Rhode Island is the first state in the nation
to pass a constitutional amendment through a constitutional convention
guaranteeing victims the right to participate in the criminal justice
process. The amendment is as follows:
Article I, Section 23 of the Constitution of
the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
The Rhode Island Justice Commission has administered the
Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victims Assistance Program since 1985 when the
program was first enacted by Congress. The Act is funded through fines paid
by those convicted of violating federal laws. The VOCA program has the most
restrictive regulations of all RIJC-administered grant programs as funds are
strictly intended to support direct services to victims of violent crime.
The Act requires priority be given to victims of sexual assault, domestic
violence, child abuse and other groups identified by the state as being
"under-served" victims of violent crimes.
Originally established in 1986, the VOCA Advisory Committee
consists of representatives from both the public and private sectors. The
Committee meets throughout the year and works with the Rhode Island Justice
Commission to aid victims of crime in the state, to identify the needs of
victims of crime, to set goals for distribution of federal dollars,
establish procedures for applicants to submit grant requests and make
recommendations for the funding of grant program. The Committee and Rhode
Island Justice Commission staff review progress of individual grantees
toward stated goals.
| Subgrantee |
Project |
Description |
| |
|
|
Attorney General's Office |
Providence Statewide Victim
Assistance/Information Service |
Maintains expansion of
services to felony crime victims with focus on priority victim
populations to reduce trauma and aid recovery |
RI
Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Warwick |
Rhode
Island
24 hr. Helpline (with The sexual Assault & Trauma Resource Center,
Inc.)
|
Provides
a helpline for easy access to immediate, quality crisis intervention,
support and referrals for all victims of crime in Rhode Island
|
Adoption
Rhode Island
500 Prospect St.
Pawtucket, RI 02860
|
Family Support Project |
Provides support services to
abused children and their adoptive families.
Scope: Statewide |
| Capital
City Community Center Providence
|
Victims
Assistance
|
Meets
psychological, emotional and practical needs of victims through
counseling case management, advocacy and referral
|
Center for Hispanic Policy & Advocacy
Providence |
AYUDAME/HELPME |
Program provides a response to
the growing Latino community by targeting victims who newly arrive. |
Child
& Family Service of Newport
|
Elderly
Abuse Program
|
Provides
outreach, assessment, advocacy, case management, and treatment for
victims of elderly abuse and their families
|
Community
Counseling Center
Pawtucket |
Child
Sexual Abuse Trauma Treatment Program
|
Seeks
to expand mental health counseling to children and adults who have been
sexually abused or traumatized by crime and/or their families.
|
Comprehensive
Community Action Program
Cranston |
Enhanced
Case
Management to Victims of Abuse & Neglect
|
Provides
home monitoring & victim services for families in crisis by
decreasing incidence of children and adolescents at risk of
victimization
|
| Family Service Inc. (Family Service of Rhode Island)
Providence |
Police Go Team |
Provides a master's level
clinician on call 24/7 to respond to a Providence Police officer's call
from the scene of a violent crime. Model developed by Yale School of
Medicine |
Federal
Hill House Association
Providence |
Victims Assistance Program |
Provides
immediate, on-going service to identified victims of violent crime.
|
| Institute
for The Study and Practice of Nonviolence
|
Nonviolence
Street Workers Program
|
Provides
crisis intervention, referrals, 24 hour on call, hospital
visits/advocacy and court advocacy. Community interventions include,
support /advocacy for families, prevent retaliation, conflict mediation,
and preventing criminal response by victim.
|
|
Interfaith Counseling Center, Inc.
Providence |
Interfaith
Counseling Victims Assistance
|
Provides
focus on all types of crime victimization, with special outreach to male
and female victims of sexual abuse, and victims of domestic
violence within faith communities.
|
| Institute
for The Study and Practice of Nonviolence
|
Survivors
Outreach Services
|
Provides
a range of supportive services for families, friends and significant
others of homicide victims
|
| Justice
Assistance Providence
|
Project
Victim Service
|
Notification,
referral, counseling, advocacy, restitution, system orientation, court
escort, and follow-up services to victims within District Court
|
| Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Providence | MADD RI Victim Advocate |
Provides victim a advocate to help prepare victims of drunk drivers for hearings and possible trail. Also provides assistance with victim impact statement and victim compensation. |
| Rhode Island Legal Services
Providence |
Legal Assistance Project |
Provides free legal
representation for qualified clients who are victims of domestic
violence seeking restraining orders in Civil Court. |
Kent
Center for Human and Organization Development
Warwick |
Victims
of Crime Act
|
Provides
Case Management services to adult survivors of sexual abuse.
|
Kent
Center for Human and Organization Development
Warwick
|
Victims
of Crime Act |
Provides
clinical intervention and support program for adult survivors who have
been victims of traumatic violence and/or sexual abuse as a child
|
| Office
of the Child Advocate Providence
|
Project
Victims Service
|
Provide
services and a means of compensation to young victims who are in the
custody of the state
|
Day One
Providence |
Rhode
Island Children's Advocacy Ct.
|
Provides
a team approach involving prosecutors, police, medical personnel, and
family human service providers for the investigation and treatment of
child sexual abuse cases
|
| Day One
Providence |
Law
Enforcement Advocacy Project
|
Provides
a Law Enforcement Advocate (LEA) to the City of Providence's Police
Department
|
Day One
Providence |
Sexual
Assault
Victim Assistance
Project
|
Provides
crisis intervention, counseling services and legal advocacy for victims
of sexual assault and their families
|
| RI
Department of Corrections Cranston
|
Corrections
Victim Services
|
Maintains
an Office of Victim Services to work with victims and provide
information
|
|
Rhode Island Family Court
- Providence |
Family Domestic Violence Court |
The Family Domestic Violence
Court uses the Fund for court-based case management that includes
evaluation.
|
RI
Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Warwick |
Domestic
Violence and abuse Victim advocacy
|
Provides
services to victims of domestic violence through the seven member
agencies and also through printing and distributing brochures
|
Socio-Economic Development Ctr. for South East Asians
Providence
|
Victim Assistance
Outreach Program |
Provides education and outreach to Southeast Asians who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and /or child abuse |
SOAR
422 Post Road
Warwick
|
Sisters Overcoming Abusive Relationships |
Provides empowerment to women of domestic abuse by uniting female victims with trust and power sharing |
St. Mary's Home for Children
N. Providence
|
Sexual Abuse Parent Aide Project |
Comprehensive, family-based treatment for sexual abuse in families; treating the family as a system, fostering personal growth, independence and responsibility in all family members |
Tri-Town Community Action Agency
Johnston |
Elderly Victim Assistance Program
South County |
Provides help to Elderly Crime Victims |
Youth Pride |
Youth Pride Inc. Victim Assistance
Project |
Provides victim outreach and services to gay, lesbian and transgender youth in RI |
