Mitchell Area Safehouse and Family Visitation Center was awarded a grant to upgrade security systems and equipment.
The South Dakota Community Foundation awarded a South Dakota fund grant for $3,250 to the Mitchell Area Safehouse.
According to Candy George, Family Visitation Center coordinator, the funds will be used to purchase a camera to monitor the evening classes held at Mitchell Area Safehouse.
The camera will be installed in the basement conference room where a parenting class, a women's domestic violence group, and a Domestic Abuse Prevention class meet in the evenings.
"It is a piece of mind should anything happen," George said. "We feel very happy when we get these grants to obtain equipment that we would not be able to otherwise."
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Mitchell Area Safehouse in a nonprofit that provides advocacy for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse.
In 2016, the South Dakota Community Foundation distributed more than $12.9 million in grants.
