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Advocates urge restoration of VOCA and kit-testing funds as DLS flags grants-management and CICB changes
Summary
DLS told the Public Safety and Administration Subcommittee that the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy's fiscal 2026 allowance totals $331.1 million but recommended several deletions and restrictions tied to grant balances, VOCA requirements and sexual-assault-kit grant funds. Agency leadership defended staffing for the Criminal Inj
The Governor—s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy (GOCAP) presented a fiscal 2026 allowance of $331.1 million while DLS highlighted multiple concerns about grants management, claims-processing capacity and the durability of federal victim-funding streams.
DLS analyst Madeline Miller told the subcommittee that GOCAP reverted $3.4 million in general funds and returned about $1.1 million in unused federal awards at closeout and that grant-monitor staffing remains thin: the agency reported a ratio of roughly 149 subawards per grant monitor in fiscal 2024. DLS said the agency—s goal is 50:1 and estimated that with planned hires the ratio could fall to about 74:1.
Miller also focused on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB) and recent changes enacted by Chapter 705 of 2024, which shorten processing timelines and broaden…
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