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feet in allocating the funds.
Estimated figures show it would take $4 million to $5 million annually to increase victim services such as shelter space and hot lines. An additional $4.9 million annually would pay for 162 additipnal prosecutors, paralegals and court secretaries.
Moreover, the state would need to hire 329 additional deputies and police officers at an annual cost of $7.3 million.
Sen. Janet D. Howell, D-Reston, chairwoman of the commission, said statistics show family violence is a state and national issue in need of great attention.
For instance, 17.4 percent of homicides in Virginia in 1994 involved victims who were family members or the boyfriend or girlfriend of the victim. About 38,000 women and children received services through spousal-abuse shelters.
“Virginia is no exception,” Sen. Howell said, “except that Virginia is trying to solve the problem.”
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