May 12, 2025
Jane Doe Inc. Statement on the Senate FY26 Budget Proposal
Last week, the Massachusetts Senate released their proposed FY26 budget. Jane Doe Inc., the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, applauds the Senate for maintaining the FY25 funding level for sexual and domestic violence services and support through the Department of Public Health, which provides funding for critical services for survivors and deeply needed efforts to prevent future violence. This will maintain support for nurse examiner programming, transitional housing services, language access to survivor hotlines, intimate partner abuse education, services for immigrant, refugee, and LGBTQIA+ survivors, and more.
In the face of federal funding uncertainty and relentless attacks on survivor communities, it is critical that our lawmakers preserve essential support for these lifesaving services and keep them accessible for survivors across the Commonwealth. As the budget heads to the conference committee, we urge the Legislature to, at a minimum, maintain this critical funding level to support survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence in the final budget.
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