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OCVS Grants and Training Updates Bulletin #22
August - November 2023
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OCVS is excited to announce the following additions and updates to the Grants & Training Team.
Alexandra Stanley - VOCA Administrator
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Alexandra Stanley is the new Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Administrator at OCVS. Alex started at DOJ in the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) as the Task Force Coordinator for the federally funded enhanced collaborative model Wisconsin Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (WAHTTF). Prior to joining DOJ, Alex worked as a Victim/Witness Specialist at the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office in Oakland, CA assigned to violent felony cases. Alex has over a decade of direct services experience advocating for victims of violent crime across three states, including survivors of human trafficking and domestic and sexual violence, child welfare-involved youth and non-minor dependents, and unaccompanied immigrant and refugee minors. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago with an M.A. in Latin American Studies and received her B.A. in International Relations and Spanish from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, U.K. She studied abroad in Bilbao, Spain and has advanced proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking Spanish. Outside of work, Alex loves playing and watching soccer, reading, and exploring Wisconsin with her young daughter. |
Updated Grants & Training Team Staff ChartOCVS Grant Programs & Training Team Contact List - for Bulletin.pdf
The Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of Crime Victim Services (OCVS) Grants & Training Team invites you to participate in a survey of victim service providers. This survey will be open until January 22, 2024. If possible, please respond only once per agency. We encourage you to collaborate with all staff and board members in your responses. Please also share this survey with your community networks so that OCVS can reach as many organizations that serve crime victims as possible.
More About the Survey
The Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of Crime Victim Services (OCVS) Grants & Training Team is conducting a survey to further identify victim service providers across the state and learn about service needs as we prepare for the upcoming Victims of Crime Act Grant (VOCA) competitive cycle, which begins October 1, 2024.
The nation is facing significant cuts to Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding. VOCA funding is federal dollars awarded to support direct services to victims of violent crime. Services provided under this program include but are not limited to safety planning, community service referrals, counseling, crisis intervention and legal advocacy. To better leverage funding, OCVS hopes to learn from victim service agencies about their needs and how those needs can best be met with limited funding. OCVS values your feedback – we hope you will take the time to complete this survey and share your thoughts.
OCVS will use the information gathered in this survey to better understand the availability of current victim services and how VOCA funding can best support victims of crime in Wisconsin. Data will also be used to advance an equitable distribution of VOCA funding in conjunction with our funding priorities for the 2024 competitive application process (see below). Survey results will not impact the projected VOCA funds available for the 2024 competitive, the maximum award cap of $250,000, or final individual award amounts. However, data from this survey will help us advocate at the state and federal level for increased victim services funding. OCVS also plans to share the aggregated results of this survey with agencies once it is complete.
More About OCVS
Vision
The Wisconsin Department of Justice OCVS Grants and Training Team is committed to supporting quality services for all victims of crime through a collaborative approach to victim services and by integrating economic and social justice to promote access, equity, respect, and dignity.
Mission
The Wisconsin Department of Justice OCVS Grants and Training Team administers federal and state victim service grants and provides resources, support, and training to agencies and other professionals that serve and assist victims of crime in Wisconsin.
Priority Areas for the 2024 Competitive Application Process
- By-and-for organizations that provide victim services to communities impacted by inequity.
- Demonstrated, improved, and intentional collaboration in rural areas amongst system partners and other service providers.
- Demonstrated, improved, and intentional collaboration around sexual assault victim services amongst system partners and other service providers.
- Maximized use of resources in each community to serve all victims of crime.
The OCVS Introductory Training for Victim Service Providers (ITVSP) online course and post-test are unavailable until further notice so the training course can be updated. The training course will resume next year.
Once the post-test has been edited and the updated Crime Victim Rights in Wisconsin module has been added, the method we will use for sending an announcement is GovDelivery. This announcement is expected to be sent by February 2024.
If you have any questions or concerns during this time don't hesitate to email me.
