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Victim services agency asks Legislature to backfill $1.1M VOCA shortfall and shore up special funds
Summary
The Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services told the Senate Judiciary Committee it faces federal grant declines and special‑fund deficits that could force cuts; the center requested roughly $1.1 million to offset an expected VOCA reduction and additional one‑time and ongoing funding to stabilize compensation and restitution programs.
Jennifer Pullman, executive director of the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services, told the Senate Judiciary Committee the center faces a major reduction in federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding and declines in the special funds that support victim compensation, restitution and domestic‑violence services.
Pullman said the center’s current general‑fund allocation is about $1.6 million and that the administration and House have recommended only a 3% general‑fund increase. She described the center as “that weird state agency that has no state employees” and said most of the dollars the center distributes are straight pass‑through grants to local programs.
VOCA, Pullman said, dropped from about $3.0 million…
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