Our policy focus areas are determined by our member organizations’ experience of emerging and ongoing needs at the community level. SCCADVASA strives to make sure these needs are heard, understood, and acted upon by our state legislators and congressional delegation.
During 2026, SCCADVASA will continue our advocacy efforts at the S.C. State House and in Washington, D.C.
Recent Public Policy Initiatives
Crime Victim Fund Stabilization Act
South Carolina Members of Congress Nancy Mace, William Timmons and Russell Fry have signed on as co-sponsors to the Crime Victim Fund Stabilization Act (H.R. 909), a bi-partisan bill aiming to stabilize the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) from which essential grants supporting crime victim services are funded.
The proposed legislation would redirect funds collected through the False Claims Act (FCA) into the CVF through FY2029. The bill explicitly ensures that payments to whistleblowers and defrauded government agencies as stipulated by the FCA will not be affected. The collections that would currently go to the general fund of the Treasury would instead be deposited into the CVF to help address the recent Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding shortfall.
Programs supporting victims of crime continue to navigate the potential discontinuation of federal grant programs. Any discontinuation of or delays in funding will threaten the stability of community-based programs that provide life-saving services to victims of domestic and sexual violence.
