Ventura County is getting a million dollar state grant to better serve some of the county’s crime victims.
The Ventura County District Attorney’s office is going to open a pilot Family Justice Center in Oxnard to help victims. Oxnard-area residents make up more than a third of the people now receiving services at the Ventura facility. But, because of issues ranging from language barriers to transportation issues, many victims are going unserved.
The satellite center’s services include helping people impacted by domestic violence, sexual abuse, hate crimes, and other forms of violence.
Democratic Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin of Thousand Oaks helped secure the million dollars in funding, which was in the new state budget signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
