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Home My WebLink About20003036.tiff RESOLUTION RE: APPROVE CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE AND STATEMENT OF GRANT AWARD FOR VOCA CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with a Certification of Compliance and Statement of Grant Award for the VOCA Crime Victim Assistance Program between the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the District Attorney's Office, and the Colorado Department of Public Safety, commencing January 1, 2001, and ending December 31, 2001, with further terms and conditions being as stated in said certification and statement, and WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said certification and statement, copies of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, that the Certification of Compliance and Statement of Grant Award for VOCA Crime Victim between the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the District Attorney's Office, and the Colorado Department of Public Safety be, and hereby is, approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to sign said certification and statement. The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 11th day of December, A.D., 2000. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS W D COUNTY, COLORADO /c ATTEST: ,I �, �f_ ' 'Barbara J. irkmeyer, Chair Weld County Clerk to th= :o- ", .rv. psi M. J. I Pro-Tem( Deputy Clerk to the Bo C �(JJ�� 7,- -Cc r e Baxter • APPROVED AST F : 2 __ D ee t.Hall ounty Attorne EXCUSED Glenn Vaad 2000-3036 DA0015 DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATEMENT OF GRANT AWARD DEC 1 3 ?or Federal Agency: Office for Victims of Crime,Office of Justice Programs, U. S.Dept. of Justice Federal Award: Victims of Crime Act(VOCA)Crime Victim Assistance,FY97,97-VA-GX-0008;FY 98, 98-VA-GX-0008;FY99, 99-VA-GX-0008;FY 2000,20-VA-GX-0008 C.F.D.A. Title and Number: Crime Victim Assistance,#16.575 Subgrantee Name: District Attorney's Office, 19th Jud.Dist. Address: 915 10th Street \ Greeley,CO 80631 g jo Attention: Gary RatlikeUr Grant Number: 99-VA-19-63 Project Title: D.V. and Special Populations Project (� Grant Period: 01/01/2001 to 12/31/2001 Date Issued: November 30,2000 In accordance with the provisions of the Victims of Crime Act, 1984,as amended,the Division of Criminal Justice hereby awards a grant to the above-named subgrantee. The attached grant application,including the Certified Assurances and Special Provisions are incorporated herein as a part of this document. APPROVED BUDGET Source of Funds Budget Category Federal Cash Match In-Kind Match Total Personnel $27,609 $6,902 $34,511 Supplies and Operating $0 Travel $0 Equipment $0 Professional Services $0 TOTAL BUDGET $27,609 $6,902 $0 $34,511 Special Conditions: 1. Pursuant to the regulations referenced in the Certified Assurances,the subgrantee must establish and maintain an accounting system and fmancial records to accurately account for awarded and matching funds for the VOCA project. Each subgrantee shall submit to DCJ by January 31,2001,proof of compliance with the criteria for accounting systems which is outlined in DCJ's Administrative Guide and Instructions For Federal Justice Grant Programs,pages 3-2 and 3-3. Proof of compliance shall include a copy of the program's chart of accounts for its general ledger and VOCA subledger. 2. Each subgrantee Project Director and Financial Officer(and/or the persons who actually prepare the financial and narrative reports)shall attend one of DCJ's trainings on reporting requirements(training schedule to follow). 0?DO—3°36 Rev. 10/00 Page 1 of 3 h:\karen\voca\soga.wpd VOCA Assistance STATEMENT OF GRANT AWARD INSTRUCTIONS 1. Grant activities must be based on the approved budget in this document and grant activity must be based on the approved objectives in the attached grant application. The subgrantee must secure prior written approval from the Division of Criminal Justice if there is to be a change in any budget category. 2. The Financial Officer of the project must be provided a copy of this document in order to adequately prepare the necessary financial reports. 3. Review carefully the Certified Assurances and Standard Conditions contained on pages 16 through 20 of the attached grant application. 4. Review carefully the Administrative Guide Federal Justice Grant Programs from Division of Criminal Justice. The Administrative Guide includes procedures regarding this document,procedures for requesting grant funds and procedures for quarterly reporting. 5. This grant award may be voided without further cause if it is not signed by the Authorized Official and returned to the Division of Criminal Justice within 45 days of the date of issuance. 6. The signature of the Authorized Official below should be the same as the one on page 21 of the attached grant application. If there has been a change in the Authorized Official,please submit DCJ Form 4B with this document. 7. The subgrantee must notify the Division of Criminal Justice, in writing, of any changes in the Project Director,Financial Officer or Authorized Official. Standard Conditions: I) Commencement within 60 Days. If a project is not operational within 60 days of the original starting date of the grant period,the subgrantee must report by letter to the Division of Criminal Justice the steps taken to initiate the project, the reasons for delay, and the expected starting date. 2) Operational Within 90 Days. If a project is not operational within 90 days of the original starting date of the grant period, the subgrantee must submit a second statement to the Division of Criminal Justice explaining the implementation delay. Upon receipt of the 90-days letter,the Division of Criminal Justice may cancel the project, or where extenuating circumstances warrant,extend the implementation date of the project past the 90-day period. 3) When issuing statements,press releases,requests for proposals,bid solicitations, and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with federal money,all subgrantees receiving federal funds,including but not limited to state and local governments, shall clearly state(1)the percentage of the total cost of the program or project which will be financed with federal money,and(2)the dollar amount of federal funds for the project or program and(3)uSe the phrase:..."through the Division of Criminal Justice,Colorado Department of Public Safety." 4) Either party may terminate the grant with thirty days written notice of intent to cancel or terminate. The grant may be terminated if the services are not satisfactorily performed by the subgrantee or the State, the subgrantee shall be paid the necessary and allowable costs incurred through the date of termination,but not exceeding a prorated amount based on the number of days of project operation prior to the date of termination. Any equipment purchased under this grant would revert to the Division of Criminal Justice upon termination of the grant. 5) The State will pay the subgrantee the reasonable and allowable costs of performance, in accordance with applicable financial OMB Circulars and Colorado State Fiscal Rules,not to exceed the amount specified herein as the Total Award Amount. The State's requirements for invoice and cost reporting submissions are contained in the DCJ Form 3 Cash Request Procedures, which are hereby incorporated by reference. Page 2 of 3 STATEMENT OF GRANT AWARD THIS GRANT AWARD WHICH SERVES AS THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE SUBGRANTEE SHALL NOT BE DEEMED VALID UNTIL IT SHALL HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE OR SUCH DIRECTOR'S DESIGNEE AND BY THE CONTROLLER OF THE STATE OF COLORADO OR SUCH CONTROLLER'S DESIGNEE. Responsibility for narrative and fiscal reporting requirements are delegated to the designated Project Director,who will sign all such reports. This delegation is for purposes of reporting to the Division and for operational ease, and in no way limits the authority and responsibility of the Authorized Official. This grant is accepted by: ,LL {l L 12/11/2000 Signature of Authorized Official Date Barbara J. Kirkmeyer, Chair STATE OF COLORADO BILL OWENS, GOVERNOR 8 C ByIC3�1 $� D ector,Di ion of Criminal Justice Date Color..: I-.. . ent of Public Safety APPROVED STATE CONTROLLER ARTHUR L. BARNHART By �pL 21 I aJ Dan Frelund Date Return BOTH SETS of the Statement of Grant Award with ORIGINAL SIGNATURES to: Division of Criminal Justice,Office for Victims Programs, 700 Kipling Street, Suite 1000,Denver,CO 80215. Page 3 of 3 Rec'd by ICJ VAWA,VOCA, STATE VALE,AND SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION GRANT APPLICATION JIM 0 " 20011 STATE USE ONLY Grant Fund(Check One): If you are applying for more than one funding source,you must fill out a separate application for each funding source. App # 2Q-VA-/9`6.3 Grant # X VOCA Assistance(VOCA) Grant Period(January I,2001 -December 31,2002) Award $ Application must be received by Thursday,June 15,2000 S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women Act(VAWA) Grant Period(April 1, 2001 -March 31,2002) VAWA is not currently accepting applications DECn C L :j )nflp Sex Assault Prevention Funds(SAPF) Grant Period(May 1, 2001 -April 30,2002) Sexual Assault is not currently accepting applications State Victim Assistance&Law Enforcement(State VALE) Grant Period(July 1,2001 -June 30,2002) State VALE is not currently accepting applications A complete application includes: agency information,project and administrative narratives,budget information,certified assurances, signatures and appendix. SECTION A - AGENCY INFORMATION 1. Applicant Agency: 19th Judicial District Attorney's Office Division or Unit(if applicable): Victim/Witness Program Mailing Address: P. O. Box 1167,Greeley.CO 80632-1167 Street Address: 915 Tenth Street, Greeley,CO 80631 Telephone: (970)356-4010 U.S. Congressional District 4th Fax: (970)352-8023 Judicial District in which Agency is located: 19th County: Weld Federal Employer ID Number: 84-6000813 2. Project Title: D.V. & Special Populations Proiect 3. Brief Project Description: Project provides direct services to adult and child victims of domestic violence,vic- tims of child sexual abuse(primary and secondary), adult-sexual-assault victims, and"previously under-served" victim populations, including elderly victims,assault victims. Spanish speaking victims,at-risk-adult victims,et al. 4. Project Director: Gary L. Rathke Agency Position:Community Prgs. Administrator,V/W Telephone:(970)356-4010 FAX Number:(970)352-8023 E-Mail Address: GLRathke(&,netscape.net 5. Contact Person: Gary L. Rathke Agency Position: Community Prgs. Administrator,V/W Telephone:(970)356-4010 FAX Number: (970)352-8023 E-Mail Address: GLRathke(Cnetscane.net 6. Funds Requested in this Application: Choose only L (A or B) VOCA Funds Requested A. 1 Year funding: $ 27.609 Source of Match X cash_in-kind B. 2 Year Funding: 1"Year Funding Request $ Source of Match_cash_in-kind 2"d Year Funding Request $ Source of Match_cash_in-kind TOTAL 2 Year Request $ Source of Match_cash • in-kind M:\WPFILES\GARY\OOVOCA.DCJ revised 4/00 SECTION A - AGENCY INFORMATION 7. Purpose of Application: (Check only one) a. Start a new victim services project b. Continue a project funded by these funds in a previous year. X c. Expand or enhance an eing project not funded by these funds in the previous year. d. Start a new tribal project on a Native American reservation. e. Expand or enhance an existing Native American project. 8. Requested funds will be primarily used to: (Check only one) a. Expand services into a new geographic area X b. Offer new types of services _c. Serve additional victim populations d. Continue existing services to crime victims _e. Training(State VALE, VAWA,and SAPF only) _f. Criminal Justice System Improvements(State VALE and VAWA only) g. Sexual Assault Prevention activities(SAPF only) h. Other 9. List the numbers of the judicial districts that will be directly served by the project: 19th 10. Total population of the area to be served by this project: 160.000(approx.) 11. Current DCJ Funding—Do not include applications that are pending. Grant Number: 98-VA-19-63 Amount: $ 11,298 Year: 2000 Grant Number: 99-VC-19 Amount: $101,046 Year: 1999-2000 Grant Number: DCM00000003 Amount: $ 49,829 Year: 1999-2000 Grant Number: Amount: Year: 12. Description of Applicant Agency: VOCA/VAWA/SAPF STATE VALE ONLY State Criminal Justice Agency X 1. Criminal Justice/Government Victim Services Agency Law Enforcement Local VALE Board X Prosecution Courts Corrections Probation Other 2. Non-Criminal Justice/Government Social Services Mental Health Public Housing Hospital Education/Schools Public Health Other M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCA.DCJ revised 4/00 SECTION A - AGENCY INFORMATION VAWA and VOCA ONLY 3. Private Non-Profit Organization Hospital Non-Profit Organization Rape Crisis Religious Organization Domestic Violence Program Shelter Sexual Assault Program Mental Health Agency Dual Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Other 4. Native American Tribe on reservation off reservation 13. Priority Categories and Purpose Areas State VALE PRIORITY CATEGORIES: The State VALE board members will assign priority consideration to projects or agencies in the following order(Check all that apply): Projects that are statutorily mandated to implement the Victim Rights Act statewide. Projects designed to have statewide impact or a model project that can demonstrate success and a plan for statewide replication. Agencies or projects that are ineligible for federal Victims Of Crime Act(VOCA) Assistance funds. Agencies or projects that are ineligible for local VALE program funds. Each applicant's rating will then be enhanced in the following order. Projects that improve the coordination of victim services and crime victim systems. _Projects that provide greater understanding of the Victim Rights Act. Victim services projects that can demonstrate a long term crime prevention impact. VAWA(Check all that apply) FEDERAL PURPOSE AREAS: STATE PRIORITIES: Training Training Specialized Units Advocacy Policies,Protocols,Orders,and Services Restraining Orders Data/Communication Systems Access Victim Services Programs Non-stranger Sexual Assault Stalking Systems Improvement Indian Tribes Judiciary Please estimate the percentage of this project as it will benefit the following categories: %Victim Services %Law Enforcement %Prosecution %Other= 100% Determine the percentage of the project services devoted to the following: %Domestic Violence+ %Sexual Assault+ %Other Adult Female Victims= 100 %TOTAL • M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCA.DCJ revised 4/00 SECTION A - AGENCY INFORMATION SAPF(Sexual Assault Prevention Funds)(Check all that apply) Professional Education for individuals who work with youth Prevention/Education Programs VOCA(Check all that apply) Primary Types of Victims to be Served by this Project. The sum of all priority categories chosen must total 100%: Programs with combined services must estimate a percentage of total VOCA caseload for each type of victim served. PRIORITY CATEGORIES 0.5 % Child Abuse: Physical 5.0 % Child Abuse: Sexual 90.0 % Domestic Violence(includes child witness of domestic violence) 0.5 % Sexual Assault(circle: 0_5 % adult sex assault victims and/or %adults molested as children) 4.0 % Previously Underserved: 0.1 %DUI/DWI Crashes 0.1 %Homicide Survivors 0.5 %Assault Adults Molested as Children 3.0 %Elder Abuse 0.1 %Robbery 0.2 %Other Violent Crime(please spec) (e.g., hate crimes, careless driving w/death, et al) 100% Total Additional Priorities: (Check all that apply) Responding within 72 hours of the crime X Providing services to child witnesses of domestic violence or child victims of sexual assault X Providing services to adult sexual assault victims X Providing services to underserved victim populations Providing services in under-resourced areas designated to be: 3r°,7'h, 9th, 12'h, 13'h, 151h, and 161h Judicial Districts and Colorado Indian Tribes(defined in Announcement) Identify the SERVICES to be provided: X Crisis Counseling X Criminal Justice Support/Advocacy X Follow-up Contact X Emergency Financial Assistance _Therapy _Emergency Legal Advocacy _Group Treatment X Assistance in Referring Victims to Victim Compensation(required) _Crisis Hotline Counseling X Personal Advocacy Shelter/Safehouse X Phone Contacts(Info.