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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0021.119 2002-2004 JAV T. KIMURA PROSECUTING ATTORNEY o~N?:'.°•~ New 34 RAINeOw DRIVE p, p~ HILO, HAWAII 96]20 CHARLENE V. IBOSHI ~ PH: 9610466 FA%: 9616906 FIRST DEPUTY 934-3403 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY s34-3503 sr,~ Os~M~~'` WEST HAWAII UNIT P O. BOX ]46 KEALAKEKUA, HAWAII 96]50 OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY PH 322-2552 FAX: 322-6564 ~5 r~ c~ t O^ ~ ~i DATE: March 12, 2004 = ro s TO: James Y. Arakaki Council Chair and =v 3 Council Members 0 FROM: Jay T. Kimura RE: FINAL REPORT Name of Grant Program: Victims of Crime Act Federal or State Grantor: Federal ~ ! E ~ t , ; ' . J ~ 4 ^ I Iti f r_ ! ; ~ t ; ~ c i,~ I ~ County Grantee Department or Agency: Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Grant No. (IF KNOWN): O1-VA-4 Amount of Grant: $253,449.00 Amount of County Match: $62,862.00 Grant Period (Commencement & Completion): January 1, 2002 -June 30, 2003 Goals: See Attached (Attachments 1-3) Objectives: See Attached (Attachments I -3) Outcomes or Results: See Attached (Attachments 4-7) Comm. No. Z Ref. To: FCi Ref, Uote MAR 2 4 704 Form FR 6/01 B. Goals and objectives: Hawaii County is committed to its victims and believes they should receive positive and fair treatment by the criminal justice system as well as from the community as a whole. Goal: Provide and improve assistance to victims of crime. Objective 1: Provide victim assistance services to victims of felony and misdemeanor crimes especially in the areas of child abuse, sexual assault, homicide, domestic violence and felony property crimes. Activities: - Continue staffing of victim counselors I and II, clerk IIs, and pro rated counselors (project match) to provide services to victims. - Contact victims and provide counseling, advocacy, referrals, information, assistance with compensation, criminal justice support, and other services. At a minimum, 500 victims will receive services. Performance Indicators: - Number of-victims served, number and type of services provided. - Number and types of victimizations encountered. - Review of formal or informal feedback and comments from victims. Objective 2: Improve response and services to survivors of homicide victims. Activities: - Continue to coordinate with the Police Department regarding a sensitive and consistent method of death notification to survivors. - Continue to support a community based support group for survivors in Hilo and Kona. - Contact survivors in a timely.manner: As a minimum standard, 50% of survivors will be contacted by VAU within one week of the offense and given assistance and information about available services and resources. A-N- . I - Provide victim assistance services to survivors. Performance Indicators: - Assessment with the Police Department of death notification methods, including formal or informal feedback from survivors. - Progress made in developing a community based support group for survivors. - Number of survivors contacted within a week of the offense. - Number and types of services provided. Objective 3: Improve the counseling and assistance skills of direct service providers. Activities: - -Schedule clerical training to improve telephone skills with victims, as needed. - Send counseling staff to training to improve skills in working with victims, or on topics that would benefit victims. - Train other victim service agencies in the county regarding the Victim Assistance Unit, the criminal justice system, and crime victim compensation. Performance Indicators: - Number of staff trained, and topics of training. - Statement of the results of training (e.g. how did servic'e"s to victims""improve 'as°'a'"result bf the training?) - Log kept by coordinator regarding the number of agencies trained, number attending each training, and training topics. Objective 4: Increase the community's awareness of victim assistance and available compensation