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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0021.123 2002-2004 JAY T. KIMUR4 34 RAINBOW DRNE ,NtV a! ~ H L O, HAWAII 96720 PROSECUTING ATTORN EV ~o; ` PH. 961-0466 FAX: 961-8908 CHARLENE Y.180.SH1 + ~ 934-3403 F IRST DEPUTY 934-3503 PR OSECUTING ATTORNEY WEST HAWAII UNIT P.O. BOX 746 •y.•°.,~; KEALAKEKUA,HAWA1196750 Oi ~ M' PH. 322-2552 FAX: 322-6584 OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY r., s i7 DATE: March 19, 2004 ~ n ~ -r C` TO: James Y. Arakaki Council Chair and s Council Members .J FROM: Jay T. Kimura o u RE: FINAL REPORT Name of Grant Program: Victim Assistance Program Federal or State Grantor: Federal County Grantee Deparhnent or Agency: Office of the Prosecuting Attorney Grant No. (IF KNOWN): 00-VA-4 Amount of Grant: $292,283.00 Amount of County Match: $72,571.00 Grant Period (Commencement & Completion): October 1, 2000 -September 30, 2002 Goals: See attached Objectives: See attached Outcomes or Results: See attached Comm. No. ~'I.~Z3 Ref. To• Ref. Date =a ~r~J 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, doimestic violence and felony property crimes. i Activities: - Continue staffing of victim counselors I and 2I, 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°s of survivors will be contacted by VAU within one week of the offense and given assistance and information about available services and resources. r ~ Y - 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 services to victims improve as a result of 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. ----fir - 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: i - Number and types of materials disseminated to Police Department and agencies. Names of agencies receiving materials. y - 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. , ,r" Performance Indicators: - Number and type of victims served and services provided by subgrantees. Objective 6: Increase coordination efforts on behalf of crime victims with federal, state, and county agencies and non-profit organizations in the event of an act of mass violence. , Activity: - - Develop and present a training to enhance a coordinated response to an act of mass violence. The training will be one day (approximately 8 hours) in length. Attendees may include 50 - 60 administrators/decision makers from state, county and non-profit sectors. The purpose of the training is to familiarize training attendees with the role of Victim Assistance Counselors (VAC) and explain what types. of services VAC may provide for victims. , Performance Indicators: - A summary and collation of the evaluation forms from the training attendees. The summary will include whether the training was useful, suggested topics for follow-up training, the number of persons that .attended the training and types of participating agencies., C. Conduit Funding: Four subgrants were awarded to non-profit or law enforcement agencies that provide services to crime victims. These subgrants enabled the agency to assist more crime victims with counseling, shelter, group support, and other services. The agencies and their projected services are: Turning Point for Families, Inc. - units of shelter and support services for domestic violence victims; Mothers Against Drunk Driving - support group and outreach to survivors of homicide and negligent homicide; Child and Family Service - units of counseling and support services to child victims of physical and sexual abuse. Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii for a part-time person to assist with domestic violence cases. . ~ ~ • APPROVED OMB NO.: „27 4117 - EXPIFIES; DyJya us. DEPARTMENT OF JUETICE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS oFFICEFOa woT,MSOFCrt,ME VICTIM ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM WA51MN0i010'0.~°°" S"R"ATFi~PERFORMANC'E:RI~f?OR'f REPORT TIMEFRAME THE STATE CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE AGENCY RECENING NNOS UNDER THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT (VOCA) IS REWIRED TO SUBMITA 5TAT8 PERFORMANCE REPORT 90 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD. THE PERFORMANCE REPORT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE EFFECT THE VOCA NNOS HAD ON SERVICES TO CRIME VICTIMS IN THE STATE THIS REPORT SHOULD BE SUBMITTED UPON REW EST BY THE OFFICE FOR VN:T1M$ OF CRIME, 637 INDIANA AVENUE. N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20571. INDICATE REPORTING PERIOD: OCTOBER t, 2001 THRWGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 . ~ STATE: HdWal l B. FEDERAL GRANT NUMBER c. GRANTEE NAME: Victim Assistance Prooram stTjEETmo.eoz 34 Rainbow Drive cmisrATEroPCOOe Hilo, HI 96720-2056 < Phyllis Shinno 808 , 934-3306 0. CONTACT PERSON: TELEPHONE: [ A INDICATE THE ANNUAL (OUM1~p tlt. axrarparwwg qab IbealYa.O NNa1N0 AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO ThIE VM:nM ASSISTANCE PROJECT9IN T1iESTATE: STATE FlSCK YEAR LANDING FI.