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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0228.045 2020-2022 655 KILAUEA AVENUE HILO,HAWAII 96720 KELDEN B.A.WALTJEN PH:(808)961-0466 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FAX:(808)961-8908 STEPHEN L.FRYE {,�. n-- 74-675 KEALAKEHE PARKWAY FIRST DEPUTY KAILUA-KONG,HAWAII 96740 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY °L °�'=�a PH:{808}322-2552 e�% FAX:(808)322-6584 64-1067 MAMALAHOA HIGHWAY,C-3 KAMUELA,HAWAII 96743 OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY PH:(808)887-3017 FAX:(808)887-3016 ry DATE: October 31, 2022 TO: Maile David, Council Chairman and Council Members FROM: Kelden B.A. Waltjen, Prosecuting Attorney RE: FINAL REPORT Name of Grant Program: Victim Assistance Program (VOCA) Federal or State Grantor: State of Hawaii - Department of the Attorney General County Grantee Department or Agency: Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Grant No. (IF KNOWN): 19-V2-04 Amount of Grant: $1,005,892 Amount of County Match: $ 251,223 County Revenue Account Number: 3301.99 Grant Period (Commencement& Completion): 7/1/21 to 7/31/22 Goals: PROVIDE VICTIM ASSISTANCE SERVICES TO VICTIM OF MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY CRIMES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOMICIDE, NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE, ROBBERY, ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE, VIOLATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDERS, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND PROPERTY CRIMES. Objectives: PROVIDE TIMELY CONTACT TO VICTIMS REGARDING CASE STATUS AND SERVICES WHERE APPROPRIATE. AT MINIMUM, 2,000 VICTIMS AND VICTIM SURVIVORS WILL RECEIVE SERVICES. FURTHERMORE, PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT RESTITUTION, REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS, AND INFORMATION TO VICTIMS POST-CONVICTION. Comm. o. Ref. o: Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Ref. Date r0 Form FR 5/19 Outcomes or Results: THE VICTIM ASSISTANCE UNIT PROVIDED SERVICES TO A TOTAL OF 5,635 VICTIMS, 1,065 WITNESSES, 144 SECONDARY VICTIMS, AND 485 OTHER PARTIES TO CASES INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY 21 DIFFERENT TYPES OF VICTIMIZATIONS. SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO: ADVOCACY WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, CASE UPDATES, RESTITUTION, COURT ACCOMPANIMENT, REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES, CRISIS COUNSELING, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. Form FR 5/19