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By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News The provincial government has cut funding for an Aboriginal Counseling Services of Alberta (ACSA) program that provides support for Indigenous mothers who have faced domestic violence, forcing ACSA to seek to make up the cost in private donations by the end of the year. While the Circle of Safety program helps men, women and children aged 6 to 16 who have experienced violence at home, the Ministry of Children and Family Services informed ACSA in September that it would be discontinuing $135,000 in funding for the women\u2019s program. ACSA executive director Keleigh Larson described the Circle of Safety as \u201calmost like a treatment program for clients that are involved with domestic violence.\u201d The timing couldn\u2019t have been worse, coming mid-fiscal… <\/p>\n

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By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News The provincial government has cut funding for an Aboriginal Counseling Services of Alberta (ACSA) program that provides support for Indigenous mothers who have faced domestic violence, forcing ACSA to seek to make up the cost in private donations by the end of the year. While the Circle of Safety program helps men, women and children aged 6 to 16 who have experienced violence at home, the Ministry of Children and Family Services informed ACSA in September that it would be discontinuing $135,000 in funding for the women\u2019s program. ACSA executive director Keleigh Larson described the Circle of Safety as \u201calmost like a treatment program for clients that are involved with domestic violence.\u201d The timing couldn\u2019t have been worse, coming mid-fiscal... <\/p>\n

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