&Referral) X Information&Referral(in person) X Other(e.g.,HIV notices, education and referral,courtroom assistance,et al) • M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCA.DCJ revised 4/00 SECTION B PROJECT NARRATIVE QUESTIONS 14-21 • M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCA.DCJ revised 4/00 SECTION B - PROJECT NARRATIVE Questions 14-20 should be answered in narrative form. Please follow instructions to fill out the questions in the project narrative(REMEMBER TO TYPE EACH QUESTION AS IT APPEARS ON THIS PAGE BEFORE ANSWERING) Narrative should not exceed a total of 4 pages. Font size 10 pt or larger is reauired. 14. Agency Description and History 15. Statement of Need for the Proposed Proiect in the Community (Problem Statement) 16. Project Description 17. Goals and Objectives for this Project: 18. Continuation Grantees Project Update: For continuing grantees only. 19. Unduplicated Victims Served and/or Persons Trained: A. Calculate the percentage of the project supported by the requested funds, and any match(if required), in this grant: 14 % B. The number of people to be trained by this project is estimated to be: 80 people. (VOCA applicants,read instructions carefully). C. The number of unduplicated victims(primary and secondary)served in a 12 month period is estimated to be: 1.400 victims D. For VAWA only include a breakdown of the number of victims listed in C(above) Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Other Adult Female Victims 20. Project Staff and Volunteer Programs: For VOCA applicants only.Estimate: 9 number of paid staff 280 Total hours worked weekly by all paid staff =40= 7.0 FTE of paid staff 1 number of direct service volunteers 10 total hours worked weekly by all volunteers +40= 0.25 FTE of direct service volunteers Brief Job Description: Volunteer duties include maintaining contacts with elderly crime victims(Le., Senior Project), assisting victims and witnesses during court appearances(i.e.,Courtroom Assistance Program), attending relevant community meetings(as schedule allows),and completing other assigned duties in V/W(see description in appendix). 21. Letters of Support: M:\WPFILES\GARY\OOVOCA.00J revised 4/00 SECTION B - PROJECT NARRATIVE 14. Agency Description and History: From its inception the Office of the District Attorney, in the Nineteenth Judicial District or Weld County, has been responsible for the prosecution of those individuals who violate state statutes within its jurisdiction. Over the years this prosecutorial role has led to the establishment of certain functional divisions within the DA's Office, including the district, county and juvenile court trial divisions, the clerical division, the investigation and consumer-fraud division, and the juvenile diversion program. Additionally, in 1980, the Victim/Witness Program was begun in the DA's Office. Since its creation, the role of Victim/Witness has evolved to include at least the following significant activities: soliciting victim impact statements and restitution requests (approximately 3,000 solicitations per year), offering a Courtroom Assistance Program (including a separate waiting area and support staff; in 1999, CAP served more than 3,280 victims and witnesses and at least 23,096 contacts were counted), administering the Crime Victim Compensation Program (in 1999, a total of 606 compensation claims were processed and $320,010.82 was awarded), assisting the Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement (VALE) Board (in 2000, the VALE Board has awarded grants totaling $300,339 to 14 local victim programs), providing Victim Rights Act notifications (in 1999, a total of 18,783 VRA contacts were counted and another 474 contacts with elderly crime victims were made), and offering a wide range of other services in support of crime victims and witnesses (e.g., crisis counseling, criminal justice assistance, personal support, education, emergency financial help, HIV notices, and other services). Furthermore, in September, 2000, the local judicial system plans to add three new family courts, operating in the Weld County Centennial Center, and this will necessarily involve changes in the operation of the Victim/Witness Program. 15. Statement of Need for the Proposed Proiect in the Community (Problem Statement): The Victim/Witness Program in the Nineteenth Judicial District Attorney's Office is the only prosecution-based program serving victims and witnesses of crime in its jurisdiction (Weld County). The Nineteenth Judicial District or Weld County is a very large jurisdiction, covering over 4,000 square miles (the second largest county in Colorado and one which boarders a number of other large jurisdictions, including Adams County, Boulder County, Larimer County, Morgan County, and Cheyenne, Wyoming), having 22 (separate) law enforcement agencies, having a rapidly growing permanent population of about 160,000 people, and also having a larger temporary population of seasonal-farm workers and more than 10,000 university students. In such a large and diverse jurisdiction, the DA's Victim/Witness Program has a central and unique role in serving victims and witnesses of crime in the jurisdiction. Many services offered by the Victim/Witness Program are not readily available from any other agency in the small communities disbursed throughout the district, and are best provided in relationship to a victim's or witness's contact with the DA's Office and the Courts. In addition, many of the services provided by Victim/Witness in the district are unduplicated in the jurisdiction; specifically, these services include Crime Victim Compensation regular and emergency awards, HIV notices and education, VRA notices relating to prosecutions, case-status information, liaison with prosecutors, and others, The statistics gathered by the Victim/Witness Program reveal the significance of the program's role. During 1999, the District Attorney's Office filed at least 1,040 misdemeanor and felony cases involving domestic violence, and the VOCA funded Domestic Violence and Special Populations Liaison Project registered more than 1,235 individual (unduplicated count) and 2,350 separate contacts (duplicated count)with the victims of these crimes. In 1999, the staff funded by VOCA provided direct services to at least 80 separate victims in the following VOCA priority categories: Child Victims/Sexual Abuse, Adult Victims/Sexual Assault, Elder Abuse Victims, Survivors/Homicide Victims, and Assault Victims. In 1999, as a result of the services provided by the Victim/Witness Program, 277 separate individuals, or a total of 558 claims, were processed for victims of domestic violence and the other VOCA priority categories, and they received Crime Victim Compensation awards totaling $247,822.08. As the Victim/Witness Program, including that portion of the program funded by VOCA, seeks to maintain its core programs and services, it must also take an important role in responding to the needs of victims and witnesses involved in the new family court system. As planned, in September, 2000, this family court system will offer three separate courts in the Weld County Centennial Center, a facility separate from the district's courthouse, that will work with families in dependency and neglect cases, adoptions, divorces and domestic violence cases. Most importantly for the planning of the Victim/Witness Program, the court that will be handling domestic violence cases exclusively plans to hold hearings five days per week and it will require a separate waiting area for the associated victims and witnesses, and this court's stated intention to reach a disposition in all cases within 45 days will necessitate an expedited VRA notification system and more intensive support services for the victims of domestic violence. 16. Project Description: The proposed project will enable the Victim/Witness Program to maintain its current level of services, and to begin to respond to the increased staff and services needed to support the new family court system (especially the dedicated domestic violence court). The VOCA funds requested will partially pay the salaries of staff persons who will provide direct and ongoing services to more than 1,400 domestic violence victims and other VOCA priority victims (i.e., special populations), including crisis counseling, follow-up contact, criminal justice education and assistance, personal support, information and referral, emergency financial assistance, Crime Victim Compensation, HIV education and notices, VRA notices, and other services. In the past this project has provided some services to a significant number of the reported victims of domestic violence in the district and, with the creation of the family court system, it is expected that the number and the quality of these contacts will increase. Furthermore, as this family court system will make the Victim/Witness program even more accessible to all victims of family violence, increased contacts in all areas related to this violence (i.e., domestic violence cases, dependency and neglect cases, divorces, etc.) are anticipated. In addition to providing a staff that is trained and available to help all crime victims, the project's staff will actively provide training and coordinate services with other crime victim programs and law enforcement agencies within the district. All of the continuing and enhanced services described above will be made possible in part due to the VOCA funding requested, and the Victim/Witness Program will, in addition to providing the matching funds described, provide the additional staff, supplies and equipment to enable the proposed project to effectively provide the needed services. The primary addition to the project that has been previously funded by VOCA and the one accounting for most of the sizable funding increase (in addition to salary increases mandated by the county's personnel system), is the hiring of a half-time person, a Community Services Technician, to be assigned primarily to the new family court complex. In addition, as the Victim/Witness Program seeks to provide increased services with minimal staff increases, the program expects to increase its efforts to recruit, train, supervise and retain qualified volunteer assistance on an ongoing basis. 17. Goals and Objectives for this Project: GOAL 1. To provide, within the 19th Judicial District, comprehensive services, including crisis counseling, follow-up contact, criminal justice education and assistance, personal support, information and referral, emergency financial assistance, Crime Victim Compensation, HIV education and notices, VRA notices, and other services, to victims of domestic violence and other special populations. OBJECTIVE 1. By December 31, 2001, the project will provide 1,260 non-offending family members, adult and children, who have been victims of domestic violence with comprehensive services, as described above. OBJECTIVE 2. By December 31, 2001, the project will provide at least 140 victims in other special populations (i.e., child physical and sexual abuse victims, adult sexual assault victims and other "previously underserved" victims) with comprehensive services, as described above. OBJECTIVE 3. By December 31, 2001, to perform outreach to at least 42 elderly victims of crime, providing them with a personal contact and offering them the comprehensive services described above. GOAL 2. To provide, within the 19th Judicial District, unduplicated, prosecution-based services to victims of domestic violence and victims in other special populations. OBJECTIVE 1. By December 31, 2001, the project will provide at least 15,000 victims and witnesses (a duplicated count) with staffed and separate waiting areas, trial coordination, case status information, "call-off" notification, court escort, and other court-related services. OBJECTIVE 2. By December 31, 2001, to assist 250 individual victims of domestic violence, child physical and sexual abuse victims, adult sexual assault victims, and other "previously underserved" victims (i.e., victims of DUI and DWAI crashes, homicide survivors, elder abuse victims, assault victims, robbery victims, and others) to submit applications for Crime Victim Compensation; furthermore, emergency financial assistance will be made available, when appropriate. OBJECTIVE 3. By December 31, 2001, the project will provide HIV education and notification, related to the prosecution of sexual offense cases, to about 50 victims of child sexual abuse and adult sexual assault. OBJECTIVE 4. By December 31, 2001, the Victim/Witness Program will provide 18,500 Victim Rights Act notifications (a duplicated count) to all victims covered by the act, including domestic violence victims and victims in other special populations; furthermore, about 50 elderly victims of crime will receive personal contacts. GOAL 3. To provide services to minorities in a manner that are racially, ethnically and culturally sensitive, and that are especially accessible to victims whose primary language is Spanish. OBJECTIVE 1. Throughout 2001, as Latinos are estimated to make up about 28.3% of the judicial district's population, the Victim/Witness Program will continue its efforts to retain and recruit staff and volunteers that are at the least in proportion to this percentage, and it will give a hiring preference to applicants who are bilingual, in English and Spanish. OBJECTIVE 2. During 2001, the Victim/Witness Program will provide in-service training or otherwise encourage staff to participate in training that will nurture the "cultural competency" of the services they provide to individuals. OBJECTIVE 3. Throughout 2001, the project will provide services to crime victims that are "culturally competent," and efforts will be made so that no complaints, either direct or indirect, regarding the delivery of services in a manner that was meaningful to an individual client's race, ethnicity or culture, are received. 