COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - State Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Thursday that his office would be receiving a $100,000 grant from the Attorney General Alliance.
The grant will go toward supporting the mental health of the office’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force members as well as child victims.
Wilson said that the ICAC team works “tirelessly” to prosecute people who are exploiting children online and they are exposed to a lot of “disturbing materials.”
He said the grant will help task force members to deal with their mental health.
“Dealing with such traumatic content takes a toll on their mental and emotional health, so we’re grateful for this grant that will allow us to put several new mental health tools in place, which will also help us when we deal with victims,” Wilson said in a statement.
Wilson also said that he hopes the grant money allows the ICAC office to retain more staff members.
“Dealing with such horrific material all the time has made it difficult to recruit and retain people to do this vital work in protecting our children and catching predators, so we appreciate the difference this grant from the AGA will make,” he said in a statement.
The grant money will also be used to provide “additional comfort and aid to the victims of the crimes we prosecute,” Head of the ICAC, Camille Guthrie said in a statement.
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