Triad domestic violence programs face severe cut

Victims in Guilford County will pay the price for bureaucratic myopia:

The state says the county has been getting double what it’s due — money for programs in Greensboro and High Point. But those who run the local programs say they deserve the money because they serve a total larger population and each program meets eligibility requirements.

Greensboro is the state’s third-largest city and High Point is the eighth. Each city has a higher population than some of the state’s other counties.

They're not getting enough funding as it is, and now it's going to be slashed in half? :(

However, “The program in Guilford County was actually getting two grants for the same program operating in two locations,” said Jill Lucas, a spokesman for the N.C. Department of Administration.

“Once we observed that inequity we moved to correct it,” Lucas said. “Just because an error continued for a period of years doesn’t mean it should continue forever.”

Inequity? No, using the same amount of funds to serve/protect a population of 500,000 as you would a population of 50,000 is inequitous. And it puts a whole lot of women and children at risk.