Candidate: John Suter

District: Senate H - Wasilla

Seat Running For: Senate

Party Affiliation: Republican

4.  Shelter programs in Alaska are finding it difficult to keep and maintain staff due to a lack of competitive wages.  This causes a high turnover of staff because they can receive better paying jobs working for the state and municipality.  Due to the high rate of staff turnover, the amount and type of services that can be offered to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault are greatly impacted.  As a legislator, what will you do to address this problem?

I believe that the state government should be looking at providing funding for ANDVSA type organizations because they provide a very needed service in the Alaskan communities.

5. Funding for shelter programs has increased only 4% in the last 10 years while services have increased by over 42%. As a legislator, what will you do to address this problem?

Yes, I feel that an increase of funding is long over due. There is no doubt that the state can afford it at this time.

What is the name of the domestic violence/ sexual assault intervention program(s) that serves your constituents and who are the current executive directors?

Domestic Violence Monitoring Program and Violence Preventative Education.