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VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT STATE COMPENSATION PROGRAM 2002 NORTH DAKOTA STATEWIDE COMPENSATION PROGRAM Prepared By: North Dakota Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation - Field Services Division PO Box 5521 Bismarck, ND 58506-5521 tel: (701)328-6195
CLAIMS DATA
1. NUMBER OF NEW CLAIMS RECEIVED DURING REPORTING PERIOD a. Total claims, if only one claim is usually counted per crime: 191 OR b. Total claims, if victims and indirect victims generally count as separate items: 0 2. NUMBER OF CLAIMS APPROVED AS ELIGIBLE: 160 (a) Number of Victims 17 and Under 55 (b) Number approved for victims 18 - 64 104 (c) Number approved for victims 65 and Older 1 3. NUMBER OF FORENSIC SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMINATION CLAIMS RECEIVED DURING THE REPORT PERIOD. IF SUCH CLAIMS ARE HANDLED THROUGH SEPARATE CLAIMS PROCEDURE. (See Instructions) 0
PAYMENT STATISTICS BY CRIME CATEGORY:
a. b. c. TYPE OF CRIME NUMBER OF CLAIMS NUMBER OF DOMESTIC TOTAL AMOUNT PAID PAID DURING VIOLENCE RELATED BY CATEGORY REPORTING PERIOD CLAIMS PAID DURING Including all supple- Includes Column b REPORTING PERIOD mental payments
1. ASSAULT 75 22 187,678 2. HOMICIDE 4 1 5,740 3. SEXUAL ASSAULT 13 4 6,524 4. CHILD ABUSE (Including sexual & physical abuse) 46 20,281 5. DWI/DUI 3 6,888 6. 0THER VEHICULAR CRIMES 7 25,578 7. STALKING 2 1 1,086 8. ROBBERY 0 0 0 9. TERRORISM 2 654 10. KIDNAPPING 0 0 0 11. ARSON 0 0 0 12. OTHER 7 2 13,454 TOTAL 159 30 267,883
INDICATE TOTAL EXPENSES PAID BY SERVICE
1. MEDICAL/DENTAL (Except Mental Health) 159,948 2. MENTAL HEALTH 17,214 3. ECONOMIC SUPPORT (Lost Wages, Loss of Support) 76,762 4. FUNERAL/BURIAL (Including all Funeral Related Expenses 10,863 5. CRIME SCENE CLEAN-UP 0 6. FORENSIC SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMS 3,096 7. OTHER 0 8. TOTAL 267,883
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. Our State funding is very limited and therefore the VOCA funds allow us to help additional victims.2. HOW DO YOU MEASURE YOUR PROGRAM'S EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN REDUCING THE FINANCIAL IMPACTH OF CRIME ON VICTIMS? WHAT ARE THE RESULTS? The following question is asked on a survey that we send to all victims who have been approved for benefits: " Assuming that financial assistance helps to reduce trauma related to the crime, do you feel your trauma was reduced by the help of the program?" The response for those who returned the survey has been 100% in the affirmative.
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. No.