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Victim Services Resources:
Updates & New Ideas
Michael Dever, BJA; Anne Hamilton, OVW;
Steve Derene, VOCA; Sheriff Ronnie Baldwin, Cross County AR
Victim Services Resources: Goal
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To provide attendees with:
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Viable resource options for seed money to launch SAVIN and
SAVIN enhancements;
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Resource options for the more challenging reality of sustained
funding for these critical services;
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Updates on federal funding and practical options for state-level
fiscal support; and,
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Opportunity for collaborative information-sharing
Statewide Automated Victim Information and
Notification (SAVIN) Program and Funding
Michael Dever, BJA Policy Advisor
April 9, 2008
Optional SAVIN Notification Types
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Offender Custody Status
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Court Events
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Hearing reminders/changes, pre-trial conferences, etc.
Final Disposition
Post Incarceration
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Jails and/or Prisons
Release, escape, furlough, work release, transfer
Community Corrections
Parole/Clemency Hearings
Sex Offender Movements
Orders of Protection
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Attempts to purchase firearms
Services, terms/conditions, hearing events, pending expiration
SAVIN: Guidelines & Standards Document
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Purpose to:
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1) help States understand the benefits of the SAVIN Program;
2) help States implement successful SAVIN Programs; and
3) establish national standards on how to build and operate
systems to support the SAVIN Programs.
Found on-line at:
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www.it.gov/documents/ijis_savin_guidelines_standards.pdf
Key SAVIN Principles
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Be Victim Focused
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Be Safety Driven
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Provide for Victim/Survivor Confidentiality
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Provide for Autonomy
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Users’ right to access or decline services at any point without
explanation or consequences
SAVIN Solicitation Requirements
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Statement of the Problem
Project Design
Capabilities/Competencies
Budget and Staffing- 50% Match
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Assessment-Outcome Measures
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Cash and In-Kind
Service Usage
Feedback from practitioners and users
Sustainability
SAVIN Funding FY 2005-2007
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BJA currently funds 27 statewide systems for
development or enhancements:
AL-AR-CA-CO-DEID-IN-IA-KY-LAMO-MS-MT-NC-NDNY-OK-PA-SC-TNTX-UT-VA-VT-WAWI-WY
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BJA Grant awards total over $24.7 million to-date
SAVIN Funding FY 2008
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19 Applications received for either development or
enhancement funding
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$500,000 cap on enhancement funding
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$2,250,000 cap on development funding
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Grant award announcements expected by July 2008
Reporting Requirements
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Narrative Progress Reports (semi-annually)
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Financial Status Reports (quarterly)
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Performance Metrics (semi-annually)
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Monitoring Visits (periodic)
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Audits (periodic)
BJA Contact Information
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Senior Policy Advisor David Lewis
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Policy Advisor Michael Dever
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Phone: 202-616-7829
Phone: 202-616-9188
State Policy Advisors:
http://www.ojp.gov/BJA/resource/stcont.pdf
Office on Violence Against
Women
Ms. Anne Hamilton, Program Specialist, Office on Violence Against Women
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
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Purpose of VAWA
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Role of the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)
Relevant VAWA Funding Options
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Services, Training, Officers and Prosecutors (STOP)
Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies & Enforcement of
Protective Orders Program (Arrest)
Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and
Stalking Program (Rural)
Technical Assistance (supports all OVW grantees)
OVW-STOP Grants
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STOP grants are intended to support states and territories
to develop and strengthen the criminal justice system
responses to violence against women and to support
enhanced victims’ services.
State level multidisciplinary collaboration re distribution
 Restrictions: 25% Law enforcement; 25% prosecution; 5% court;
30% victims’ services; 15% discretionary (per VAWA)
 75% federal award; 25% state and/or sub-grantee match
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Possible SAVIN Options
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Automated protective order notification and/or firearm alerts
Funding cycle: 2 years
OVW-GTEA Grants
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Arrest grants are intended to encourage states, local, and
tribal governments and state, local and tribal courts to
treat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,
and stalking as serious violations of criminal law requiring
coordinated involvement of the entire criminal justice
system
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Possible SAVIN Options
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Certification eligibility
Purpose areas of Arrest program
Automated protective order notification and/or firearm alerts
Funding cycle: 2 years
OVW-Rural Grants
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Rural grants are intended to support projects that
enhance the safety of child, youth, and adult victims and
to address and prevent domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault and stalking in rural jurisdictions
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definition of Rural area
purpose areas of Rural program
Possible SAVIN Options
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Automated protective order notification and/or firearm alerts
Funding cycle: 2 years
OVW-Technical Assistance
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The Technical Assistance (TA) grants are intended to
advance the goals of OVW by providing grantees and
others in the field with the training, expertise, and
problem-solving strategies they need to meet the
challenges of addressing domestic violence, sexual
assault, dating violence and stalking.
Possible SAVIN options
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Grant application to provide SAVIN-related TA
Request to receive OVW TA for existing or planned SAVIN
services
Funding cycle: 2 years
Victims of Crime Act (VOCA)
Steve Derene, Executive Director, National Association of VOCA Assistant
Administrators (NAVAA)
Crime Victims Fund
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Revenues from Federal Criminal Fines.
Annual cap (since 2000) on obligations.
Fund supports:
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Children’s Justice Act
Federal set-asides (USAO, FBI, VNS)
OVC Discretionary Grants (T/TA; federal crime victims)
State compensation grants
State victim assistance grants
OJP management and administration; OAAM
Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve – above cap
State Victim Assistance Grants
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Whatever’s left over
Declining since 2006
VOCA State Victim Assistance Grants
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State grants:
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Purposes:
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base amount + population percentage.
emotional and physical needs of crime victims;
stabilize their lives after a victimization;
understand and participate in the criminal justice system; and
safety and security.
Direct victim services
Administrative and training – up to 5%
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“promote innovative approaches to serving crime victims such
as through the use of technology.”
VOCA Victim Assistance Grants Subgrants
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Minimum allocations (10%)
Subgrant eligibility requirements
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Public or private nonprofit
Non-VOCA financial support
Use volunteers
Assist w/compensation
Community coordination
No discrimination against victims disagree w/prosecution
Allowable costs include
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Advanced Technologies, including “automated victim
notification systems.”
VOCA Funds for automated victim notification
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2007 survey of 56 VOCA administrative agencies; 27
responses.
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Does not used VOCA funds = 15
Previously used VOCA funds = 7
Currently use VOCA funds = 5
No VOCA
55%
Curre ntly
15%
Pre viously
27%
Use of VOCA Funds
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Source: 3 subgrant funds only; 2 subgrant and administrative
funds.
Scope: 3 Statewide and local programs; 2 Statewide only.
Sponsoring agency:
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3 statewide programs = Prosecutors’ and/or Sheriffs’ Associations
one = VOCA agency and state DV coalition
one = state university.
All use state funds as match; one also uses volunteer hours.
All but one subgrant includes direct services in addition to
notification.
Viable Options for
Seed & Sustained Funding
Sheriff Ronnie Baldwin, Cross County, Arkansas
Victim Services Resources:
Updates & New Ideas
Open Collaboration Opportunity
Full Panel & Conference Attendees