The Guilford County commissioners and other county officials are proud of the Guilford County Family Justice Center and the notoriety it has achieved in the state and in other parts of the country.
Now the center – which has an office in Greensboro and in High Point – is getting some financial help thanks to both a grant as well as some county taxpayer money that’s about to be allocated.
The Governor’s Crime Commission has awarded $119,000 in grant funding to the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department as long as the county provides a required match of $58,000, which the county intends to do – bringing the total cost to $177,000. The award will fund – at least in part – salaries and benefits for two deputy Sheriff positions who are dedicated to addressing Family Justice Center concerns.
According to information provided to the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, the funding will allow the officers to continue to work “in conjunction with stakeholders to target violent crimes against women.”
The memo states, “The team helps to promote safety, save lives, and foster healthy and violence free families and communities. By combining expertise and efforts in service to a shared mission, the Family Services Unit joins professionals across fields who are working together to save lives in Guilford County. The program’s goal is to reduce the number of family-related homicides in Guilford County.”
The Family Justice Center opened in June of 2015 in downtown Greensboro with a goal of addressing domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse, threats, murders and related acts that can occur between family members and those in a relationship. It’s designed to be a “one stop shop” for victims.
According to statistics from the county, in the first years of the Justice Center being open, 54,000 people were served in some way by the two offices and county officials say the demand for the services is on the rise.
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners is expected to approve the grant funding and the matching funds at the board’s Thursday, Feb. 23 meeting.
Someone please define “Family Justice” for me. I need Justice as my income has been extorted so that now, I do not have enough to live too long.
“Family justice” is the spending of taxpayer money in LARGE quantities. Grant money from the state is OUR money that was taken from us by force and coercion. The state gives us part of it back in order to buy votes to keep our politicians in their positions of authority over us.
Wayne, you got a problem. You sound like me.
I lived in Greensboro from 1994-2012 and enjoyed the fellowship and small town feel in a city where they had everything to offer its residents. My wife of 18 years passed away in march of 2011 and my two children Ricky and Hanaleigh were murdered by their aunt who also shot and killed her own two sons and her sons girlfriend before killing herself This happened in November 2011 in pleasant Garden. When a child’s life is not precious anymore then our nation as a whole is in serious trouble. It took therapy, counseling praying and not blaming myself to finally let God have control of my life and He has blessed me so much more than I deserve! I have a music school with 15 students, 7 who have started their own praise and worship band (The Beatitudes:Facebook page)and have played so many places and blessed many. I didn’t deserve any of Gods precious Grace and Mercy but He thought about me and I’m grateful now for anything God places in my life. If we don’t go thru things in our life;(good and bad) how can God use us to help others? If we humble ourselves and trust in God He will get us thru any trial that comes. He doesn’t take u thru the worst to leave you! He’s got me and not letting go and that’s a piece of mind I wouldn’t take a million dollars for.
I lived in Greensboro from 1994-2012 and enjoyed the fellowship and small town feel in a city where they had everything to offer its residents. My wife of 18 years passed away in march of 2011 and my two children Ricky and Hanaleigh were murdered by their aunt who also shot and killed her own two sons and her sons girlfriend before killing herself This happened in November 2011 in pleasant Garden. When a child’s life is not precious anymore then our nation as a whole is in serious trouble. It took therapy, counseling praying and not blaming myself to finally let God have control of my life and He has blessed me so much more than I deserve! I have a music school with 15 students, 7 who have started their own praise and worship band (The Beatitudes:Facebook page)and have played so many places and blessed many. I didn’t deserve any of Gods precious Grace and Mercy but He thought about me and I’m grateful now for anything God places in my life. If we don’t go thru things in our life;(good and bad) how can God use us to help others? If we humble ourselves and trust in God He will get us thru any trial that comes. He doesn’t take u thru the worst to leave you! He’s got me and not letting go and that’s a piece of mind I wouldn’t take a million dollars for.