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New collaboration with Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin network in launching clinical simulations for forensic nurses
As a result of a new collaboration with the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network, the WI DOJ SANE/FNE Program is pleased to announce SANE Simulation Training, an all-day hands-on clinical skills training utilizing the state-of-the-art Simulation Center at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee. The hospital is part of the Froedtert & MCW health network.
This collaboration will provide a critical learning opportunity that will bridge the gap between classroom learning and real-life clinical experiences in patient care situations, by providing a hands-on simulated patient care scenario in a safe and supported learning environment. Nurses from all over the state will be able to learn hands-on skills such as evidence collection, trauma informed assessments and photography, and will allow newly trained forensic nurses to put knowledge into practice, and experienced nurses to sharpen those skills.
The collaboration between the WI DOJ and the Froedtert & MCW health network highlights the commitment both organizations have to strengthening Wisconsin’s response to sexual assault and forensic nursing in Wisconsin.
The next Simulation will be Monday, April 1, 2024. Application information will be available soon.
Contact Susie Kanack for more info.
Registration for the next SANE Seminar Course will be open soon. Save the dates:
February 12-16th, 2024 in Appleton
May 6-10th, 2024 in Hudson
September 30 – October 4, 2024 in Racine
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Save the Date:
April 17-18, 2024
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Be Counted in the 2023 National Census of Victim Service Providers (NCVSP)
Has your organization responded to the National Census of Victim Service Providers? All victim service organizations should have received an invitation with an organizational PIN via email or postal mail. If you have NOT received an invitation – or you’re not sure -- fill out this quick form.
The 2023 NCVSP is a project of the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). This data collection was previously administered in 2017, and BJS is working with the Justice Information Resource Network (JIRN), Westat, and the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) on this current effort. The NCVSP is critical to understanding the current landscape of victim services across the country and providing national data on victim service provision and characteristics of victim service providers. By accurately gathering information on all provider organizations, we can identify gaps in services and funding needs for programs responding to the needs of crime victims and survivors in communities nationwide.
FAQs
NCVSP Website
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FAQs Updated -
Suitability to Interact with Minors
OCVS has updated its guidance regarding the Suitability to Interact with Minors special condition. Please see the link below for the FAQs and reach out to your grant manager with any questions. The OCVS website has been updated as well.
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SAVS
SAVS - 4th Quarter/Final Fiscal Reports due 1/30/24
 Final SAVS Program Report due 1/30/2024
How to Submit a Program Report in Egrants
Final SAVS Program Report – (See directions attached above- “How to Submit a Program Report in Egrants”)
- The timeframe for the Final Program Report is July 1, 2023 through December 30, 2023.
VAWA
STOP and SASP 4th Quarter/Final Fiscal Reports due 1/30/24
Fiscal reports may be submitted monthly, but at a minimum, quarterly. Please refer to the Monitoring section of Egrants to determine your fiscal reporting.
How to Submit a Program Report in Egrants
Final VAWA STOP & VAWA SASP Program Report – (See directions attached above- “How to Submit a Program Report in Egrants”)
- The timeframe for the Final Program Report is July 1, 2023 through December 30, 2023.
Final STOP & SASP Program Reports due 1/30/2024
1st Quarter OVC PMT Reports due 1/30/24
How to Complete OVC OMT Report
OVC PMT FAQs
OVC PMT Dictionary & Terminology Resource
First Quarter OVC PMT Report – (See directions & definitions in the first three links above)
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The timeframe for the OVC PMT Second Quarter Report = October 1, 2023, through December 30, 2023.
- If you never had a password and need one, please call Mary Colletti.
- Enter your OVCPMT report, or Performance Measures data directly into the OVC PMT website.
- BUT, if you are having trouble signing onto the OVCPMT website, please go to the OVCPMT website to view the login instructions.
- You can also find this information on the OCVS Grants VOCA website.
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