GRANT AWARDED TO

CHILD PROTECT OF MERCER COUNTY, INC.

The West Virginia Bar Foundation Board of Directors approved a $5,000 grant to Child Protect of Mercer County, Inc. to fund its Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) program. Child Protect is a community-based organization designed to serve child victims of abuse and neglect, their protective caregivers, and any/all victims of sexual assault within Mercer County, WV. The SANE program provides specially trained contract SANE nurses who respond to local hospital emergency departments whenever a forensic sexual assault medical examination is needed.

The picture shown above, on the left, is a picture of WV Bar Foundation Board Member Debra Kilgore (on right) with Child Protect of Mercer County’s Executive Director Shiloh Woodard (on left). The second picture above is a picture of an exam room where the grant money will be utilized.

GRANT APPLICATIONS

The West Virginia Bar Foundation awards grants to organizations which are involved in programs and activities to improve the administration of justice and educate citizens about their rights and responsibilities under the law in West Virginia.

Grant applications are accepted on a rolling quarterly basis.  The next grant applications are due November 1, 2022.  The average grant award is $1,000 – $5,000.

Click here for more info and a grant application.