18. Continuation Grantees Project Update: In 2000, as it has for more than six continuous years, VOCA is funding the Domestic Violence and Special Populations Liaison Project at the District Attorney's Office, and this project is currently meeting or exceeding all of its goals and objectives. The proposed VOCA request will continue all of the services provided in the project funded during the year ending on December 31, 2000. Furthermore, most of the projected numbers to be served, especially domestic violence victims, have been increased, and other services have been expanded, enhanced and added. In 2001, in order to partially fund scheduled salary increases and to provide increased services to domestic violence victims in the new family court system being created, by increasing the part- time coverage provided by two Community Services Technicians and by adding a half-time, victim-assistance, worker (i.e., a Community Services Technician), this grant application is requesting VOCA funding for about 14% of total program's projected costs, or a $27,609 VOCA grant, which is a $16,311 increase over the previous year's award (i.e., $27,609-11,298). The requested increase in VOCA funding is supported by at least the following points: A) The creation of a dedicated domestic violence court and two other courts dealing with issues relating to family violence, in combination with the establishment of a separate victim and witness waiting area in another facility apart from the one in the courthouse, necessitates additional staffing to provide needed services to domestic violence and other victims of family violence. B)The fact that the domestic violence court intends to hear cases five days a week and expects to reach a disposition in theses cases within 45 days means that the victim staff will be working more intensely with domestic violence victims in the days immediately following the crime, providing VRA notices, crisis counseling, criminal justice education, information and referral, emergency financial assistance, Crime Victim Compensation, and other support services (e.g., help with safety planning, restraining orders, etc.). C) Many of the services provided by the VOCA project are unduplicated in the judicial district and, as the district is a very large area (about 1,000 square miles) and has 22 law enforcement agencies, the District Attorney's Office has a central and critical role to fulfill in providing services to crime victims; furthermore, the project will serve a significant number of the total domestic violence victims and other special population victims in the district. D) The Victim/Witness Program must provide certain basic services to all victims and witnesses in the district and, as new responsibilities are added to this list, staffing increases are necessary in order to maintain and enhance the quality and effectiveness of the total services being provided. E) The requested funding is a small, but important, part of the total funding for the services to be provided through the project, and the Victim/Witness Program intends to seek out other sources to furnish the new victim and witness waiting area, to provide and install a computer and phone system, and to supply other needed equipment and supplies. ' Go 4� S si c "Go West, young man, and ; �`�` i '�"� -,. - grow up with the country!' a �• . . `- —Horace Greeley ,` � CONTACT "Hints toward Reform," _ �� 1851 ' jiN:,-,, CHRIS COBLER Edecr RANDY BANGERT r.I,,. JENNIFER STARBUC Monday, May 8, 2000 I 1 ii . k .. �k A .W I '4 q 3 �c �. MR. ]l j7. } 1 , . 4 i ti .. V ai 9 t.'E as k '�{ .r M1s �. ♦� 1s p +y, _ 4C. . , P f t \••• - -Future Weld ( , I tA••• i County 4 iV �'€, ,,,,probation { " tit �� 1 1,',II I , t. !f I ��goffices are _r i = i' . 7 under d p�� 11 • 1 li I construction to i} N 3` f jI. ti) I:1, the east of the - Courthouse on 1 j I to y, a li , ; i a '1` c. i 0 _ 9th Avenue. jc i 1 ' t ' ' 3 ' I k i y The project is i , , I �' part of an t re J q F ' ' ' i, i __'` - overall - If renovation Ian - jj to provide more -' a ,/ ' I _ space in the ''4 i Cr: courthouse. The nearby j , - l Centennial mow:; - . _„„ - i, _ Center is also ' going through r remodeling to s a house special ,i - ;;, courtrooms. q • • • lidcaoF ...„ aso __ Courthouse additions to open by end of summer41A, 1 t , <ti BY SHARON DUNN jury boxes. ' t r ., 3 G, t, — ry' Greeley Tribune Courtrooms in the center will provide space for the three family courts that will .�x tai Order in the court may prevail in the Weld move over from the courthouse. Those va- ' County Courthouse, but there's disorder in cated courtrdotns will be used for senior the buildings that house its various legal pro- judges who often fill in when timing and rt ceedings. space is tight on court dockets. 44 Fortunately, it's planned disorder. County Court Judge Gil Gutierrez will A$1.25 million project to remodel exist- move to the Centennial Center from his first- ing quarters and add other offices and court- floor quarters in the courthouse to become the rooms is halfway to completion at the justice domestic violence judge. Gutierrez's old JAY ounonaccu Greeley Tribune complex at 9th Avenue and 9th Street. The courtroom will become a first-appearance renovation affects not only the setup within center,intended to take pressure off the other The future domestic abuse courtroom for Weld County is under construction at the courthouse but also the space used in the courts. the Centennial Building in downtown Greeley. On the left is the judge's bench. adjacent Centennial Center and in storefronts County Court Judge David Melusky,who across the way on the east side of 9th Avenue. handles divorce cases, also will move to the The new quarters will provide ample el- Center,but the request was not approved.The For years, the courthouse has withstood Centennial Center. bow room for the officers who have been plan had been to shuttle all domestic violence the pressure of burgeoning caseloads and in- District Court Judge Roger Klein will also sidestepping boxes in the hallways of their cases through dedicated attorneys and judges creasing population. relocate to the center from his third-floor Centennial Center offices as crowded condi- so families wouldn't get bogged down in the But the current refurbishing project is ex- courtroom in the courthouse.He will contin- [ions prevailed there. Even a training room system. pected to ease some of the physical burden ue business as usual with adoptions and de- has been planned. Despite the disappointment of failing to within the courthouse. pendency and neglect cases. Woody's Newsstand will remain an anchor earn the grant.however, officials decided to Much of the first and second floors of the A security vestibule also is being added at to the Marlborough building at its southern forge ahead with the construction plans with- Centennial Center will become the newest the entrance to the Centennial Center,similar corner. out the extra attorneys and other personnel. place to work with families in dependency to the one now used to screen everyone en- Weld County has planned some of the ren- "We're going ahead with the domestic vi- and neglect cases as well as adjudicate adop- tering at the courthouse. ovations for years, setting aside lumps of olence court because we feel it's a very nec- dons,divorces and domestic violence cases. Meanwhile, across the way on 9th Av- money each year.It also received a$250,000 essary part of the judicial system,"said Mary New courtrooms are slowly materializing enue, first-floor rooms of the old Maribor- grant last fall for the project. Bohlender, court administrator. "So, we're behind the sawdust and debris on the center's ough Hotel are being transformed from the Weld Court officials had also hoped to be restructuring some of our offices in the way second floor.The drywall is up,the benches sandwich and book shops they once were into awarded a$2 million grant last fall to fund a we calendar items. It's a matter of changing are carved, and wooden frames outline the extra space for probation officers. domestic violence court to fill the Centennial the way we do business." Growth management: issue now up to public ASSOCIATED PRESS sure, "Citizen Management of Growth," the November ballot before any Supreme journed on Wednesday. But it didn't work meets the constitutional requirement of deal- Court challenge is decided out that way. DENVER — Several bills and one leg- ing with only subject despite its 2,000-plus "But if it rules in your favor, you have a Gov. Bill Owens proposed a package of islative session later, Colorado still has no words. head start," she said. bills giving local governments the tools and comprehensive growth-management plan de- Elise Jones of the Colorado Environmen- Three other growth-control initiatives financial incentives to address growth. His spite public opinion polls showing the state's tal Coalition said volunteers will start circu- have been submitted for review by state offi- measures using tax incentives as a way to en- i.,„.," n"ri?;nn,. rho week of Max 22. ci.tl<- Proponents will need at least 62,438 courage open-space preservation, cleanup e . ,,,tamin.ir:--d industri- _____ _ . Greeleyives boost toprotecting victims g By Vickie Taylor is-to make the defendants more accountable," Gutierrez thesecases,thereby giving better service to the victims." Reporter-Herald Staff-Writer said. The Family Courts of Weld County are proof that con- The new court will have more judicial oversight to make cerned community leaders can make things happen, even GREELEY — Victims of domestic violence in Weld sure classes are being completed and probation is being though funding seems out of reach. County may rest easier when the county's new domestic complied with,Gutierrez said. Weld County applied last year for violence court opens in four months. Gutierrez said it is crucial for defendants to complete $2 million in federal funds to es- ""• Complete with probation officers, local safe house rep anger management and domestic violence classes because tablish a domestic violence court. , resentatives, and a staffed child-care center, the Family these classes are a form of prevention."Those who complete Their request was denied. , Courts of Weld County, the first of its kind in the state,will classes are less likely to re offend,"he said. A Woman's Place, a Greeley- x ", open for business m September Batterers need to learn better ways of dealing with stress, based safe house serving Weld Coun- "We'll be able to get into court much quicker.Cases will be l ke taking a time out for a few seconds to think about what ty, •will provide legal advocates on processed much rocker," said Nancy Cole, head of Weld they are about to do. site to talk to victims who might not q He said he tells defendants who stand before him, °time otherwise seek help.County's probation services. ' " "These are real high-risk,dangerous cases,and when one out works,and the ultimate time out far adults is jail." Sharon Mitchell, executive direc- g g One new procedure to be implemented is that judges will explodes, it happens so quickly," Cole said. "When they do conduct a compliance review within 45 days of a defendant's tor of A Woman's Place, said she : '.s explode,you've got to really be working fast to keep people plans to have one legal advocate in / sentencing. That review is a safety net to ensure that h tM. ,� safe." defendants are following the court's orders. the courthouse when court is in ses- Dominguez She explained that probation,law enforcement and judges "Because all cases will be going to one division,there will sion. If a victim needs to talk to will be better informed "if a defendant is violating a court not be delays that sometimes exist now,"he said. someone not fled to any government order,restraining order,not going to treatment,harassing a Cole explained that at times a 10-day delay exists between agency,they can,she said. victim or picks up a new charge." the time a defendant is arrested, appears in court and is Annually,A Woman's Place provides legal advocate ser- if a defendant picks up a new charge,the same court with placed on probation. vices to 225 to 250 women,but it estimates that help is going the same judge will handle all of the cases. Currently, Under the new system, defendants will immediately op- to less than 10 percent of Weld County's domestic violence domestic violence cases are divided between three different pear before a judge,plead out,then be escorted to jail where victims. courts and judges. they will meet with a probation officer who will go over the Construction of the three new courtrooms and child-care Weld County Judge Gil Gutierrez said the new court will be terms and conditions of their sentencing. center in the Centennial Building,as well as the remodeling better at protecting domestic violence victims, Weld County District Attorney Al Dominguez said,"Hope- —and doubling in size—of the county's probation offices is "The overriding concern is to use all the tools available to fully what it's going to do is give us a specialized court that being funded by the state to the tune of$1.5 million,said Don us to protect victims of domestic violence.One way to do this will give us the time that is necessary to adequately handle Warden,Weld County Finance Director. rAT�" :!,u,,p District Attorney's Office - '� m Nineteenth Judicial District o Q13)) v A.M. Dominguez, Jr. - District Attorney K `U**Q Thomas Quammen - Assistant District Attorney 19 May 24, 2000 VOCA Assistance Board Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice Office of Victims Programs 700 Kipling Street, Suite 1000 Denver, CO 80215 Dear VOCA Board Members: As the District Attorney for the 19th Judicial District, I am pleased to write this letter of support for the VOCA Assistance grant application being submitted by the office's Victim/Witness Program. Through the Victim/Witness Program, at the District Attorney's Office, comprehensive services