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Iowa agencies that provide support and services to victims of violent crimes say a proposed $5.4 million reduction in the state's federal funding under consideration in Congress could cut off help ...
A proposed 40% cut to a federal crime victim support fund could mean a $5 million loss for Iowa victim services organizations, which some have estimated could cut off help to more than 20,000 ...
Iowa leaders had to step in to avoid local cuts this year, and victims need stability, write Dr. Wendy Woods-Swafford and Julie Kelly-Molander. A solution to VOCA funding for victim assistance is ...
The United States Crime Victims Fund, administered by the Office for Victims of Crime, is used to recompense victims of offenses against U.S. law. [1] [2] [3] The fund was established as part of the 1984 Victims of Crimes Act.
The Office for Victims of Crime, established by the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) of 1984, administers the Crime Victims Fund. The fund is financed by fines paid by convicted federal offenders. As of September 2013, the Fund balance had reached almost $9 billion.
The percentage given to crime victim compensation programs [8] and for crime victim assistance [9] was lowered from 48.5% to 47.5%, while funds for demonstration projects, program evaluation, compliance efforts, training and technical assistance services to eligible crime victim assistance programs and for the financial support of services to ...
The Iowa attorney general’s office said Friday it will resume emergency contraception funding for victims of sexual assault but end the rare practice of reimbursing victims for abortions.
The Crime Victim Fund, established together with the Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority, allows the provision of state compensation and of economic support for research, education and support on crime victims. [120] Crime victims became its own category of responsibility for Swedish social services in 2001 through the Social ...