ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Several nonprofits across New York state are up and running again after a disruption in federal funding. 

The funding came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is funneled through state health departments to support programs aimed at preventing sexual violence.

Miss Julie’s School of Beauty in Rochester is one of the non-profits receiving the funding. The school was picked because of its previous work supporting survivors of human trafficking. 

Founder Julie Chapus was supposed to receive the first round of funding on Feb. 1. When the money didn’t arrive, work on the sexual violence prevention program stopped and its staff was at risk of being furloughed.  Weeks later, Chapus learned the CDC would move forward with the funding. Chapus says she wants the community to know just how important this work is. 

“We’re not some bureaucratic huge agency working with billions of dollars," said Chapus. "This $170,000 every year to give students stipends, to give our community members and those at-risk stipends so they can focus on healing and not paying bills." 

Chapus plans to open a beauty school to help survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence. That is set to open this fall in Rochester.