resources. Activities: - Have printed materials regarding victim assistance and compensation resources available. Q-J-{ . L - Disseminate materials to the Police Department, service agencies, and other community areas. - Meet with Police Department representatives every six months to determine progress of dissemination of information to victims immediately after a crime has occurred. - Continue to develop an effective strategy to contact victims of felony offenses against the person and in the VOCA priority areas through consistent referrals from deputies and police. Performance Indicators: - Number and types of materials disseminated to Police Department and agencies. Names of agencies receiving materials. - Estimate of the number and types of materials actually distributed to victims. - Number of victims contacting the Victim Assistance Unit through information distributed by the Police Department (at least 50 victims are projected to contact VAU as a result of receiving materials from police). - Assessment of the Police Department's dissemination practices of victim information. - Number of victims referred to VAU from other sources, and a breakdown of the sources. - Assessment of the timeliness and effectiveness of the strategy to contact victims due to referrals from deputies and the police. Objective 5: Make additional community support available to victims of sex assault, child abuse, domestic violence, and homicide survivors. Activities: - Subgrant with non-profit agencies who provide services to the target groups mentioned above. This includes reviewing proposals, processing the contract, monitoring for fiscal and programmatic compliance, and obtaining federal and state required reports. A-4--{ , 3 ' APa'ROVED OAl~ AI®.:. 1129~91~ ~ v~ ~ ~ ~ ill ~~1~ A~~ pFFtCE of p~ ~1114~ ~5~~N~~ ~R~~~ OFF1CEf~ vrcrr.~CRO ~a ' ' l~EPOfdT TIa44E~FiA~aE T}~E 5'fA~'E CAlAAE VICTIMd ASS05'TAldCE AGEPecY RECElVIPlG FUNDS: UNDER E VlcfidA3 of ca'#aR~~ ACT (VOCA) IS faEDUIR~ ~ SUE€e4a~':4 ~A7°E< ~Ef3~®Ra~dANCE i'f0ii1° 9Q Dd1P$ JiFTER TFIE a~® OF Ga~A{VT P~Ra~.'~1~ F~ERFORAAAadD~ ~~?Oa~T P~OVIDE~ Ia~F~$A4eaT10E0 D~ Y39E E~E~ 749E VOCE ~UAaD5 ta~D oast SEa~VICES TO CRIB VIC4l~4~ ~E SYA'!°E< 3'~4BS RE~€3'8' Saitst.~D ~E 9S'fTED Uo~ IREDt3E51' ~Y T}~fE oa~lc~ a~~ vICPala9~ OF c~aaaaa„ ~ ItdaZaogPDAdVErtUE. N.V~B.. L"B!$#dahaCsTDaV, D.C. B. . !rlotcA~E rat:~oa~lNO a9~at®D: oc~o~~ '1 2002 TFa~®ULsa~a ~~~+a3Ea~ 30. 2003 ~t. ~TA'tt~ HAWAII F~E€iA~ CaMlNT ~UA~ ~ C. 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CtV1L RIGHTS COMPLIANCE Programs receiving Federal victim assistance sisb-9racm ue requirsd to maintain infomtation on a0 victims who receive d'reet services from their vktim assistanpe~project. This. information should not be included in the States' perfoa manse report to OJP. The Stara Yx:tim Assavnee Office, -however. should coQect and mainta^ nondiscrimination information from the sub~rarrtees. The foQowing nondiscrimination information tomcat is suggested for both sub~rsntees and the State Y~ctirn Assis- ranee Offica by the Offica of General Counsel Office of Justice Prograrr~ (VONDISCRIMiNATION INFORMATION . 1. Race or National Origin ~eheck oneJ: 813 ? White (not of Kspanic Qrigorl . 13 ? Black foot o/ Krspanie Grigrrrl 41 Q HisspaniC 663 O Asian or Pacific •istander 5 O American Indwn or Alaskan Native 579 unknown or businesses 2. SaC 919 Q, IL/iale 1,167 28 ~ 'Sri or businesses 3. Handicap: O No 3 ® Yes Nature of Handcap physical 4. Age: 128 ? 0 - 12 years 633 ? 30 - 4d years 165 O 13 - 17 years 409 ? 