Funding in this year’s Administration & Regulation Budget (SF 498) provides enough money to start a new address confidentiality program to protect victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, human trafficking and stalking. The “Safe at Home” program was established in HF 585, which was approved unanimously by the Legislature and has been sent to the Governor for his signature.
To ensure victims are “Safe at Home” from their abusers, the Secretary of State’s office will establish a U.S. Post Office box for those who participate in the program. The Secretary of State will receive the participant’s mail and forward it to their P.O. Box. This program also allows the participant to sign up as a permanent absentee ballot voter by using their confidential address.