WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, today announced $125,380 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services. The funding will be used to support the Center for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Injury Prevention and Control’s (CDC-NCIPC) Rape Prevention and Education: Assessing Coalition Capacity program.
“Sexual assault is one of the most evil crimes and we need to take whatever steps we can to prevent it from occurring. It’s reassuring to see this funding from the CDC aim to prevent sexual assault and rape by leveraging the coalitions that exist, such as the work at the West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services. As the top Republican on the Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee, I will keep working with the CDC and other institutions to secure needed support that help West Virginians live in an environment free from these terrible crimes,” Ranking Member Capito said.
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