are provided to many victims of crime in this judicial district. As a large district, covering more than 4,000 square miles and having 22 separate law enforcement agencies, the Victim/Witness Program has an important and central role in providing victim services, most of which are not available from any other source, to individuals from throughout the district. As the Victim/Witness Program requests an increase in VOCA's funding for some of the services it provides to domestic violence victims and other victims of violent crimes (e.g., child physical and sexual abuse victims, adult sexual assault victims and other"previously underserved" victims), I would ask you to approve the requested funding, which, if approved, is expected to represent about 14% of the program's total budget in 2001. Currently, the Victim/Witness Program works with a small staff, has a very limited budget, and is dependant on all funding sources to help support necessary staff increases. In the Fall, when the family court system is established in the Weld County Centennial Center, a separate facility from the district's main courthouse, the Victim/Witness Program will need to provide staff coverage for a separate victim waiting area (i.e., in addition to the waiting area in the courthouse) and it is reasonable to expect that services to all victims of family violence will increase quantitatively and qualitatively. Your financial support for the Victim/Witness Program will help to ensure that the victims of domestic violence and those in other designated special populations receive the personal support and thorough services that this program is uniquely able to provide. If I can answer any questions concerning the Victim/Witness Program's proposed VOCA project or the funding being requested, please feel free to call me. Sincerely, A. M. Dominguez, Jr. District Attorney Post Office Box 1167• 915 Tenth Street •Greeley. CO 80632 • (970) 356-4010 • FAX (970) 352-8023 A Worrjij 's Puce, Inc. A domestic violence agency for Weld & northern Adams' Counties Information/Donations (970) 351-0476 Executive Director (970)506-2733 Fort Lupton Office (303)857-264r 24-Hour Crisis Line (970)356-4226 May 29, 2000 Dear VOCA Board Members: A Woman's Place, Inc. and the Office of the District Attorney Victim/Witness Assistance Program collaborate on a regular basis to assist domestic violence victims/survivors. The Victim/Witness Assistance Program plays an integral role with our domestic violence program in empowering women through the court system. The women are kept informed on their abusers' cases, and they receive legal advocacy and victim compensation services as needed by a very knowledgeable staff. Our counselors, legal advocates, and case manager work more effectively with domestic violence victims/survivors insuring them of their rights and helping them overcome their fears because of this program. It is the continual referring and networking of our two programs that makes this a very successful partnership. The staff of the District Attorney"s Office and A Woman's Place, Inc. have been meeting fequently for over a year on developing and implementing a dedicated domestic violence court. This will become a reality in September of 2000, and we envision this will be more efficient and less intimidating to primary and secondary victims. We have continued to meet quarterly with staff from the Victim Witness Program to coordinate and problem solve around victim services. Funding the Victim/Witness Assistance Program gives many women the opportunity and the courage to follow through and take the necessary steps to end domestic violence in their lives and in their children's lives. I strongly recommend continual funding for this outstanding program due to the expertise of the staff and the needed services they offer to victims/survivors in Weld County. Sincerely, ,\,__,f_/e_e_.. (A At, C-e-k-e e (i.-- ' Sharon A. Mitchell Executive Director P.O. Box 71 • Greeley, Colorado 80632 . A United Way Agency P.O. Box 312 ' Fort Lupton, Colorado 80621 top , � ` '� POLICE DEPARTMENT 3 �� City of•+ PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, 919 7TH STREET, GREELEY, COLORADO 80631 •(970)350-9605 Greeley June 2, 2000 Dear V.O.C.A. Board Members: I am pleased to write a letter of support for the District Attorney: Victim/Witness and Crime Victim Compensation Programs as they request continued grant funding for the coming year. The Greeley Police Department Victim Assistance works closely with the District Attorney's Office and has a deep appreciation for their timeliness, dedication and commitment to serving victims of crime. The information and support supplied by the District Attorney's Office to GPD advocates also greatly enhances our ability to effectively serve victims. Gary Rathke, from the D.A.s Office, and his staff are heavily involved in the training of GPD volunteer advocates who respond on scene to crime victims. This is an excellent training tool for everyone involved. It enhances our mutually beneficial relationship and the ability for each agency's staff to know who to call when in need of information. The D.A.s Victim Assistance Office is a key player in the immediate response to the victims and their family members. Our trainings have been extremely productive and I look forward to the continued cooperation and success made possible by their staff. I support, without reservation, the Victim/Witness and Crime Victim and Compensation Programs of the 19th Judicial District Attorney's Office and would ask that you seriously consider continued funding. These programs are a necessary and valuable part of Victim Services in Weld County. Sincerely, Cecil O'Farrell GPD Victim Assistance Coordinator S L R v I N (I () UR COMMUNITY • I T ' 4 A TRADITION be promise Inpreserue atmiimprnue lle yua/il9 of LA,for ("reeky l/rnu //finely, coup/coos and cad cffecliue.reroice. SOUTH WELD VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAM • P.O. Box#389♦400 Grand Avenue• Platteville,CO 80651 •Weld County, USA Phone(970)785-2245 ext.#400♦ Fax(970)785-2476• Email RitaSWVS@aol.com May 24, 2000 VOCA Grant Committee Division of Criminal Justice 700 Kipling Street, Suite 1000 Denver, CO 80215 Dear VOCA Board: It is with great pleasure that I write a letter of support for the 19th Judicial District Attorney's Victim Witness Program. Since the beginning of our own Victim Services Program in 1995 we have continued to have close contact with the Victim Witness Office. These two programs continue to compliment one another as we each strive to serve various victims/witnesses throughout our area. We are very fortunate to have such an efficient program to refer those victimized by crime throughout Southern Weld County, whether it be by domestic violence, physical assault, sexual assault on children and/or adults, homicide or any other crime covered under the Colorado Victim Rights Amendment. Many suffering from crime committed against them or their loved ones do not have the strength to face a second or third victimization by our own system. The District Attorney's Victim Witness Program is one of the most important referrals that is available for our volunteer victim advocates. With South Weld Victim Services and the District Attorney's Victim Witness Program networking together we have the ability to give the victims/witnesses a smooth transition right from the initial onset of the victimization throughout their entire court process. Gary Rathke has always been very gracious in answering all questions when asked, as well as never once hesitating to present invaluable training covering Victim's Compensation issues for all of our incoming Volunteer Victim Advocates. I therefore recommend continued funding for this extremely vital service to victims of crime within the 19th Judicial District. It continues to make an impressive impact. Sincerely, e Rita F. Ashliman Victim Services Coordinator South Weld Victim Services ap S£XVAL ASSAVLT SVRVIVORS, INC. t � PO BOX 5135 GRBISLBY,CO 80634-0135 (970)506-2738 444 30 May 2000 To the VOCA Board: As Director of Sexual Assault Survivors, Inc., I am pleased to write this letter of support for the Victim Witness Program at thel9th Judicial District Attorney's office. I have worked with this program and its Coordinator, Gary Rathke, for nearly four years and find it to be a dignified, dedicated, and respectful resource for victims. Time and again, this program has been very successful in providing high quality services to persons victimized by crime, and to service providers in need of information. Staff associated with this program have been extremely helpful ever since SASI trained its first volunteers and became established in our community. We enjoy the professionalism and cooperation which exists between us, and collaborate to ensure that victims receive necessary but unduplicated services from bath organizations. We are confident that services to our community are more comprehensive because of our efforts. The Victim Witness Program at thel9th Judicial District Attorney's office and SASI also collaborate in initial training for volunteer victim advocates, service provider training, and community awareness activities such as National Crime Victims Rights Week. Because I value high quality services to victims of crime and my opportunity to work with this program and its staff, I strongly support their continued funding through the Victims of Crime Act. Sincerely, AnplytOtaben Director, SASI (6( e� � District Attorney's Office v_�ya m Nineteenth Judicial District (.9 )� A.M. Dominguez, Jr. - District Attorney T Thomas Quammen - Assistant District Attorney nrJUCAG May 22, 2000 VOCA Assistance Board Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice Office for Victims Programs 700 Kipling Street, Suite 1000 Denver, CO 80215 SUBJECT: Letter of Coordination Please accept this letter of coordination listing many of the agencies within the criminal justice system and the community with whom the Victim/Witness Program, at the District Attorney's Office, coordinates its efforts. Each of the agencies listed is aware of the Victim/Witness Program's services to victims of crime, each has referred individuals to the program when appropriate, and victims are referred for services to many of the agencies listed. AGENCY/PROGRAM AGENCY REPRESENTATIVE 1. Crime Victim Compensation Program District Attorney's Office P. O. Box 1167, Greeley, CO 80632 (970) 356-4010 Clary L. Rathke, Administrator 2. A Kid's Place � y 814 9th St., Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 353-5970 Teresa Huizar-Hu es, Executive Director 3. A Woman's Place, Inc. /� �yit.C�`.-t't- P. O. Box 71, Greeley, CO 80632 2 l'0 1/IL,it__ P. O. Box 312, Ft. Lupton, CO 80621 (970) 506-2733 Sharon A. Mitchell, Executive irector 4. Area Agency on Aging c • P. O. Box 1805, Greeley, CO 80632 agaZi (970) 353-3800 inda Piper, Director 5. Child Advocacy Resource and Education 814 9th St., Greeley, CO 80631 ' nJ /L-t^i-CSC (970) 356-6751 Gwen Schooley, Executive Director 6. Colorado Legal Services 6Th ez_vi,.�/ Z2 1020 9 St., Ste. 300, Greeley, CO 80631 `� " I (970) 353-7554 Mario H. Rivera, Managing Attorney Post Office Box 1167 • 915 Tenth Street • Greeley, CO 80632 • (970) 356-4010 • FAX (970) 352-8023 May 22, 2000 Letter of Coordination Page 2 AGENCY/PROGRAM AGENCY REPRESENTATIVE 7. District Attorney's Office, l V Victim/Witness Program /42( —P. O. Box 1167, Greeley, CO 80632 (970) 356-4010 "Ra k ; • istrator 8. Greeley Police Department Victim Services Program 4il 919 7th St., Greeley, CO 80631 LC / �' GL�a (970) 350-9667 Ce it L. O'Farre , Coordinator 9. Individual & Group Therapy Services 824-B 9th St., Greeley, CO 80631 �! (970) 353-8171 A. N1 rvyn Davi s, MA, Director 10. Nineteenth Judicial District P. O. Box C, Greeley, CO 80632 N ry . o len er, Judicial Dist. Admin. (970) 351-7300, ext. 4520 William West, Chief Judge 11. Partners of Weld County vi ' '' j/ 1212 8th St., Greeley, CO 80632 (970) 351-0700 Michael Muskin, Executive Director 12. Platteville Police Department South Weld Victim Services Program P. O. Box 389, Platteville, CO 80651 <�t • O&A/6i vwNGt.yci (970) 785-2245, ext. 400 Rita F. Ashli;nan, Director 13. Probation Department, 19th Judicial Dist. 934 9th Ave., 2nd Fl., Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 356-4000, ext. 4590 Nancy Kroll, Chi Probation Officer 14. Sexual Assault Survivors, Inc. r�' P. O.9 O ox 5135,506-2738 Greeley, CO 80634 / R �eCYUIi'fN (970) [A 15. Social Services Department 315 N. 11 Ave., Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 352-1551 Judy Griego, Director 16. United Way of Weld County, CASA of Weld County P. O. Box 1944, Greeley, CO 80632 (970) 343-4300 Judy Kron, Director May 22, 2000 Letter of Coordination Page 3 AGENCY/PROGRAM AGENCY REPRESENTATIVE 17. University of Northern Colorado Assault Survivors Advocacy Program Casidy Hall, Greeley, CO 80639 (970) 351-4040 Je I Brunner, 'rector 18. Weld County Legal Services P. O. Box 1283, Greeley, CO 80632 (970) 351-7300, ext. 4514 Anne Williams, Executive Director 19. Weld County's 22 Law Enforcement Agencies, including: (1) Ault P. D. (970-834-2844) Police Chief: Greg Tarantino (2) Colorado State Patrol (970-350-2207) (3) Dacono P. D. (303-833-5528) Police Chief: Tom Davis (4) Eaton P. D. (970-454-3339) Police Chief: Randall Jacobson (5) Erie P. D. (303-926-2705) Police Chief: Steve Hasler (6) Evans P. D. (970-330-3472) Police Chief: Michael Guthrie (7) Firestone P. D. (303-833-4863) Police Chief: David Montgomery (8) Fort Lupton P. D. (303-857-4011) Police Chief: John Gararalia (9) Frederick P.D. (303-833-3817) Police Chief: James Torrez (10) Garden City P. D. (970-351-6549) Police Chief: Mike Guthrie (11) Gilcrest P. D. (970-737-2427) Police Chief: Yrineo Salazar (12) Greeley P. D. (970-350-9770) Police Chief: Paul Branham (13) Johnstown P. D. (970-587-0141) Police Chief: Reggie Mayes (14) Kersey P. D. (970-353-2197) Police Chief: Pat Carey (15) LaSalle P. D. (970-284-6843) Police Chief: Carl Harvey (16) Lochbuie P. D. (303-655-9308) Police Chief: vacant (17) Milliken P. D. (970-587-4331) Police Chief: Gary Paxton (18) Pierce P. D. (970-834-2851) Police Chief: Greg Tarantino May 22, 2000 Letter of Coordination Page 4 AGENCY/PROGRAM AGENCY REPRESENTATIVE (19) Platteville P. D. (970-785-2476) Police Chief: Steve Soliday (20) University of No. Colo. P. D. (351-2245) Police Chief: Terry Urista (21) Weld County Sheriff's Office (356-4000) Sheriff: Ed Jordan (22) Windsor P. D. (970-686-7180) Police Chief: John Michaels In addition to the key victim-service agencies listed above, the Victim/Witness Program coordinates services with at least the following agencies that also provide vital services to crime victims: American Red Cross (970-352-7212), Catholic