(File Photo of State Representative Rob Matzie)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge, PA) According to a release in Ambridge yesterday from State Representative Rob Matzie’s office, Matzie announced yesterday that new funding of nearly $792,000 will strengthen resources for Beaver County crime survivors and help the county expand its crisis intervention capacity. Matzie noted that this funding will support both training and tools that are needed to better serve survivors of violent crimes who are vulnerable, improve outcomes for people that are experiencing mental health crises and fund services for both parole and probation. These grants were approved by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and according to that same release from Matzie’s office, this funding includes:

• $144,664 to Beaver County commissioners to establish and train crisis intervention team facilitators.
• $138,229 to Beaver County commissioners to help protect the rights of crime survivors in the justice system.
• $125,000 to the Women’s Center of Beaver County under the STOP Violence Against Women Advocacy Project to continue collaborative efforts to reduce violence.
• $47,000 to the Beaver County satellite office of A Child’s Place to support in-county forensic interviewing, physical exams and other services for survivors; provide training and other resources for multidisciplinary team members; and continue efforts to educate the community on recognizing and preventing child abuse.

Beaver County was allocated a total of $241,711 under the FY 2025-26 Continuing County Adult Probation and Parole Grant Program and a total of $95,000 under the 2025-26 Intermediate Punishment Treatment Program in addition to these grants.