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Non-Profit Helps Female Bergen Jail Inmates, Social Service Clients Overcome Domestic Violence Non-Profit Helps Female Bergen Jail Inmates, Social Service Clients Overcome Domestic Violence
Non-Profit Helps Female Bergen Jail Inmates, Social Service Clients Overcome Domestic Violence Female inmates at the Bergen County Jail who’ve been victims of domestic abuse are receiving counseling thanks to a federal grant that costs taxpayers nothing. The two-year $350,000 grant received by A Partnership for Change is also bringing similar workshops directly to clients of various social service agencies in New Jersey, said Allison Bressler, the private non-profit organization’s co-founder. The “support on site” programs developed by Bressler and co-founder Gloria Sgrizzi are funded by the U.S. Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant program, which is financed entirely by fines, penaltie…

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by Jerry DeMarco