RHODE ISLAND has been allocated $6 million from the U.S. Department of Justice for crime victim assistance programs. / AP FILE PHOTO/J. DAVID AKE
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been allocated $6 million in U.S. Department of Justice grants to assist victims of crime, the DOJ announced Tuesday. The funds will be distributed to state victim assistance and compensation programs, including to children’s advocacy centers, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, human trafficking and elder abuse programs, civil legal…