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VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT
STATE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
2008 OHIO STATE WIDE COMPENSATION REPORT

CLAIMS DATA
 
1. NUMBER OF NEW CLAIMS RECEIVED DURING REPORTING PERIOD
    a. Total claims, if only one claim is usually counted per crime: 8,029
OR
  
    b. Total claims, if victims and indirect victims generally count as separate items:
2. NUMBER OF CLAIMS APPROVED AS ELIGIBLE 4,133
    (a) Number of Victims 17 and Under 621
    (b) Number approved for victims 18 - 64 3,401
    (c) Number approved for victims 65 and Older 111
3. NUMBER OF CLAIMS APPROVED AS INELIGIBLE OR CLOSED 3,716
4. NUMBER OF FORENSIC SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMINATION CLAIMS RECEIVED
   DURING THE REPORT PERIOD. IF SUCH CLAIMS ARE HANDLED THROUGH
   SEPARATE CLAIMS PROCEDURE. (See Instructions) 		7,045
 
PAYMENT STATISTICS BY CRIME CATEGORY:
TYPE OF CRIME a.
NUMBER OF CLAIMS
PAID DURING
REPORTING PERIOD
Includes Column b 		b.
NUMBER OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE RELATED
CLAIMS PAID DURING
REPORTING PERIOD 		c.
TOTAL AMOUNT PAID
BY CATEGORY
Including all supple-
mental payments
1. ASSAULT 4,883       1,331       $5,455,308      
2. HOMICIDE 596       21       $3,414,471      
3. SEXUAL ASSAULT 432       8       $301,858      
4. CHILD ABUSE (Including sexual
   physical abuse) 		526         $344,706      
5. DWI/DUI 154         $398,821      
6. OTHER VEHICULAR CRIMES 289         $735,201      
7. STALKING 286       24       $326,759      
8. ROBBERY 775       0       $879,702      
9. TERRORISM 4         $349      
10. KIDNAPPING 21       2       $12,836      
11. ARSON 5       3       $16,219      
12. OTHER              
TOTAL 7,971       1,389       $11,886,230      
 
INDICATE TOTAL EXPENSES PAID BY SERVICE
 
1. MEDICAL/DENTAL (Except Mental Health) $3,776,287
2. MENTAL HEALTH $301,473
3. ECONOMIC SUPPORT (Lost Wages, Loss of Support) $5,036,839
4. FUNERAL/BURIAL (Including all Funeral Related Expenses) $1,326,199
5. CRIME SCENE CLEAN-UP $16,421
6. FORENSIC SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMS $3,669,736
7. OTHER $1,429,011
8. TOTAL $15,555,966
 
Please respond to the following questions
additional 8x11 sheets may be attached if necessary
 
1. DESCRIBE THE IMPACT THAT VOCA FUNDS HAVE HAD ON YOUR PROGRAM'S ABILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CRIME
   VICTIMS. 
VOCA funds have allowed the Ohio Attorney General's office to pay out $15,555,966 in the past fiscal year.  VOCA funds have allowed us to continue paying victims within the 120 day statute.  The processing time for original Fact and Finding Decisions was 104.71 days.
 
2. HOW DO YOU MEASURE YOUR PROGRAM'S EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN REDUCING THE FINANCIAL IMPACT
   OF CRIME ON VICTIMS? WHAT ARE THE RESULTS? 
Our program measures efficiency and effectiveness in several catagories: average processing time, number of claims filed and number of appeals filed.  The average processing time increased by 41.28 days from 63.43 in 2007 to 104.71 days in 2008.  Our office focused on quality of decisions written instead of quantity.  The increase to 104.71 days is 15.29 below the 120 day statute.    The number of appeals decreased by 14 from 97 in 2007 to 83 in 2008.  The number of claims filed were 8029 in 2008 compaired to 8302 in 2007.
 
3. DID YOUR STATE USE VOCA ADMINSTRATIVE FUNDS?   No
   IF YOUR STATE USED VOCA ADMINSTRATIVE FUNDS, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE IMPACT THESE FUNDS HAVE HAD ON YOUR
   STATE'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION OR IMPROVE VICTIM SERVICES.
 
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This document was last updated on March 30, 2009