Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin visited Springfield on Wednesday to announce the creation of a new grant program.
The budget signed by Governor Healey earlier this month included one-hundred-thousand dollars to benefit service providers for victims of domestic violence.
This will be administered through the existing Massachusetts Address Confidentiality Program, which is run by the secretary's office.
Galvin says Massachusetts is facing a statewide crisis of domestic violence, and that the grant program aims to increase awareness of the upsurge as well as the options available to those trying to leave an abusive situation.
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