Anna Marie’s Alliance Receives $550,000 Grant

(KNSI) — The Office of Violence Against Women has given Anna Marie’s Alliance in St. Cloud a three-year, $550,000 grant.

The grant will be used for a program to provide supervised visitation services to families impacted by domestic violence. Anna Marie’s, Stearns County, and Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid are teaming up for the program. Supervised visitation and custody exchanges reduce the risks for victims, survivors, and children or trying to leave a domestic violence situation. It also helps to negotiate custody safely. This grant will also help secure federal funding to focus on families with domestic abuse and domestic violence history.

Stearns County will provide space for supervised visitations, and Anna Marie’s Alliance will oversee the program.

According to the website, Anna Marie’s Alliance provides safety, shelter, support, and referral services to survivors of domestic violence and their children. Anna Marie’s Alliance is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in St. Cloud serving people living throughout central Minnesota. Since 1979, Anna Marie’s has sheltered more than 18,000 survivors of domestic violence.

If you are experiencing violence in your home, call (320) 253-6900 any time, day or night. Advocates are there to help, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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