Charities Northern (970-353-6433), Funeral Homes and Cemeteries, Gaudalupe Homeless Shelter (970-353-3720), Greeley Transitional House (970-352-3215), Medical & Dental Care Providers, Mental Health Care Providers, North Range Behavioral Health Center (970-353-3686), Parents of Murdered Children (303-772-6004), Salvation Army (970-506-2723), School Districts (including School District #6, 970-352-1543), Suicide Education & Support Services (970-506-2737), et al. , 'jet I Gary L. Rathke Community Programs Administrator, Victim/Witness SECTION C BUDGET INFORMATION QUESTIONS M:\W PFILES\GARY\00VOCA.00J revised 4/00 SECTION C - BUDGET INFORMATION 22. Total Victim Services/Sexual Assault Prevention Funding: Grant Number Funding Amount Start Date End Date • Federal Funds: VAWA funds $ / / / / VOCA funds 98-VA-19-63 $ 11,298.00 01/01 /00 12/31 /00 FVPSA(ACT)funds $ / / / / Other US Dept. Of Justice $ / / / / funds such as Byrne(DCSIP), COPS, etc. Sex Assault Prevention $ / / / / funds Other federal funds $ / / / / Non-federal funds: State VALE funds $ / / / / State DAAP funds $ / / / / Local VALE funds J.D.: 19 $ 62,292.00 01 /01 /00 12/31 /00 J.D.:_ $ / / / / J.D.:_ $ / / / / J.D.:_ $ / / / / Local government funds $ 85.294.00 01 /01 /00 12/31 /00 $ / / / / Private funds $ / / / / Other funds $ 52,608.00 01 /01 /00 12/31 /00 GRAND TOTAL: $ 211,492.00 Does your agency have an independent audit or financial review conducted on a regular basis? YES If yes,please provide the date of your last auditl2/31/98* financial review . If you have not had an audit or financial review please explain why. Does your agency receive over$300,000 in federal funds from combined federal sources in a year? NO *(NOTE: On 5/3/99, audit was issued for year ended on 12/31/98. An audit is in progress for 1999,and a report is pending.) M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCA.DCJ - revised 4/00 SECTION C - BUDGET INFORMATION 23. Project Funds Requested Budget: Do not include matching funds on this page. X 1 year funding budget 10 year of 2 year funding budget ROUND TO NEAREST WHOLE DOLLAR PERSONNEL(Employees of the applicant a ency) Total Cost Cost Total Name of employee/Job Position Rate of Pay %of Time for this Project (Per Line Item) Karolyn Koeltzow,Community Counselor II 30,315.71 /YR X 20 %= 6,063.00 Doris Soltes,Community Services Tech. 23,004.10/YR X 20 %= 4,601.00 Rachel Sileski,Community Services Tech. 23,004.10/YR X 20 %= 4,601.00 Emp.Pending,Community Services Tech 23,004.10/YR X 40 %= 9,202.00 FICA,Retirement,Fringe Benefits 24,467.00 X 12.84 %of Salary= 3,142.00 $27,609.00 SUPPLIES AND OPERATING EXPENSES(communications,copying,rent,phone,rceislration fees and items under$5,000 to purchase) S 0.00 IN-STATE TRAVEL(itemize transportation&subsistence) $ 0.00 EQUIPMENT(items which cost over$5,000 each) $ 0.00 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES(itemize individuals and organizations) S 0.00 TOTAL FUNDS REQUESTED: $27,609.00 M:\WPFILES\GARY\OOVOCADCJ revised 4/00 SECTION C - BUDGET INFORMATION 24. Matching Funds Budget:This budget lists the total matching funds(if required),see instructions. STATE VALE AND SAPF APPLICANTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS. ALL VOCA PROJECTS MUST PROVIDE MATCH. VAWA APPLICANTS THAT ARE NON-PROFIT,NON-GOVERNMENTAL VICTIM SERVICE AGENCIES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT(unless dollars are being requested for law enforcement or prosecution agencies).Do not exceed the required match amount of 25%for VAWA,25%for VOCA-new programs,20%for VOCA and 5%for VOCA-Indian Tribes. _ 1 year funding applicant X P'year of 2 year funding budget ROUND TO NEAREST WHOLE DOLLAR PERSONNEL(Employees of the applicant agency) Total Cost Name of employee/Job Position Rate of Pay %of Time for this Project Cost Total (Per Line Item) Karolyn Koeltzow,Community Counselor II 30,315.71 /YR X 5 %= 1,516.00 Doris Soltes,Community Services Tech. 23.004.10/YR X 5 %= 1,150.00 Rachel Sileski,Community Services Tech. 23,004.10/YR X 5 %= 1,150.00 Emp.Pending,Community Services Tech. 23,004.10/YR X 10 %= 2,300.00 FICA,Retirement,Fringe Benefits 6,117.00 X 12.84 %of Salary= 786.00 S 6,902.00 SUPPLIES AND OPERATING EXPENSES(communications,copying,rent,phone,registration fees and items under$5,000 to purchase) $ 0.00 IN-STATE TRAVEL(itemize transportation&subsistence) $ 0.00 EQUIPMENT(items which cost over$5,000 each) $ 0.00 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES(itemize individuals and organizations) $ 0.00 TOTAL MATCHING FUNDS: $ 6,902.00 M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCA.DCJ revised 4/00 SECTION C - BUDGET INFORMATION 25. Budget Summary: This page summarizes all dollars by category. For applicants of one year funding this budget summary totals your one budget page and one match page. For two year applicants this budget summary totals your two budget pages and two match pages.If your project does not have matching funds, leave match columns blank. Whenever possible,put match in one category,cash or in-kind in a single budget category. ALL VOCA APPLICANTS MUST COMPLETE THIS SHEET. STATE VALE AND SAPF APPLICANTS DO NOT HAVE TO COMPLETE THIS SHEET. VAWA APPLICANTS WHICH ARE NON-PROFIT,NON-GOVERNMENTAL VICTIM SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT UNLESS DOLLARS ARE BEING REQUESTED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PROSECUTION AGENCIES. ROUND TO THE NEAREST WHOLE DOLLAR Fundin_Re.nest Cash Match In-Kind Match TOTALS Personnel 27,609 6,902 34,511 Su lies and O eratin_ Travel E.ui.men[ Professional Services TOTALS 27,609 6,902 34,511 Funds Requested Match Total (cash match+in-kind match) Total Project Cost 27,609 6,902 34,511 What is the source of the matching funds? 1 Year Application Cash Match:Local VALE grant and District Attorney's admin funds(6,902) In-Kind Match: Valued at 2 Year Application (1"Year Funding) Cash Match: In-Kind Match: Valued at 2 Year Application (2"Year Funding) Cash Match: In-Kind Match: Valued at Subgrantee initial here (10/00) SECTION C - BUDGET INFORMATION The answers to question number 26 and 27 must be inserted after question numbers 22-25 (at the end of Section C.) 26. Budget narrative 27. Future Fundinn_ M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCA.DCJ revised 4/00 SECTION C - BUDGET INFORMATION 26. Budget Narrative: Personnel: A) Salaries. The salary figures for this project are based upon the pay rate established by the Weld County Personnel Department and the Weld County Board of County Commissioners, and the rates are set according to a survey of comparable positions in other counties. In addition, a 4% increase has been added to the 2000 salary figures to allow for the cost-of-living adjustment that the County anticipates on January 1, 2001. Therefore, while the entire Victim/Witness staff will work in support of the Domestic Violence and Special Populations Project (7.25 FTE), the salaries for the VOCA project's key staff members (1.25 FTE) is as follows: 1) One Community Services Counselor II (.25 FTE), Karolyn Koeltzow, has a $30,315.71 rate of pay per year, and 25% of that salary, $7,579 totally, is being dedicated to the VOCA project (i.e., VOCA will pay $6,063 and matching funds will equal $1,516). 2) Three Community Services Technicians (.25+.25+.50=1.0 FTE total), Doris Soltes (.25 FTE), Rachel Sileski (.25 FTE) and one new employee, whose employment is pending (.50 FTE), have a $23,004.10 rate of pay per year each, and 100% equivalent of that salary, $23,004 totally, is being committed to the VOCA project (i.e., VOCA will pay $18,404 and matching funds will equal $4,600). Therefore, in 2001, if VOCA pays 80% of the project's salary costs, $24,467, the Victim/Witness Program will pay the 20% matching funds, $6,116, and the total salary costs for the VOCA project's key staff members will be $30,583. B) Benefits. The benefits for the positions being assigned to support the VOCA project are also established by Weld County, and the average benefit rate for all of the positions combined is 12.84%. The breakdown of the benefits for the VOCA project's key staff is as follows: 1)The benefits for the sole Community Services Counselor II, which is a position with full-time benefits (i.e., FICA, Medicare, retirement, and health, life and disability insurance), add about 22.923% to the position's base salary, and, in 2001, 25% (i.e., .25 FTE) of the benefits for this position are estimated to cost $1,737 (i.e., $30,315.71 x 22.923% x .25%). 2) The benefits for the three Community Services Technician positions, which are all part-time positions with only basic benefit costs (i.e., FICA, Medicare, and life and disability insurance), are about 9.522% of the position's base salary, and, in 2001, 100% (i.e., 1.0 FTE) of the benefits for these positions are estimated to cost $2,190 (i.e., $23,004.10 x 9.522% x 100%). Therefore, in 2001, if VOCA pays 80% of the project's benefit costs, $3,142, the Victim/Witness Program will pay the 20% matching funds, $786, and the total benefit costs for the VOCA project's key staff members will be $3,927. Supplies and Operating Expenses: The V/W Program will pay these expenses with other funds. In-State Travel: The V/W Program will pay these expenses with other funds. Equipment: The V/W Program will pay these expenses with other funds. Professional Services: The V/W Program will pay these expenses with other funds. Summary Statement: In 2001, the Victim/Witness Program is asking VOCA to provide $27,609 to pay 80% of the salaries and benefits for 1.25 full-time-equivalent positions, and the program will pay $6,902 as its matching funds requirement. In addition, the Victim/Witness Program will pay, using the funding sources described elsewhere, for all other expenses, including matching funds and other salary expenses, supply costs, operating expenses, travel and meeting costs, equipment expenses, and so forth, and will use its entire paid and volunteer staff to accomplish the project's goals, objectives, and reporting requirements (7.25 FTE). Furthermore, while the proposed VOCA grant will pay for 4 positions to work a total of 50 hours per week accomplishing the Domestic Violence and Special Populations Project's goals and objectives, the actual staff coverage and total hours will be significantly greater. 27. Future Funding: The Victim/Witness Program, at the 19th Judicial District Attorney's Office, has developed a diverse funding base, and the VOCA funds being requested (i.e., $27,609) are estimated to be less than 14% of the program's budget in 2001. While there are certain limitations imposed on governmental programs such as the Victim/Witness Program, it has maintained a strong funding mix over the years, including the following funding sources and their approximate percentage of the program's total funding in 2000: A) local VALE grant (30%), B) Weld County Government funds (40%), C) DA's Office (VALE and Victim Compensation) administrative funds (25%), and D) VOCA funds (5%). In recent years all of the funding sources have assumed increased financial responsibility for funding the Victim/Witness Program, and the current levels of funding reflect the relative strength of these funding sources. In the future all existing funding sources will be asked to maintain their relative level of support; additionally, as the program seeks to offer competitive salaries to retain its staff and faces, current and anticipated, demand's for service that exceed the program's staffing capabilities, the Victim/Witness Program will ask existing funders to increase their support, new funding sources will be sought (e.g., VAWA), and the possibility of utilizing additional volunteer staff will be actively explored. SECTION D ADMINISTRATIVE NARRATIVE QUESTIONS 28-34 M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCA.DCJ revised 4/00 Questions 28-34 should be answered in narrative form.Please type the number and the title only(as it appears on this page)before answering the question. You must refer to the instructions to answer these questions. Administrative Narrative should not exceed a total of 4 pages. Font size 10 pt or larger is required. 28. Network/Coordination: 29. Racial,Cultural.Ethnic Minorities: 30. Financial Management: 31. Achievement of Goals and Objectives: 32. Evaluation(Effect of Project): 33. Victim Rights: A. Training B. Notification C. Victim Rights brochure 34. Victim Compensation: A. Informing and assisting victims B. Major issues that hinder victim assistance programs C. Services provided by your agency D. Training M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCA DCJ revised 4/00 SECTION D - ADMINISTRATIVE NARRATIVE 28. Network/Coordination: In order to provide effective and efficient services to all crime victims in the Nineteenth Judicial District, including the domestic violence and other special populations victims targeted in the proposed VOCA grant, the Victim/Witness Program provides training and collaboration, and coordinates services with the district's 22 law enforcement agencies and victim-service providers (i.e., all non-profit agencies, including those providing sexual assault prevention activities, medical and mental health care providers, the Crime Victim Compensation Program, etc.). Besides its efforts with these agencies and service providers, Victim/Witness staff is actively involved on local and state committees and task forces, including the Weld County Domestic Violence Coalition, TRIAD Senior Program, Area Agency's on Aging Long-Term Care Committee, 19th Judicial District's family court task force, and others. In addition, the Victim/Witness Program is referred to in all VRA information given to crime victims within the district, and all victims covered under VRA receive notices from the program. (NOTE: A letter of coordination is attached to the letters of support, question 21.) 