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U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright Wednesday said no one should feel like they have to stay in an abusive or dangerous situation to keep a roof over their head.

Cartwright, D-Moosic, announced $550,000 in federal funding will be awarded to Wilkes-Barre’s Domestic Violence Service Center to provide transitional housing assistance for area victims of domestic violence and their children. The funds will be disbursed by the Department of Justice Office on Violence and Against Women.

“The Domestic Violence Service Center is doing essential work to help victims and their children move forward with their lives with a roof over their heads,” Cartwright said. “I am grateful for their efforts, and I am proud to support this lifesaving funding in Congress.”