Advocates are calling on Ontario's next government to ramp up affordable and transitional housing for women fleeing domestic violence, and to increase funding for shelters in the interim so they can meet the growing demand.

Agencies that support victims of domestic violence rallied outside the Michigan capitol building Tuesday to urge more funding for domestic violence services.

Gov. Jeff Landry will seek more stable funding for domestic violence prevention services after his initial budget proposal threatened to cut them.

Jen Polzin has been crunching the numbers, and they don’t look good. The CEO of Tubman said their organization gets about a third of its annual funding − or roughly $3 million − from the federal government.

The groups said federal funds are still being frozen, grants are being stalled and funding portals are being taken down

Minnesota victims’ services groups, like crisis centers and hotlines rallied at the state capitol on Monday to support a new bill that would bring them state funding. The groups talked in length about the impact a federal funding freeze has had on their operations.