Post by Logan on Mar 13, 2016 0:07:33 GMT -6
Lansing — Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget proposal includes $500,000 for campus sexual assault prevention programs to be split among Michigan universities competing for a sliver of that money.
But as lawmakers wrestle with the details of Snyder’s total $54.9 billion budget, some advocates say the governor didn’t include enough to curtail sexual assault, and they’re critical of certain policies at Michigan State University as the school tries to repair its image following a federal department’s conclusion that the university took too long to handle sexual assault reports.
The Michigan State Police helped administer $500,000 split between 22 schools for sexual assault prevention last year. But MSP grant coordinator Matt Opsommer said the 33 applications sent to his office totaled $1.6 million, a demand far higher than the funding.
“$500,000 is just not a lot of money to do a statewide program,” Opsommer said.
Mariah Hall, an MSU senior who’s on the campus Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention team, said the school could use more funding. The team is part of the university’s Sexual Assault Program, which runs a 24-hour crisis hotline and other resources for sexual assault survivors.
Read more: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/03/12/michigan-campus-sexual-assault-prevention-funding/81708404/
But as lawmakers wrestle with the details of Snyder’s total $54.9 billion budget, some advocates say the governor didn’t include enough to curtail sexual assault, and they’re critical of certain policies at Michigan State University as the school tries to repair its image following a federal department’s conclusion that the university took too long to handle sexual assault reports.
The Michigan State Police helped administer $500,000 split between 22 schools for sexual assault prevention last year. But MSP grant coordinator Matt Opsommer said the 33 applications sent to his office totaled $1.6 million, a demand far higher than the funding.
“$500,000 is just not a lot of money to do a statewide program,” Opsommer said.
Mariah Hall, an MSU senior who’s on the campus Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention team, said the school could use more funding. The team is part of the university’s Sexual Assault Program, which runs a 24-hour crisis hotline and other resources for sexual assault survivors.
Read more: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/03/12/michigan-campus-sexual-assault-prevention-funding/81708404/