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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A Pittsburgh-area agency that provides services to survivors of domestic violence has filed a federal lawsuit alleging its funding was unfairly cut. 

Crisis Center North said it has received funding for more than 40 years from the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, a nonprofit that distributes grant funding on behalf of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. 

In the lawsuit, the center alleges the coalition imposed unnecessary and inefficient requirements for financial reporting. The center said it provided the required information but not in the specific format requested.