Victim Assistance Program (VAP) Business Offices

Since 1981, OVS has had a legislative appropriation for the purpose of making grants for the provision of local victim/witness assistance and services. Initially, twenty-three programs received grant funds for this purpose. Currently, 186 victim/witness assistance programs have grant awards from the OVS, ranging from $32,000 to over $1.8 million. OVS supports statewide, comprehensive victim/witness assistance services in all sectors of the community. Criminal justice agencies, non-profit victim programs and specific municipal programs all receive support. Examples include DA offices, Probation Departments, YWCAs, local police departments, hospitals, and nonprofit organizations. This data set contains all service locations associated with OVS VOCA awards. It should be noted that some programs do not have a physical address listed, instead, they show a PO Box. In these cases the physical addresses are safeguarded as they are generally Domestic Violence shelters providing services to victims who may be in danger were their location to be disclosed.

自1981年起，OVS（美国暴力犯罪受害者补偿援助办公室）便获得了立法拨款，旨在为提供地方受害者/证人援助与服务提供资金支持。最初，有二十三个项目获得了此项拨款。截至目前，已有186个受害者/证人援助项目从OVS获得资助，资助金额介于3.2万美元至超过180万美元。OVS支持全州范围内、涵盖社区各个领域的全面受害者/证人援助服务。刑事司法机构、非营利性受害者项目以及特定市政项目均获得OVS的支持。具体案例包括检察官办公室、缓刑部门、YWCAs（基督教青年会）、地方警察局、医院以及非营利组织。本数据集包含了与OVS VOCA资助相关的所有服务地点。需要注意的是，部分项目未列出具体物理地址，而是显示为邮政信箱。在这些情况下，具体的物理地址被保密，因为这些项目通常是提供服务的家庭暴力庇护所，其服务对象可能因地址泄露而处于危险之中。