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Victim services: advocate reports higher caseload, grant continuity and capped therapy sessions
Summary
Victim advocate Devon Shakespeare told the commission the program served 283 crime victims year-to-date, the state will cover a tracking program subscription cost statewide, the usual grant award continues, and contracted therapist sessions are now capped at about 12–14 sessions per victim under grant rules.
Devon Shakespeare, a victim advocate in the county attorney’s office, updated the commission Dec. 9 on victim services and grant funding.
Shakespeare said the program was awarded its usual $21,000 grant and that this grant cycle covers two years. She reported that the state will now cover the full cost for the online…
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