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DOCR budget hearing focuses on VOCA shortfall; agency seeks $7 million one‑time SIF to stabilize victim services grants
Summary
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials told the Appropriations committee that federal Victims of Crime Act awards (VOCA) have fallen and that the department is requesting a one‑time $7 million SIF allocation to maintain current grant awards and victim services.
Chairman Nelson and members of the Appropriations committee heard on record testimony from Michelle Zander, Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, that the department is seeking a one‑time $7,000,000 allocation of SIF funding to backfill reduced federal VOCA awards and maintain victim services grants.
Zander said the adult services line holds the department’s interstate compact program, victim services and associated administration. She told the committee that the department has moved an existing victim services coordinator FTE into this line from transitional planning to “build up our victim program.” She also described several operating costs, including travel for returning interstate compact offenders and outreach printing for crime victims programs.
Committee members pressed Zander on the department’s grant and…
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