OVC Report to the Nation 2011, Fiscal Years 2009-2010: Rising to the Challenge-A New Era in Victim Services

• NCJ Number: 238061
• Date Published: March 2012
• Length: 105 pages
• Agencies: OVC
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)

Annotation

This report from the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) presents an overview of OVC's programs and services for fiscal years 2009 and 2010.

Abstract

Highlights from this report detailing the programs and services provided by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) during fiscal years 2009 and 2010 include the following: deposits to the Crime Victims Fund totaled $1.7 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively; approximately $1.2 billion was used to support victim compensation and assistance to over 7 million victims of crime; in 2010, OVC provided funding for community-based programs under the U.S. Attorney General's Defending Childhood Initiative; and in 2009 and 2010, OVC provided funding to programs aimed at reaching underserved or unserved victims of enduring crimes, such as evidence-based, culturally relevant services for tribal victims of sexual assault. Additional OVC efforts include the establishment of collaborative, multidisciplinary partnerships to build expertise and leverage existing resources; developing programs and resources for victims of new types of crime, such as human trafficking and identity theft; and responding to new forms of victimization such as terrorism and online harassment and bullying. This report contains four chapters that detail the work of OVC for fiscal years 2009-2010. Chapter 1 presents information on the work of the Crime Victims Fund during FY 2009-2010, its primary sources of revenue, and how the fund supports victim services. Chapter 2 examines the ongoing challenges of victims of crime, and chapter 3 examines emerging challenges in victim services. Chapter 4 examines OVC's efforts to increase public awareness of victims' rights' and services as well as training and technical resources available to victim service professionals. Appendixes