29. Racial. Cultural, Ethnic Minorities: All Victim/Witness staff are sensitive to the needs of victims of crime, including racial, cultural and ethnic considerations, and three members of the staff are proficient in Spanish (i.e., the only other language spoken significant numbers of crime victims served). These staff members, or other Spanish-speaking staff within the District Attorney's Office, can provide assistance to Spanish-speaking clients as they request assistance with all services available to English- speaking clients, and some important information is available in Spanish (e.g., VRA information and Victim Compensation brochure). Several staff members have enrolled in Spanish classes, offered by Weld County Government at several skill levels, in order to learn or improve their speaking skills. When selecting new staff, volunteer and paid, the Victim/Witness Program gives preference to applicants who are bicultural (e.g., Latino/Hispanic) and bilingual (i.e., Spanish speaking). Currently, the Victim/Witness Program has 3 or about 50% of its staff members who are proficient in Spanish; furthermore, in the minority-victims served in the judicial district and minority representation within the District Attorney's staff, and board members is as follows: A) Victims Served. According to the Educational Development Program in Weld County, the 1998 estimated census indicates that Weld County has a 23.8 °A) Hispanic population. While our office is unable to determine the percentage of minority victims served, as Hispanic ethnicity is categorized as Caucasian, it is expected that the percentage would approximate the general population (i.e., 23.8%). In addition, during 1999, 47% of the claimants receiving Crime Victim Compensation were ethnic minorities, and Hispanics represented 45% of that number. B) Staff. The staff of the 19th Judicial District Attorney's Office is estimated to include a 20% minority representation, and about 14% of the office speaks Spanish. C) Board Members. The VALE and Victim Compensation boards have a total of three individuals with Hispanic surnames, or 38% of the total board membership. 30. Financial Management: A) Financial Record Keeping. The District Attorney's Office uses Weld County's accounting system and staff, both of these entities are under the direct management of the Board of County Commissioners and the Director of Finance and Administration, Donald Warden. "Management of the County is responsible for establishing and maintaining an internal control structure designed to ensure that the assets of the County are protected from loss, theft or misuse and to ensure that adequate accounting data are compiled to allow for the preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. ...As a recipient of federal and state financial assistance, the County also is responsible for ensuring that adequate internal controls are in place to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations related to those programs. Internal controls are subject to periodic evaluation by management and external auditors. ...The Weld County Home Rule Charter requires an annual audit of the books of accounts, financial records, and transactions of all administrative departments of the county by independent certified public accountants selected by the Board of County Commissioners, and engaged for a period not to exceed five years." ("County of Weld, State of Colorado, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Year Ended December 31, 1998," pp. 7, 12.). Within this structure, the Project Director and County personnel use the County's Banner automated accounting system to record deposits and deduct expenses. B) Programmatic Record Keeping, Personnel Policies and Travel Policies. 1) Record keeping related to the performance of the Victim/Witness Program, including the VOCA project, is performed on a daily basis by the individual staff members and by automated systems within the District Attorney's Office. Then, on a quarterly basis, these statistics are collected by the Project Director (i.e., Gary Rathke, Community Programs Administrator, Victim/Witness) and provided, both internally and externally, in report form to administrators, funders and other interest parties. 2) Personnel policies and travel policies are addressed in the "Office of the District Attorney, Nineteenth Judicial District, Handbook" which has been established by the District Attorney and which is provided to all paid staff at the time of their employment; furthermore, nothing in the policies set forth in this handbook are deemed to violate the requirements of federal and state government as explained in the Certified Assurances and Special Provisions. C) Accounting System. Using the Banner automated accounting system, the Project Director and County accounting personnel use separately coded accounts to track VOCA receipts and expenditures. All receipts are recorded in the accounting system by the Project Director, and then the actual funds are delivered to the Weld County Accounting Division for deposit in the appropriate bank account. Personnel expenses for staff members partially supported by VOCA funds are then deducted from the VOCA account as the expense is incurred. D) Line of Authority. The Project Director, as an employee of the District Attorney's Office, reports directly to the District Attorney and the Assistant District Attorney in the chain of command, including as it relates to financial matters. The District Attorney must defer to the Board of County Commissioners who is authorized to approve all financial contracts, departmental budgets, and the like. In addition, as the Victim/Witness Program receives funding from the VALE and Victim Compensation boards, both in the form of a grant and as administrative funds, the District Attorney and the Project Director must report to these boards in matters relating to the funds under their authority. 31. Achievement of Goals and Objectives: (Omitted--for new projects only.) 32. Evaluation. The evaluation design will provide detailed information supporting the VOCA evaluation efforts and requirements, and this evaluation design will address the following areas: A) Efficiency Measures. In order to evaluate significance and efficiency of the Victim/Witness Program, staff members seek to compile key-statistical data on all clients served, and, on a quarterly basis, this information is analyzed and reported to federal, state and local administrators, funders, and other interested parties. When this report is to a funding source with whom goals and objectives have been established, such as the proposed VOCA project, a detailed written analysis will evaluate whether the proposed activities and outcomes were accomplished in the given time frame. In addition, funders such as VOCA are helped to evaluate the cost effectiveness of the services being provided through the use of a cost/benefit ratio (e.g., grant dollars received/criteria victims served). B) Effectiveness Measures. In order to determine the impact that our services being provided by the Victim/Witness Program, surveys are conducted with clients, trainees, and other agencies. These surveys, which are conducted using standard forms and informal interviews, seek to help the program to evaluate the effectiveness of the services being provided. Furthermore, as the data from these surveys is gathered, the information relevant to the proposed VOCA project will be provided to the Division of Criminal Justice on a quarterly basis. Ultimately, the data and reports generated will help the Victim/Witness Program and others to evaluate the program's performance, its efficiency and effectiveness, the need to refine, expand and add services, etc. 33. Victims Rights: A) Training Provided. Training regarding the Victim Rights Act is provided to all new staff and volunteers, including providing copies of the victim rights brochure and VRA statutes to read, having each new person receive some VRA-specific training from a knowledgeable staff person, and strongly encouraging attendance relevant state and local training offered (e.g., COVA Conferences, DCJ meetings, etc.). B) Notification Provided. Upon receiving a notice from a prosecutor that victims of a Victim Rights Act crime need to be informed about a "critical stage" event, the Victim/Witness Program will send VRA notification letters and/or provide phone notices, with information related to the anticipated event, to all the victims associated with that criminal action. In addition, when an initial notice is sent concerning the filing of charges, the victims are also sent a brochure explaining the Victim Rights Act, a letter explaining the availability of Crime Victim Compensation, a request for a Victim Impact Statement and restitution information, a listing of victim-service providers, and other related information. C) VRA Brochures. The Victim/Witness Program has Victim Rights brochures, in English and Spanish, that are distributed to crime victims, and copies of these brochures are attached to the grant. 34. Victim Compensation: A) Regularly Informs and Assists. The Victim/Witness Program provides information to victims concerning Crime Victim Compensation by distributing Victim Compensation brochures (in English or Spanish) and application forms, referring to Victim Compensation in VRA brochures, sending letters to all VRA victims with Victim Compensation information, providing Compensation training at law enforcement and victim-service agencies, having all prosecutors make referrals to the program, and so forth. Furthermore, the Victim/Witness Program assists victims in applying for Victim Compensation when appropriate in the following manner: sending Compensation applications when requested, answering questions and helping victims to complete the application forms, assisting victims to receive emergency financial awards when appropriate, processing applications for submission to the Victim Compensation Board, sending notices and awards for processed claims, etc. B) No Major Hindrances. There are no major issues that will hinder the Victim/Witness Program, including its VOCA funded project, in helping crime victims to apply for compensation benefits, in explaining the eligibility requirements, and in helping victims to receive emergency financial assistance, when appropriate. C) No Como. Eligible Services. None of the services provided by the District Attorney's Office and its Victim/Witness Program are eligible for Victim Compensation reimbursement. However, victims are helped to apply for Victim Compensation, and are encouraged to seek compensation payment or reimbursement for all eligible services received. D) Training Provided. The Crime Victim Compensation Program, which is a administered and staffed by the Victim/Witness Program, conducts trainings, and provides literature and forms to victim-service providers in the 19th Judicial District. In addition, all new Victim/Witness staff members are given extensive training concerning the Victim Compensation Program and most, including the staff positions funded in part by VOCA, help victims and service providers to understand and access the program's benefits. • SECTION E CERTIFICATIONS QUESTIONS 35-38 revised 4/00 M:\WPF LES\GARY\00VOCA.DCJ SECTION E - VAWA, VOCA, SAPF CERTIFICATIONS 35. Certified Assurances: The Certified Assurances and Special Provisions must be attached to the grant application. GRANT APPLICATION(Project applicant must check applicable governing legislation for this grant) S.T.O.P.Violence Against Women Act(VAWA),Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Pub. L. No. 103-322, 108 Stat. 1796(Sep. 13, 1994),and Administrative Guide for Federal Justice Grant Programs. Sexual Assault Prevention Funds,Part A of Title XIX of the Public Health and Human Services Act(42 G.S.C.300w et seq.), Section 1910 A,as set out in Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,Pub.L.No. 103-322, 108 Stat. 1796(Sep. 13, 1994), and Administrative Guide for Federal Justice Grant Programs. • X VOCA Assistance(VOCA),Victims of Crime Act, 1984,as amended,and Administrative Guide for Federal Justice Grant Programs. The applicant hereby certifies that the project described in this application meets all the requirements of the applicable governing legislation as checked above,that all information contained in the application is correct,that there has been appropriate coordination with affected agencies and that the applicant will comply with all provisions of the goveming legislation and all other applicable federal and state laws,rules and regulations that have been or may hereafter be established. The applicant further understands and agrees that any subgrant received as a result of this application shall incorporate this application into the subgrant award,and shall also be subject to the grant conditions set forth in the Statement of Grant Award and in the Division of Criminal Justice publication,Administrative Guide for Federal Justice Grant Programs. A. Financial and Administrative Management 1. The applicant assures that fund accounting,auditing, monitoring,evaluation procedures and such records as the Division of Criminal Justice shall prescribe shall be provided to assure fiscal control,proper management and efficient disbursement of funds received. 2. The applicant assures that it will comply with applicable financial and administrative OMB Circulars A-87,A-102 (Common Rule),A-110,and A-133,and will comply with the provisions of the Office of the Comptroller,Office of Justice Programs'publication,Financial Guide,current edition. For practical purposes,the requirements which are pertinent to the management of Victims of Crime Act funds, Sexual Assault Prevention funds,and V.A.W.A. funds have been extracted from the above documents and are contained in the Administrative Guide for Federal Justice Grant Programs referenced above. However,such a guide cannot cover every foreseeable contingency,and the applicant is ultimately responsible for compliance with applicable state and federal laws,rules and regulations. 3. The applicant assures that the Financial Officer of the subgrant shall maintain custody and control of all federal funds. 4. The Division of Criminal Justice will pay the subgrantee the reasonable and allowable costs of performance,in accordance with the applicable financial OMB circulars and Colorado State Fiscal Rules,not to exceed the amount specified herein as the Total Award Amount. The Division reserves the right to make and authorize modifications, adjustments, and/or revisions to the Subgrant Award for the purpose of making changes in budget categories, extensions of subgrant award dates, changes in goals and objectives,and other modifications which do not change the total amount of the Grant Award. The Division's requirements for such subgrant adjustments are contained in the procedures for DCJ forms 4a,4b,4c and 4d and the Administrative Guide for Federal Justice Grant Programs which are hereby incorporated by reference. The Division's requirements for invoice, advance payments and cost reporting submissions are contained in the DCJ 3 Cash Request/Reimbursement Request and DCJ Form IA Subgrant Financial Report, which are hereby incorporated by reference. Advance payments cannot exceed 30 day operating expenses. M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCADCJ revised 4/00 SECTION E - VAWA, VOCA, SAPF CERTIFICATIONS 5. Pursuant to 24-30-202.4,Colorado Revised Statutes(as amended),the state controller may withhold debts owed to state agencies under the vendor offset intercept system for(a)unpaid child support debt or child support arrearage;(b)unpaid balance of tax,accrued interest,or other charges specified in Article 22,Title 39,CRS;(c)unpaid loans due to the student loan division of the department of higher education; (d)owed amounts required to be paid to the unemployment compensation fund;and(e)other unpaid debts owing to the state or any state agency thereof,the amount of which is found to be owing as a result of final agency determination or reduced to judgment as certified by the controller. B. Match and Non-Supplanting of State/Local Funds 1. The applicant assures that federal funds made available under this formula grant will not be used to supplant state or local funds but will be used to increase the amounts of such funds that would, in the absence of federal funds,be made available. 