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If it had not been reauthorized, many women's groups were worried facilities that help women and men facing the threat of domestic violence could be closed.
Indiana stands to get over $16 million to fund services and programs to assist victims of domestic violence.
The Violence Against Women Act provides $5.5 million to women's groups across the state.
Congress must periodically vote to reauthorize the act, and if they can‘t agree on the fiscal cliff issue, much of Indiana's $5.5 million will be gone.
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