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Victim Services supervisor reports 2,216 victims served under federal grants in 2025–26 year
Summary
Victim Services Supervisor Jodi Fait told the council the team served 2,216 victims of violent crime during the June 1, 2025–June 30, 2026 grant year, provided 8,797 individual services, and processed 24 U-Visa applications; grant funding comes primarily from VOCA and VAWA.
At the June 10 council meeting, Victim Services Supervisor Jodi Fait presented the required second annual report on the city’s federally funded victim-services programs for the grant year running June 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
Fait said the team served 2,216 victims of violent crime in the reporting year, 1,618 of which involved crimes against women. The supervisor reported 8,797 individual victim services were provided, including scene response, court accompaniment, counseling referrals and medical transportation. She explained the program’s funding structure: victim advocates’ salaries are funded 79 percent by the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant and 21 percent by the city; two specialized detectives receive 26 percent of their salaries from the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) grant. The team also tracked and facilitated 24 U-Visa applications during the grant year and participated in community coalitions and the annual crime victims conference in Midway, Utah.
Council received the report as informational and no formal action was taken at the meeting.