2. The applicant assures that matching funds, if applicable, required to pay the non-federal portion of the cost of this subgrant are in addition to funds that would have otherwise been made available for purposes of this project. C. Inspection, Record keeping, and Audit 1. The applicant assures that it will procure an audit by a CPA or licensed public accountant incorporating the subgrant,as required by state or federal guidelines. Audits must be performed in accordance with OMB Circular A-133 (States, Local Govemments and Non-Profits).At such time as the audit is completed,ONE COPY OF THE AUDIT REPORT MUST BE FORWARDED TO THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE for clearance. If the audit report does not meet the applicable A-I33 standards or is not submitted in a timely manner,then the applicant accepts responsibility for the costs of a financial program audit to be performed by the Department of Public Safety. 2. The applicant assures that it will maintain all project records as will facilitate an effective audit for six years from the date of the final financial report or beyond the six year period if an audit is in progress and/or the findings of a completed audit have not been resolved satisfactorily. 3. The applicant assures that it will keep copies of all documents and correspondence related to this subgrant in a separate file bearing the project title and grant number. All expenditures must be supported by documentation and only actual approved expenditures will be permitted. 4. The applicant assures that the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department of Public Safety,the State Auditor and the Comptroller General of the United States Department of Justice or designee, shall have access for purposes of audit and examinations to any bonds,documents,papers and records of the subgrantee and to relevant books and records of subcontractors of the subgrantee. The applicant shall notify any subcontractor of the subgrantee of these provisions. 5. The applicant assures that signatories of the application and subgrant award and personnel employed through this subgrant will appear when requested at any administrative hearing,conference or meeting conducted by the Division of Criminal Justice. 6. The applicant assures that it shall maintain such data and information and submit such reports in such form,at such times,and containing such data and information as the Division of Criminal Justice may reasonably require to administer the program. The applicant further assures that quarterly financial and narrative reports shall be submitted within 30 days of the end of each calendar quarter and shall be current and actual; and that Final Reports shall be submitted on the form provided by the Division of Criminal Justice within 45 days of the end date of the subgrant. D. Discrimination Prohibited 1. The applicant assures that it will comply with the nondiscrimination requirements of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968,as amended;Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,as amended; Subtitle A,title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,42 U.S.C. 12101,Et. Seq.and Department of Justice Regulations on Disability Discrimination,28 CFR Part 35 and Part 39;Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972;the Age Discrimination Act of 1975;the Department of Justice Nondiscrimination Regulations 28 CFR Part 42,Subparts C, D, E,and G; and Executive Order 11246,as amended by Executive Order 11375,and their implementing regulations,41 CFR Part 60.1 et. seq., as applicable to construction contracts. M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCADCJ revised 4/00 SECTION E - VAWA, VOCA, SAPF CERTIFICATIONS 2. The applicant certifies that it will comply with the letter and spirit of the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act of 1957,as amended,and other applicable law respecting discrimination and unfair employment practices(24-34-402,et. seq., CRS),and as required by Executive Order, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action,dated April 16, 1975. Pursuant thereto, the following provisions shall be contained in all state contracts or subcontracts. During the performance of this contract,the contractor agrees as follows: a. The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color,national origin,sex,marital status,religion,ancestry,mental or physical handicap,or age. The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that such applicants are employed,and that employees are treated during employment without regard to the above-mentioned characteristics. Such action shall include, but not be limited to the following: employment,upgrading,demotion,or transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising; lay-offs or terminations; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The contractor agrees to post these provisions in conspicuous places,available to employees and applicants for employment. b. The contractor will, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by or on behalf of the contractor, state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed,color,national origin, sex,marital status,religion,ancestry,mental or physical handicap,or age. c. The contractor will send to each labor union or representative of workers with which he has collective bargaining agreements or other contract or understanding,notice to be provided by the contracting officer, advertising the labor union or workers'representative of the contractor's commitment under the Executive Order,Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action,dated April 16, 1975,and of the rules,regulations,and relevant Orders of the Governor. d. The contractor and labor unions will furnish all information and reports required by Executive Order,Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action of April 16, 1975,and by the rules,regulations and Orders of the Governor,or pursuant thereto, and will permit access to their books,records,and accounts by the contracting agency and the office of the Governor or designee for purposes of investigation to ascertain compliance with such rules, regulations and orders. e. A labor organization will not exclude any individual otherwise qualified from full membership rights in such labor organizations,or expel any such individual from membership in such labor organization or discriminate against any of its members in the full enjoyment of work opportunity,because of handicap,race,creed, color, sex,age,national origin,or ancestry. (24-34-402(1)(c)C.R.S.) f. A labor organization,or the employees or members thereof will not aid,abet, incite,compel or coerce the doing of any act defined in this contract to be discriminatory or obstruct any person from complying with the provisions of this contract or any order issued thereunder;or attempt either directly or indirectly,to commit any act defined in this contract to be discriminatory. (24-34-402(1)(e)C.R.S.) g. In the event of the contractor's non-compliance with the non-discrimination clauses of this contract or with any of such rules,regulations, or orders, this contract may be canceled,terminated or suspended in whole or in part and the contractor may be declared ineligible for further State contracts in accordance with procedures, authorized in Executive Order,Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action of April 16, 1975,and the rules, regulations, or orders promulgated in accordance therewith,and such other sanctions as may be imposed and remedies as may be invoked as provided in Executive Order, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action of April 16, 1975,or by rules,regulations,or orders promulgated in accordance therewith, or as otherwise provided by law. h. The contractor will include the provisions of paragraph(a)through(h)in every sub-contract and purchase order,pursuant to Executive Order, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action of April 16, 1975, so that such provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor. The contractor will take such action with respect to any sub-contracting or purchase order as the contracting agency may direct,as a means of enforcing such M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCADCJ revised 4/00 SECTION E - VAWA, VOCA, SAPF CERTIFICATIONS provisions, including sanctions for non-compliance;provided, however, that in the event the contractor becomes involved in,or is threatened with,litigation with the subcontractor or vendor as a result of such direction by the contracting agency,the contractor may request the State of Colorado to enter into such litigation to protect the interest of the State of Colorado. 3. The applicant assures that in the event a federal or state court or administrative agency makes a finding of discrimination after a due process hearing on the grounds of race,color,religion,national origin or sex against a recipient of funds,the recipient will forward a copy of the finding to the Division of Criminal Justice. 4. a. The applicant assures that if required to formulate an Equal Employment Opportunity Program(EEOP), in accordance with 28 CFR 42.301 et. seq., it will maintain a current one on file and agrees to submit a copy of the current EEOP which meets the applicable requirements to the Division of Criminal Justice. b. If the parent organization of the subgrantee receives subgrants of$500,000 or more in federal funds;an equal employment opportunity program for women and minorities is required to be approved by the U.S. Department of Justice through the Division of Criminal Justice prior to the start of the project. 5. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS REGULATIONS The applicant assures that upon award of this subgrant it will certify,in writing,that it is in compliance with Civil Rights Regulations regarding an Equal Employment Opportunity Plan(EEOP)as summarized in the appropriate Certification description below, as it applies to this subgrantee agency during the period of the subgrant duration. a. CERTIFICATION(NO EEOP REQUIRED) if(a)or(b)and/or(c)apply The prospective subgrantee certifies that it(a)is an educational,medical or nonprofit institution or an Indian Tribe; or(b)has less than 50 employees,and/or(c)receives through this subgrant less than $25,000 in federal U.S.Department of Justice funds. Also, it has not been awarded more than$1 million cumulatively from all programs administered by the U.S. Department of Justice over an 18-month period that includes the duration of this subgrant. Therefore,this agency is not required to maintain an EEOP,pursuant to 28 CFR 42.301,et seq. b. CERTIFICATION(EEOP ON FILE) The prospective subgrantee is a for-profit entity or a state or local unit of government having 50 or more employees,receiving through this subgrant more than$25,000,but less than$500,000 in federal U.S. Department of Justice funds. Also, it has not been awarded more than$1 million cumulatively from all programs administered by the U.S. Department of Justice over an 18-month period that includes the duration of this subgrant. Therefore,this agency certifies that it has formulated an EEOP in accordance with 28 CFR 42.301,et seq., subpart E,that it has been signed into effect by the proper authority and disseminated to all employees,and that it is on file for review or audit by officials of the Division of Criminal Justice or the Office for Civil Rights,Office of Justice Programs as required by relevant laws and regulations. c. CERTIFICATION(EEOP SUBMISSION) The prospective subgrantee is a for-profit entity or a state or local unit of government having 50 or more employees,receiving through this subgrant more than $500,000 in federal U.S.Department of Justice funds. Also, it has not been awarded more than$1 million cumulatively from all programs administered by the U.S. Department of Justice over an 18-month period that includes the duration of this subgrant. Therefore,this agency certifies that it will submit either an EEOP or an EEOP Short Form within 45 days of the award; whichever is submitted must include an analysis of any implementing arm of this subgrantee. OR, The prospective subgrantee,having 50 or more employees,has been awarded more than$1 million cumulatively from all programs administered by the U.S. Department of Justice(including this subgrant from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice)over an 18-month period that includes the duration of this subgrant. Therefore,this agency certifies that it will submit an EEOP or an EEOP Short Form within 45 days of the award;whichever is submitted must include an analysis of any implementing arm of this subgrantee. M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCADCJ revised 4/00 SECTION E - VAWA, VOCA, SAPF CERTIFICATIONS E. Procurement and Contracts 1. The applicant assures that open,competitive procurement procedures must be followed for all purchases under the grant, including especially the purchase of equipment and professional services. All contracts for professional services, of any amount,and equipment purchases over five thousand dollars must receive prior approval by the Division of Criminal Justice. 2. The applicant assures that no contract or agreement will be made for execution of project activities or provisions of services(other than purchase of supplies or standard commercial or maintenance services)which is not incorporated in the approved application or approved in advance by the Division of Criminal Justice. 3. The applicant assures that contractors/vendors who assist the subgrantee to develop specifications,requirements, statements of work and/or Request For Proposals for a proposed procurement shall be excluded from bidding or submitting a proposal to compete for the award of such procurement. 