45 - 64 years 565 [I ~B _ 29 yeah 56 G 65 + years 158 unknown or businesses This information will be used only to compite statistic in order to comply with Federal nondisuimination requ'uemerrcs. ~ 5 A. WHAT ARE THE MAJOR ISSUES IN YOUR STATE, IF ANY, THAT HINDER VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN FILING FOR COMPENSATION BENEFITS AND IN UNDERSTANDING STATE VICTIM COMPENSATION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS? The Crime Victim Compensation Commission has not provided briefings to victim service agencies on the Big Island for a number of years. Current information about their coverage and timelines would be helpful. B. BRIEFLY DESCRIBE EFFORTS TO PROMOTE COORDINATED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EFFORTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO AID CRIME VICTIMS. Victim Assistance Unit members participate in various community organizations, including Children's Justice Center Advisory Group, Child Welfare Service Advisory Group, Big Island Coalition Against Physical and Sexual Abuse, Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaii, Big Island Criminal Justice Task Force, Children's Justice Grant, Domestic Violence Interagency Team, DV Interdisciplinary Team, C. BRIEFLY DESCRIBE EFFORTS TAKEN TO SERVE FEDERAL CRIME VICTIMS, I.E. COORDINATION, ETC. Federal Victim Coordinators regularly meet with State Victim Coordinators to discuss issues and share information. Working with federal and state coordinators on the Aftermath of Mass Casualty project, initiated by the U.S. Attorney's Victim Coordinator, has been an illuminating process and one that aims toward an organized response to multiple crime victims. D. DESCRIBE ANY NOTABLE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED AT THE STATE OR SUBGRANT LEVEL TO IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF VICTIM SERVICES (I.E., NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, PROGRAM MONITORING, AND PROGRAM EVALUATION). INCLUDE TRAINING EFFORTS AND USE OF VOCA APPROVED TRAINING FUNDS, IF APPLICABLE. VOCA funds enabled Hawaii County to sponsor one segment in a statewide series of workshops on "The Aftermath of Mass Violence". Staff attended training on a variety of other subjects, including Ho'oponopono, domestic violence, child abuse civil/criminal processes, child sex abuse, children with behavioral problems, evidence, elderly abuse, ice, computers, grants. Program information was provided thru radio presentations, police recruit training, community events, agency sessions. E. INCLUDE AND/OR ATTACH ANECDOTAL INFORMATION AND INDIVIDUAL CASE HISTORIES ILLUSTRATING AT LEAST FOUR WAYS IN WHICH VOCA FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED TO ASSIST CRIME VICTIMS. (LETTERS FROM CRIME VICTIMS ARE HELPFUL.) 1) Woman who was severely beaten by her boyfriend and suffers from permanent disfigurement went to the minimum term hearing to personally ask the parole board to set a high minimum. VOCA funds covered airfare for her and the victim assistance counselor. 2) VOCA paid for service of a restraining order on a high school student after she assaulted a classmate. 3) Victim of domestic violence requested assistance with changing the lock on her door after the offender stole her house key. 4) Mother of a minor victim asked for help with installing security lights upon teaming that defendant (ex- boyfriend)was soon to be released from jail. 1 F. IDENTIFY ANY EMERGING ISSUES OR NOTABLE TRENDS IMPACTING CRIME VICTIM SERVICES IN YOUR STATE. "Ice" abuse is recognized as a major problem affecting communities everywhere -disrupting families and draining resources. Most property and domestic violence crimes are related to ice. The emphasis on terrorism is another area that has impacted services to crime victims. In addition to diversion of funding previously available to victim services, we now have a difficult time arranging travel for returning witnesses or interisland travel for advocacy purposes. G. SPECIFICALLY DISCUSS HOW YOUR STATE HAS USED VOCA ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS, AND THE IMPACT OF THESE FUNDS ON THE STATE'S ABILITY TO IMPROVE VICTIMS SERVICES. Coordination between County, State, and Federal victim programs is critical to maintaining communication and consistency throughout the state. Administrative funds are used to cover travel expenses for the VAU coordinator to attend meetings with other coordinators. ,