC got $39,382

The CAC in Lawrence County got $55,000.

The CAC in Butler County got $49,972.

Somerset County got $50,000 to help develop a CAC in the county.

The CAC in Cambria County got $99,688, in part to begin offering Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for victims of child sex crimes.

The CAC in Blair County got $50,000 to hire a new forensic interviewer.

The Bedford County commissioners got $39,000 to hire a coordinator for the county’s multi-disciplinary team.

McKean County Commissioners got $48,694 to hire a family advocate/case manager for the CAC in that county.

The CAC in Jefferson County got $49,962.

Clearfield County got $50,000 to use to continue working to develop a CAC.

The Bradford County CAC got $45,652.

The Franklin County CAC got $50,000.

The York County CAC got $50,000.

The Luzerne County CAC got $99,920.

The Pike County District Attorney got $50,000 to help start a CAC.

The Bucks County CAC got $50,000.

The Montgomery County CAC got $50,000.

The Delaware County CAC got $99,611.

A CAC operated by the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance got $50,000 for a forensic interviewer.

Other organizations serving victims of sex abuse split 13 grants worth $607,717

AWARE, Inc. in Mercer County got $44,000 to hire a youth advocate to work with victims of child sex abuse.

Victim Outreach Intervention Center, Inc. in Butler County got $46,585 to provide services to survivors of child sex crimes and their facility and at the county’s CAC.

Women’s Center of Beaver County got $45,096 to help survivors of child sex crimes.

Center for Victims in Allegheny County got $48,657 for a counselor advocate to work with victims and their families.

Victim Services, Inc. in Cambria County got $44,656 to hire a victim’s advocate.

Centre County Women’s Resource Center, Inc. got $50,000 to hire a victim’s advocate.

Women In Need in Franklin County got $50,000 to advocate for the county’s CAC and provide follow-up services to survivors of sexual assault.

Newport Counseling Center LLC got $39,908 to provide treatment to victims of child sex crimes in Perry County.

The Children’s House in Bradford County got $38,815 to hire a victim’s advocate.

The Network of Victim Assistance in Bucks County got $50,000 to provide in-home services to 30 child victims of sex crimes.

The Montgomery County Child Advocacy Project got $50,000 to combat child sex trafficking.

The Support Center For Child Advocate in Philadelphia got $50,000 to assign social workers to help victims of child sex crimes.

The Philadelphia Children’s Alliance got $50,000 to hire a family mental health care coordinator to make sure victims get connected to trauma-therapy.

Four training programs split $89,929 in grants

Crime Victim Center of Erie County, Inc. got $20,475 for master’s level training for counselors to work with survivors of child sex crimes.

Parkside Psychological Associates in Crawford County got $38,644 to train seven therapists in Advanced Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and train four therapists in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing.

The MAYA Organization in Allegheny County got $11,646 to train six mental health workers in in EMDR a method of treatment for trauma and PTSD.

Central PA Behavioral Health Collaborative, Inc. in Blair County got $19,164 to provide training to improve treatment for survivors of child sex crimes and their families.