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Enacted by President Reagan in 1984, the Victims of Crime Act created the Crime Victims Fund as a non-taxpayer funding resource for services that help crime victims cope with the trauma and aftermath of crime. More than 4,400 local agencies from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, depend on the VOCA Fund assistance grants to serve nearly 4 million crime victims each year.

How VOCA Works

VOCA funds consist of fines and penalties collected from federal offenders NOT taxpayer dollars. It assists any victims of a crime.

• VOCA funds are distributed to states to support crime victim compensation programs and victim assistance programs, among others.

• Crime victim compensation programs pay many out-of-pocket expenses incurred by victims as a result of crime, including medical and counseling costs, funeral bills, and lost wages.

• VOCA-funded victim assistance programs, such as rape crisis centers and domestic violence shelters, provide life saving services, support and guidance in the aftermath of violence.

Who VOCA Helps

VOCA-funded victim assistance programs serve nearly 4 million crime victims each year.

  • These services help victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse, and drunk driving, as well as survivors of attempted homicide.

  • VOCA provides funding for the Federal Victim Notification System.

  • VOCA funds provide emergency relief to victims of terrorism and mass violence.

  • VOCA funds are used for child abuse prevention and treatment grants.

  • Local prosecutors, law enforcement agencies, and victim advocates are all eligible for funds.

  • Domestic violence and sexual assault victims make up half of those receiving services. They receive this type of assistance through shelters and rape crisis centers and child abuse treatment programs.

For more information on VOCA , please contact the following organizations:

The National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators www.navaa.org

NH (New Hampshire)

The New Hampshire Victims' Assistance Commission helps innocent victims of violent crime with expenses directly related to crime injuries. The costs of this program are paid by motor vehicle and criminal fine assessments and federal Victims Of Crime Act (VOCA) grants, and not by New Hampshire Taxpayers. http://doj.nh.gov/victim/compensation.html

Ma (Massachusetts)

The Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance (MOVA) is an independent state agency devoted to upholding and advancing the rights of crime victims.

We strive to provide innovative victim advocacy through outreach and education, policy and program development, direct service, legislative advocacy, and grants management.

Our commitment lies in reaching all victims, while ensuring access and equity of rights and services to underserved communities. By bridging public, private and community organizations, we work to serve crime victims, their families, and witnesses to violence, while promoting healing and justice. http://www.mass.gov/mova/

Me (Maine)

If you or someone you know is the victim of a violent crime, the Maine Victims’ Compensation Program in the Attorney General’s Office may be able to help. The Victims’ Compensation Program provides financial reimbursement for losses suffered by victims of violent crime and their families. http://www.state.me.us/ag/crime/victims_compensation/index.shtml

VT (Vermont)

The Victim Assistance Program maintains 24 advocates in the Attorney General and State's Attorneys' offices throughout Vermont’s fourteen counties to guide victims through the criminal justice process and to act as liaison with the State's Attorneys and other criminal justice agencies.  Many of these are "specialized advocates" who focus on cases of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. Victim advocates provide information on the status of court cases, notify victims of hearings, prepare victims to testify, and assist victims with applications for Victims Compensation, completing impact statements, determining restitution, and requesting notification of their offender's release.  In addition, advocates provide counseling and emotional support to victims, accompany them to court, and help to ensure that they are not re-victimized by the criminal justice process.  Advocates are also involved in local task forces; they provide outreach and training to other state and community agencies working with crime victims.  Through their hard work and dedication, the advocates of Vermont's Victim Assistance Program have been instrumental in creating many positive changes impacting our state's victims of crime. The Victim Assistance Program is funded through State Special Funds (a surcharge on court fines and traffic tickets).  When these funds are insufficient to cover program costs, they are supplemented through the U.S. Department of Justice's VOCA Victim Assistance Grant Program. http://www.ccvs.state.vt.us/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=6&Itemid=80

 

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What the Special Projects Unit can do for you

Baycon Corporation Special Projects Unit’s decontamination specialists are annually trained and certified to cleanup:

  • finger print dust

  • luminal and other forensic chemicals

  • cleanup blood

  • cleanup death, and death odor

  • cleanup trauma and all types of incidents related to a homicide cleanup, suicide cleanup, accident, unattended death cleanup, undiscovered death cleanup

  • tear gas cleanup, whether it be a crime scene or trauma scene.

  • We also decontaminate public transportation and emergency vehicles, police vehicles, police equipment, jail cells, and many other forms of property that have been contaminated in any way.