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Violence Against Women Act Funding
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The Office of Justice Assistance will distribute $2.5 million of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Recovery Act funds to protect women victims of violence and to hold offenders accountable. Recovery Act funds will be used to advance projects and goals established in the state's VAWA Statewide Plan.

A summary of the proposed plan for the funds is listed below. Federal requirements set guidelines for how funding must be distributed:

  • 25% of funding must be used for prosecution programming
  • 25% must be used for law enforcement programming
  • 30% must be used for victim services of which 10% must target underserved populations
  • 5% must be used for court programming
  • 15% of funds are available for discretionary programming and cost recovery
If you would like to be notified when funding becomes available, please register in OJA's email notification system

Program 1: Justice System Training ($190,388)

  • 1A: Regional Law Enforcement Training
  • 1B: Statewide Prosecutor Training - Funding will be used to save a position in the Justice System Training program that would otherwise be eliminated. Four statewide specialty training sessions will be held at sites throughout the state and opportunities for part-time trainers will also be created.
  • 1C: Judicial System Training - A pilot project implementing a new firearms surrender protocol will be funded.  Projects will be launched in an urban and rural county, creating jobs and helping shape an important public policy initiative.

Program 2: Medical Trauma Training ($107,810)

Funding will be used to save or create four positions that support the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program, an important project that assault serves victims in hospitals and communities throughout Wisconsin.

Program 3: Coordinated Community Response ($302,786)

Three positions will be created and three others saved with CCR funding.  New training opportunities for local CCR teams will be added.

Program 4: Specialized Enforcement ($236,265)

The specialized enforcement statewide trainer position will be saved and  competitively awarded grants to two rural counties for domestic violence liaisons will be awarded.

Program 5: Specialized Prosecution ($463,355)

Recovery Act funds will be used in one of three priority programs: saving Violence Against Women Act-funded assistant district attorney positions, maintaining specialized prosecution positions or funding a statewide violence against women resource prosecutor at the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

Program 6: Victim Services ($644,568)

Sixteen positions that serve victims of sexual assault and domestic violence will be saved or created.  A compliance monitor will ensure the state's compliance with federal regulations, fourteen positions in service-providing agencies will be saved and a position to design comprehensive sexual assault service provisions in Milwaukee will be funded.

Program 7: Local Program and Technical Assistance ($261,497)

Technical assistance to local sexual assault and domestic violence agencies will continue to be provided by twenty four employees at statewide coalitions focused on domestic violence and sexual assault.

Program 8: Demonstration Projects ($61,933)

Funding will supplement programs that will support the state's new firearms surrender protocol, creating jobs and shaping an important public policy initiative.

Program 9: Assessment, Evaluation, and Planning ($25,232)

Funding will be used to compile statewide data about crimes of violence against women and evaluate the pilot firearms surrender project.

Cost Recovery for State Management, Monitoring and Reporting ($254,870)

To recover the expenses anticipated over the next four years for implementation, oversight, monitoring and reporting as required by the Violence Against Women Act and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

     


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    Last Modified:  8/18/2009 11:03:07 AM
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