HARRISBURG — Across Pennsylvania, organizations that provide resources for crime victims are scaling back services, cutting positions, and leaving key roles vacant after the federal fund supporting them has received record-low deposits during President Donald Trump’s second administration.

These providers offer no-cost services to people dealing with the aftermath of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other kinds of crimes.

“Domestic violence victims who call in the middle of the night, who have been strangled, they try to get them to a shelter so they can feel safe,” Kathy Buckley, director of Pennsylvania’s Office of Victims’ Services, said of this type of support.

“Rape victims, if they go to the hospital to get a forensic rape exam, the sexual assault agency is there to accompany them.”

These services are funded, in large part, by the fines and penalties that individuals and companies pay out when they are convicted of white-collar crimes, or settle with the federal government ahead of a full trial.

Those funding sources have shrunk as the Trump administration pulls back on white-collar prosecutions and issues frequent pardons.

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