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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2001

The Department of Justice has determined the state of New Mexico is ineligible to receiver $1 million domestic violence funds because the state's laws do not comply with federal ones.

According to DOJ, New Mexico law doesn't include provisions required to receive money from the Violence Against Women Office. The state's laws do not discourage the arrest of victims and perpetrators of domestic violence and to discourage the use of protective orders.

The determination does not apply to tribes in the state, who receive funds through the office. Native women have the highest rate of domestic violence in the nation.

Get the Story:
Domestic-Violence Programs Denied Funds (AP 12/18)

Relevant Links:
Violence Against Women Office, Department of Justice - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo

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