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7. AVAILABLE RESOURCES The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney will provide clerical, investigative and victim assistance support, office space, equipment and supplies and appropriate access to training that may be needed during the project period. 8. IMPACT The OVW Recovery Act STOP grant will give the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney the means to focus attention upon the effective and expeditious prosecution of violent crimes committed against women. The grant will enable the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney to create and maintain a specialized unit devoted to the prosecution of violent crimes perpetrated against women. This project will ensure that victims of domestic violence and sexual assault are treated with the skill and sensitivity necessary in these types of cases. The procedures developed will provide for consistent and efficient handling of domestic violence and sexual assault cases which benefit the victim. Victims will not be "bounced" from one deputy to another, will not need to be interviewed a multiple of times and will feel comfortable with the same deputy who handles their case from screening until disposition. D. PROJECT ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT The project will be staffed by a single deputy prosecuting attorney. The attorney will be assigned all misdemeanor domestic violence crimes that originate in East Hawaii for which a jury trial has not been requested by the defendant. The attorney will be assigned to attend meetings scheduled with the police and domestic violence agencies to review procedures for case coordination. In addition, the attorney will be assigned to attend monthly meetings within the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney to review procedures for case coordination. A supervising deputy prosecuting attorney will be responsible for the overall management of the project. E. PERSONNEL Dakota Frenz will be the deputy prosecuting attorney assigned to the project. 4