Kansas awards more than $10.7 million in federal crime victim grants to 64 organizations and agencies
Gov. Laura Kelly announced the 2027 Victims of Crime Act awards on Oct. 29, nine months after a $10.5 million round for 2026 that went to almost the same list. Kansas Legal Services and the Disability Rights Center of Kansas receive the largest nonprofit awards.
The seven largest awards in Kansas's 2027 Victims of Crime Act round
Topeka. Gov. Laura Kelly announced on Oct. 29 that 64 community-based organizations and local and state agencies in Kansas will share $10,795,287 in federal Victims of Crime Act victim assistance grants. Her office calls the list the 2027 VOCA grant awards.
The money pays for services to Kansans with emotional, psychological and physical needs after a crime: court advocacy and criminal justice support, crisis counseling and other mental health support, forensic interviews, shelter, transportation and transitional housing, according to the release.
A new round, not a repeat
The announcement is not a restatement of one made earlier this year. On Jan. 7, Ms. Kelly announced $10,484,525 in 2026 VOCA grant awards, also to 64 recipients, according to the list WIBW published from that release. The federal money comes from the Crime Victims Fund, which is financed by fines and penalties from convictions in federal cases, the January release said.
By the Herald's comparison of the two lists, 63 recipients appear on both. CASA-Children Worth Saving in Ford County is not on the new list, and Futures First, formerly The Family Conservancy, in Wyandotte County, is added with $95,156. Most other amounts moved by a few thousand dollars in either direction.
Who receives the most
The largest award goes to a state agency, the Kansas Department of Corrections, at $891,240. Among nonprofits, Kansas Legal Services in Topeka receives $794,126, the same amount as in January, and the Disability Rights Center of Kansas $719,414. Safehome in Johnson County receives $526,957. The Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault, listed under Wyandotte County, receives $523,432, up from $457,221. The Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas in Salina receives $377,162, up from $369,402.
The other recipients include county and district attorneys' offices, police departments, a sheriff's office and Kansas State University, along with CASA programs, child advocacy centers and domestic violence and sexual assault programs. By the Herald's count, the list covers organizations in 22 of the state's 105 counties.
The release does not say when the new grants begin or when the next round will open.
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