HARRISBURG - Rep. Julie Harhart, R-Lehigh/Northampton, on Wednesday voted along with the majority of members in the House of Representatives to restore $1 million in funding the governor chose to cut from the 2015-16 state budget he partially signed into law on Dec. 29.

"I have been a longtime advocate for child advocacy centers," Harhart said. "I worked for more than 10 years to bring these essential facilities to the forefront and establish the funding necessary to enable them to continue, and even expand, their work with abuse children."Child advocacy centers are essentially a one-stop-shop treatment program for abused children which brings together doctors, nurses, prosecutors, social workers and law enforcement.This multidisciplinary approach gives abused children the best chance to recover and also provides the most effective way to gather evidence to bring perpetrators to justice.Gov. Tom Wolf's 2015-16 state budget eliminated $1 million in funding for these centers.House Bill 1802, which passed the House Wednesday, would restore this funding.The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration.