Funding for Victim Services (From National Victim Assistance Academy, P 22.8.1 - 22.8.37, 2000, Anne Seymour, Morna Murray, eds. et al., -- See NCJ 184052)

• NCJ Number: 184085
• Author(s): Anne Seymour; Jane Sigmon; Eric Smith
• Date Published: 2000
• Length: 37 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
• Sale Source: OVC Resource Ctr
• Publication Series: OVC Others
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This chapter examines sources of funding for victim services.

Abstract

Since the emergence of the first crime victim service programs in the early 1970's, adequate and stable funding has been a persistent challenge. In the past two decades, support for victim services has grown to include a wide range of public (community, State, and Federal Government levels) and private sector sources. This pattern of multiple funding sources continues today. It reflects the growing demand for victim services and the fact that no single source can meet the demand for the vast array of services that millions of crime victims need today. The chapter discusses the major sources of Federal funding for crime victim service programs; the fundamental concepts of and significant challenges to fund-raising; critical elements of fund-raising; basic principles and techniques of grant writing; grant seeking on the Internet; an overview of cause-related marketing; increasing fund-raising skills and identifying corporate, foundation, and grant funding sources; and promising practices in fund-raising for victim services. Table, references, resources