Budget Cuts

Budget Cuts

Introduction

The Programs and Centers against Domestic Violence are created in order to prevent violence amongst the members of families and for the promotion of the economic independence and the well-being of children and women by giving them safe shelters. They are commonly a mixture of supportive services, education, advocacy, services of resource information and coalition building. These programs are now operating all across America and numerous centers have crop up all over the country which provide shelter to those in need for it. One such a centre is the Riley Center that looks after people who are in need (Koeberle, 2006, PP. 89).

Discussion

The Riley Center makes it a policy not to publicly disclose its location. The only generic explanations about its whereabouts are a three story Victorian in the core of San Francisco. The reason for protecting its location is not that it is involved in shady dealings, but rather the protection of its' clients, the huge number of children and women who are looking to flee from sour or even abusive relationships.

In spite of the fact that the tenants of Riley Center are most of the time in great need of assistance, the whole centre itself and dozens of others all across California sadly tell the same tale (Koeberle, 2006, PP. 89).

The state financing cuts have caused numerous shelters of domestic violence in the state to California to close down in the last few months with firing or less full-time members of the staff at the ones still remaining. For the legal aids, for instance receiving aids in getting retraining orders are now in jeopardy, as is the counseling feature.

Talking about Riley Center in particular, it has omitted six beds and merged the emergency services with the program of transition for long term. Majority of the shelters have additionally omitted their round the clock services, cut-down on the night personnel at the centers of emergencies and even cut of comprehensive services for instance centers of safe visitation, the area where the members of the staff are posted at the time when minors are left or taken with respect to the agreements of custody (americanpress.com, 2013)..

According to the Executive Director Tara Shabazz, of the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence that is a representative of the whole of the states' non-profit shelters, their members are struggling to ensure that their doors remain open for help. In the month of July, Governor Schwarzenegger cut of the remainder of the finance for the Domestic Violence Program of their state which amounted to approximately $16 million because of the remaining gap in the budget of almost $ 500 million. Even the legislators had shut down majority however not completely, of the deficit of $ 24 billion (americanpress.com, 2013).

The Governor regrets that he had to take such a decision but was unfortunately faced with no alternative. A spokesman Aaron McLear stated the he realizes the difficulty of such cuts however, he cannot promise money which the ...