~CAL YEAR 1. APPROPRIATIONS VOCA f ~ 2. CRIMINAL FlNES f PENALTIES f 7. ASSESSMENTS (af., M6n4pF LAVrxa, BY6' CAn6[nM Fiat) f I.OTFIER ( f TOTAL' f 1: B. INDICATE TOTAL NUMBER OF AGENCIES LANDED FROM THIS FEDERAL GRANT. C. INDICATE Tiff NUMBER Of SUBORANTS FUNDED fROM-THIS FEDERAL GRANT. A. INDICATE THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS SERVED BY TYPE OF VICTIMIZA710N: ~ . NOTE: InEICaI.6N rNmb.[ a vPri,u sw6a W VOCA•tuW W po~b OurYp IM fm[ P«bQ ErJI NaMI dbuM a CanIW 6dy on0.. La,. vktlm d a tuNt d tpouM.Ouw.wlb NialN 0. muM6011,d. tll.ll ana ady r a Wolf d ttP.na ttW wrWbO dNia Nad N0. GP ~ vlcnta aERYEa vcr9u 6eN® 39 t. CHED PHYSICALABUBE 7. ADULTS MOLESTED AS CIYLDREN 2 CHN.D SDGIALABUSE a a1RVIVDRe OP HOMICIDE vwTlMs a oufowl eRABI~B 9. RoesERY DDMEEnevIDLENCE to.ASBAULr g 0. ADULT SExUALASSMLT 71.OMER b ELD6IASUSE TGdIL: 1 632 person B. INDICATE THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS WHO RECENED THE FOLLOWING SERVICES (Sa. iY0'0flallt br Q6A'tUar19 b..a1 arMeak VICIIIq SEINED VIL'TW 6ERII® t. CRISIS COUI13EL1lIG 0. EMEAGEIJCY FINANCIALASSISTANCE 2 FDLLOVNP f. EMERGENCY LEGN.ADVOCACY 0. THERAPY 10. ASSISTANCE IN FILING COMPENSATION CWM9 u~ ~ t. GROUP TAEIITIAENT/SUPPORT tt. PERSONAL ADVOCACY 0. $HELTEWSAFElpUSE 12. TELEPHpNE CONTACT INFORMATIONALIREFEAPAL ~ 2 0. INFORMATIOWREFERRAL (IN•PERSON) 17.OTFEiR (Spao9y) 7. CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUPPORT/ADVOCACY letter TOTAL: 4 894 OJPADMIN FORM 73904 (REV. t1.9'.H PREVRxAS EDITIONS ARE OBSOLETE on ~ f °H~4 Hawaii County Prosecutor's Office Victim Assistance Program VOCA Narrative A. The general public is not aware of the benefits available through the Crime Victim Compensation Commission. It remains incumbent on police and crime victim service agencies to inform victims about the CVCC. Annual orientations for each county about changes in laws and policies would be helpful. B. Victim Assistance Program has representatives on Children's Justice Center Advisory Boards of East and West Hawaii, the Domestic Violence Interagency Team, Children's Justice Task Force, Mediation Diversion Project, Restorative Justice Projects, Child Welfare Service Advisory Group, Visitor Aloha Society Hawaii. C. Networking with victim/witness personnel at the U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI and Army assists with coordination for federal crimes. D. Program staff attended various trainings throughout the year. If appropriate, registration and travel costs were covered by VOCA. Child Death Investigation, Stalking, SART/SANE Institute, Listening and Communication Skills, Dealing With Difficult People, Dynamics of Child Sex Assault, Clerical Seminar, Domestic Violence -Effects on Families, Interstate Compact, Meth Summit, Ice Conference, Sex Assault Victim Empowerment. Program staff also gave in-service training to agencies and participated in public education opportunities. Police Recruit training, information tables at Border's Bookstore, Wa1Mart, EMS fair, Hawaiian Family Affair, radio spot on KPUA, orientation for SANE preceptors, VASH volunteers, wall display at Prince Kuhio Plaza. E. VOCA funds assisted family members and victims with attending minimum term hearings at the Hawaii Paroling Authority, service of restraining orders in non- domestic cases, paid for an interpreter to assist family members of a murder victim, and covered the expenses to re-key locks after a burglary in which the house keys were taken. F. Our office is involving the community in various ways to fight crime and identify problem areas. With current economic trends, neighborhoods need to be more active and responsible, instead of always relying on police, prosecutors and the courts to fix things. Drug abuse, in particular `ice', has a huge impact on the crime rate in our county -many domestic violence cases involve ice, and most property crimes are committed to support drug habits. G. Monitoring, information dissemination, support, technical assistance, and training have improved consistency and service delivery to crime victims. • CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLIANCE Programs receiving Federal vktim assistance sub-9wc,~ ue required to mainnin hfomration on a0 vrctims who receive d'rect seniees from their victim assisnnpe~projeet. Thai hfortnation should not be hduded h the States' pseioa maraca report to OJP. The State Yx:tim Assistance Office, -however. should corteet sod mainni~ nond~scrimhation information from the sub-gramees. The lortowinp nondtsaimination information fomtat 5s suggested for both sub-prsrrtess and d?e State Yretim Assis- ranee Offiea by the Offiea of General Counsel. Office of Justica Programs jVONDISCRIMiNAT10N INFORMATION 1. Race or National Origin felreek or+a1: 581 ? White fear of Mspsnic Qriglnl 9 ? Black foot of Kapariic Ovr'garrJ zz Q Ffspank 5`71 d Asian or Pacific •Lstander 5 O American ingaR or Alaskan Native 444 unknown or usinesses 2. Sac 649 Y hAak 962 ~'j FIlrtfgll. 21 uNtiiown or businesses 3. Handicap: O No O Yes 6 Nature of Handcsp onvsical 1 mental 4. Age: lot O 0 - 12 years 480 O 30 - 44 years 135 [j 13 - 17 years 278L'~ 45 - 64 years 468 O 18 - 29 years 33 O 65 + years 130 unknown or businesses This information will be used only to campAe statistics in order to comply with Federal nondisuimination requ'uemerrcs.