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TRENTON
- Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal
Justice Director Deborah L. Gramiccioni announced
today that 49 programs serving crime victims
have received federal grants totaling approximately
$2.1 million through the Office of Victim
Witness Advocacy in the Division of Criminal
Justice.
The
program grants are funded through the federal
Victims of Crime Act (VOCA). The VOCA victim
assistance grant program supports non-profit
organizations and certain public agencies
that provide direct services to victims of
crime.
“These
grants support the vital work of agencies
that are meeting the needs of crime victims
with quality services,” said Attorney
General Milgram. “Whether it is
counseling, legal assistance, or something
as basic as temporary housing, these agencies
offer crime victims what they need when they
need it most.”
The
State Office of Victim Witness Advocacy was
established in 1986 and is responsible for
administering federal grants to agencies that
provide assistance to crime victims and their
families. The office works to ensure services
are available that will help crime victims
cope with the aftermath of victimization and
to ensure that their participation in the
criminal justice system is less difficult.
Each of the state’s 21 county prosecutors
has a county office of victim witness advocacy
staffed with trained counselors who assist
crime victims.
Victim
services include those that respond to the
emotional and physical needs of crime victims
such as crisis intervention, emergency shelter,
emergency transportation, counseling and criminal
legal advocacy. VOCA was established in 1984
and is supported by bond forfeitures and fines
and penalties levied against convicted federal
offenders.
New
Jersey non-profit agencies have received more
than $21.3 million in Victim Assistance Grants
from 2001 through 2008. Last year alone, approximately
16,000 victims were served by non-profit organization
projects supported by VOCA funds. The maximum
grant for 2009 is $55,000.
Grant
recipients were identified through an open
competitive grant process administered by
the Department of Law & Public Safety,
Division of Criminal Justice, and the State
Office of Victim Witness Advocacy.
Agencies and grant
awards supported with federal VOCA Victim
Assistance Grant funds:
| Name |
County |
County |
|
|
| 180,
Turning Lives Around, Inc. |
Monmouth
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| Bergen
County Department of Human Services, Division
of Alternatives to Domestic Violence |
Bergen |
$41,250 |
|
|
| Camden
Center for Law & Social Justice, Inc.
|
Camden
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| CASA
Atlantic & Cape May Counties, Inc.
|
Cape
May |
$41,250 |
|
|
| (two
programs) |
Atlantic
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| CASA
Bergen County |
Bergen
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| CASA
Burlington County |
Burlington
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| CASA
Camden County |
Camden
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| CASA
Cumberland, Gloucester & Salem Counties
|
Cumberland
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| CASA
Essex County |
Essex
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| CASA
Mercer County |
Mercer
|
$40,920 |
|
|
| CASA
Monmouth County |
Monmouth
|
$41,040 |
|
|
| CASA
Morris & Sussex Counties |
Sussex,
Morris |
$20,640 |
|
|
| CASA
Passaic County |
Passaic |
$40,768 |
|
|
| CASA
Somerset, Hunterdon & Warren Counties
|
Somerset
|
$34,176 |
|
|
| (two
programs) |
Warren |
$34,176 |
|
|
| Catholic
Charities Providence House BURLINGTON
|
Burlington
|
$41,250
|
|
|
| Center
for Family Services |
Camden |
$41,250 |
|
|
| CONTACT
of Burlington County |
Burlington
|
$41,250 |
|
|
Domestic
Abuse & Sexual Assault Intervention
Services (DASI) |
Sussex
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| Family
Service Bureau of Newark |
Essex
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| International
Institute of New Jersey |
Hudson |
$41,023 |
|
|
| Jersey
Battered Women's Service, Inc. |
Morris |
$41,250 |
|
|
| (two
programs) |
Morris
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| Partners
for Women & Justice, Inc. |
Essex
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| Rutgers
University School of Law - Camden |
Camden
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| SAFE
in Hunterdon, Inc. |
Hunterdon
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| Shelter
Our Sisters |
Bergen |
$41,250 |
|
|
| Womanspace,
Inc. (three programs) |
Mercer
Mercer
Mercer |
$41,236
$41,250
$41,250 |
|
|
| YWCA
Eastern Union County (two programs) |
Union
Union |
$41,250
$41,250 |
|
|
| CASA
Middlesex County |
Middlesex
|
$24,360 |
|
|
| Catholic
Charities Providence House OCEAN |
Ocean |
$55,000 |
|
|
| Center
for Family Services (two programs) |
Gloucester
Gloucester |
$55,000
$55,000 |
|
|
| Domestic
Abuse & Sexual Assault Crisis Center
|
Warren
|
$45,634 |
|
|
Domestic
Abuse & Sexual Assault Intervention
Services (DASI) |
Sussex |
$55,000 |
|
|
| Family
Service League, Inc. |
Essex |
$55,000 |
|
|
Jewish
Family Service a Division of Jewish
Federation of Greater Clifton-Passaic
|
Passaic
|
$48,063 |
|
|
Jewish
Family Service of MetroWest/Rachel
Coalition |
Essex,
Morris |
$55,000 |
|
|
| La
Casa de Don Pedro, Inc. |
Essex |
$46,774 |
|
|
Long
Beach Island Community Center, Inc.
(LBICC, Inc.) (formerly St.Francis) |
Ocean |
$23,505 |
|
|
| Partners
for Women & Justice, Inc. |
Essex
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| Rutgers
University School of Law – Camden
|
Camden
|
$41,250 |
|
|
| Salem
County Women's Services |
Salem |
$55,000 |
|
|
| YWCA
Bergen County |
Bergen
|
$55,000 |
|
|
| YWCA
Eastern Union County |
Union
|
$46,810 |
|
|
|
TOTAL |
$2,082,875
|
|
|
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