4. The applicant assures that where activities supported by this subgrant produce any discovery or invention,original computer programs,writings,sound recordings,pictorial reproductions,drawing or other graphical representation and works of any similar nature,the Division of Criminal Justice has the right to use,duplicate and disclose, in whole or in part in any manner for any purpose whatsoever and authorize others to do so. If the material or invention is copyrightable,the subgrantee may copyright such,but the Division of Criminal Justice reserves royalty-free non- exclusive and irreversible license to practice,reproduce,publish and use such materials in whole or in part,and authorize others to do so. 5. The applicant assures that no rights or duties under this contract shall be assigned without the prior written consent of the Division of Criminal Justice. F. Indemnification To the extent authorized by law,the subgrantee shall indemnify, save and hold harmless the State, its employees and agents, against any and all claims, damages,liability and court awards including costs,expenses,and attorney fees incurred as a result of any act or omission by the subgrantee,or its employees, agents, subcontractors,or assignees pursuant to the terms of this subgrant. G. Prohibited Acts 1. The signatories hereto aver that they are familiar with 18-8-301,et. seq.,(Bribery and Corrupt Influences)and 18-8-401, et. seq.,(Abuse of Public Office), CRS, 1986 Replacement Vol.,and that no violation of such provisions is present. 2. The signatories aver that to their knowledge,no state employee has personal or beneficial interest whatsoever in the service or property described in the application/proposal. H. Other Federal and State Requirements 1. The laws of the State of Colorado and rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto shall be applied in the interpretation, execution and enforcement of this subgrant. Any provision of this subgrant whether or not incorporated herein by reference which provides for arbitration by any extra-judicial body or person or which is otherwise in conflict with said laws,rules and regulations shall be considered null and void. Nothing contained in any provision incorporated herein by reference which purports to negate this or any other special provision or condition in whole or in part shall be valid or enforceable or available in any action at law whether by way of complaint,defense or otherwise. Any provision rendered null and void by the operation of this provision will not invalidate the remainder of this subgrant to the extent that the subgrant is capable of execution. 2. Financial obligations of the State of Colorado payable after the current fiscal year are contingent upon funds for that purpose being appropriated,budgeted, and otherwise made available. M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCADCJ revised 4/00 SECTION E - VAWA, VOCA, SAPF CERTIFICATIONS 3. The Division of Criminal Justice grant managers reserve the right to make and authorize adjustments to the Grant Award for the purpose of making changes in budget categories,extension of grant award dates,changes in goals and objectives, and other modifications which do not change the total amount of the grant award. DCJ Forms 4A,4B,4C,4D,which must be completed for these changes to occur,are hereby incorporated by reference into the grant. 4. Any subgrant award is subject to and contingent upon the continuing availability of federal funds for the purposes hereof. 5. Either party may terminate the subgrant with thirty days written notice of intent to cancel or terminate. The subgrant may be terminated if the services are not satisfactorily performed by the subgrantee or if it is in the best interest of the state of Colorado to terminate the subgrant. If the subgrant is terminated by either the subgrantee or the state,the subgrantee shall be paid the necessary and allowable costs incurred through the date of termination,but not exceeding a prorated amount based on the number of days of project operation prior to termination. Any equipment purchased under this subgrant would revert,at the option of the Division of Criminal Justice,to the Division of Criminal Justice upon termination of the subgrant. 6. The subgrant maybe suspended or terminated at any time by the Division of Criminal Justice if the subgrantee fails to comply with the applicable governing legislation or any of the Certified Assurances and Special Provisions. 7. Any inconsistency or conflict in this contract shall be resolved by giving precedence in the following order: a)Certified Assurances and Special Provisions,b)Statement of Grant Award,c)Subgrant Application. 8. The applicant assures that the application signatories,all staff and all volunteers assigned to the funded project have read and understand the rights afforded to crime victims pursuant to § 24-4.1-302.5 C.R.S. and the services delineated pursuant to §§ 24-4.1-303 and 24-4.1-304 C.R.S.,commonly known as the Victim Rights Act and enabling legislation. 9. CONFIDENTIALITY: a. VOCA: Except as otherwise provided by federal law,no recipient of monies under VOCA shall use or reveal any research or statistical information furnished under the program by any person and identifiable to any specific private person for any purpose other than the purpose for which such information was obtained in accordance with VOCA. Such information,and any copy of such information,shall be immune from legal process and shall not,without the consent of the person furnishing such information be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any action,suit,or other judicial, legislative,or administrative proceeding. See Section 1407(D)of VOCA codified at 42 U.S.C. 10604. b. VAWA: The applicant assures that all signatories,staff and volunteers have read and understand Colorado laws and applicable professional rules of conduct concerning victims' rights to confidentiality in certain cases. Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension,Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion for Lower Tier Covered Transactions (Subgrantees receiving$100,000 or more) 1. The prospective subgrantee certifies,by submission of this proposal,that neither it nor its principals,subcontractors or suppliers are presently debarred,suspended,proposed for debarment,declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any Federal department or agency. By signing and submitting this proposal,the prospective subgrantee is providing the certification set out below. a. The certification in this clause is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was entered into. If it is later determined that the prospective subgrantee knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal Government,the department or agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or debarment. b. The prospective subgrantee shall provide immediate written notice to the person to whom this proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective subgrantee learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances. M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCA.DCJ revised 4/00 SECTION E - VAWA, VOCA, SAPF CERTIFICATIONS c. The terms"covered transaction," "debarred," "suspended," "ineligible," "lower tier covered transaction," "participant," "person," "primary covered transaction," "principal," "proposal,"and "voluntarily excluded," as used in this clause,have the meanings set out in the Definitions and Coverage sections of rules implementing Executive Order 12549. d. The prospective subgrantee agrees by submitting this proposal that, should the proposed covered transaction be entered into,it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered transaction with a person who is debarred, suspended,declared ineligible,or voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction,unless authorized by the department or agency with which this transaction originated. e. The prospective subgrantee further agrees by submitting this proposal that it will include the clause titled "Certification Regarding Debarment,Suspension,Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions,"without modification,in all lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier covered transactions(i.e.,contracts for services). f. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a certification(OJP Form 4061/1)of a prospective participant in a lower tier covered transaction that it is not debarred, suspended, ineligible,or voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction,unless it knows that the certification is erroneous. A participant may decide the method and frequency by which it determines the eligibility of its principals. Each participant may check the Non-procurement List. g. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of records in order to render in good faith the certification required by this clause. The knowledge and information of a participant is not required to exceed that which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary course of business dealings. h. Except for transactions authorized under paragraph d of these instructions,if a participant in a covered transaction knowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person who is suspended, debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal Government,the department or agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available remedies,including suspension and/or debarment. 2. Where the prospective subgrantee is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, the prospective subgrantee shall attach an explanation to this application. J. Certification Regarding Lobbying(Subgrantees receiving$100,000 or more) 1. The prospective subgrantee certifies by submission of this proposal that no federal funds received through this subgrant will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency,a member of Congress,an officer or employee of Congress,or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with the making of any federal grant,the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension,continuation,renewal, amendment,or modification of any federal grant or cooperative agreement. 2. If any funds other than funds through this subgrant will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency,a member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress,or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with this subgrant,the prospective subgrantee shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL,"Disclosure of Lobbying Activities." K. Victim Assistance Services- For VOCA applicants only. 1. The VOCA applicant assures that victim assistance grant funds shall be used only to provide direct services to victims of crime. 2. The VOCA applicant assures that it will assist victims in seeking available crime victim compensation benefits. 3. The VOCA applicant assures that it will promote,within the community served,coordinated public and private efforts to aid crime victims. M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCA.DCJ revised 4/00 SECTION E - STATE VALE CERTIFICATIONS 36. Certified Assurances: The Certified Assurances must be attached to the State VALE grant application. State Victim Assistance&Law Enforcement(State VALE),Title 24,Articles 4.2 and 33.5 of the Colorado Revised Statutes(as amended), and Administrative Guide for State VALE Grants. The applicant hereby certifies that the project described in this application meets all the requirements of the State VALE(Victims Assistance and Law Enforcement Program)as set out in Title 24,Articles 4.2 and 33.5 of the Colorado Revised Statutes,that all information contained in the application is correct,that there has been appropriate coordination with affected agencies and that the applicant will comply with all provisions of the Statute and all other applicable State laws, rules and regulations that have been or may hereafter be established. The applicant further understands and agrees that any grant received as a result of this application shall incorporate this application into the grant award,and shall also be subject to the grant conditions set forth in the Statement of Grant Award and in the Division of Criminal Justice publication,Administrative Guide for State VALE Grants. A. Financial and Administrative Management 1. The applicant assures that fund accounting,auditing,monitoring,evaluation procedures and such records as the Division of Criminal Justice shall prescribe shall be provided to assure fiscal control,proper management and efficient disbursement of funds received. 2. The Division of Criminal Justice will pay the grantee the reasonable and allowable costs of performance,in accordance with the applicable Colorado State Fiscal Rules,not to exceed the amount specified herein as the Total Award Amount. The Division reserves the right to make and authorize modifications,adjustments,and/or revisions to the Grant Award for the purpose of making changes in budget categories changes in goals and objectives,and other modifications which do not change the total amount of the Grant Award. The Division's requirements for such grant adjustments are contained in the Administrative Guide for State VALE Grants which are hereby incorporated by reference. The Division's requirements for invoice,advance payments and cost reporting submissions are contained in the Cash Request/Reimbursement Request and the Grant Financial Report,which are hereby incorporated by reference. Advance payments cannot exceed 30 day operating expenses. 3. Pursuant to 24-30-202.4, Colorado Revised Statutes(as amended),the state controller may withhold debts owed to state agencies under the vendor offset intercept system for(a)unpaid child support debt or child support arrearage; (b)unpaid balance of tax,accrued interest,or other charges specified in Article 22,Title 39,CRS; ©unpaid loans due to the student loan division of the department of higher education; (d)owed amounts required to be paid to the unemployment compensation fund; and(e)other unpaid debts owing to the state or any state agency thereof;the amount of which is found to be owing as a result of final agency determination or reduced to judgment as certified by the controller. 4. Financial obligations of the State of Colorado payable after the current fiscal year are contingent upon funds for that purpose being appropriated,budgeted,and otherwise made available. B. Inspection, Record keeping, and Audit 1. The grantee assures that it will procure an audit by a CPA or licensed public accountant incorporating the grant, as requested by the Division of Criminal Justice. The grantee shall maintain all project records as will facilitate an effective audit for three years from the date of the final financial report or beyond the three year period if an audit is in progress and/or the findings of a completed audit have not been resolved satisfactorily. 2. The applicant assures that it will maintain all project records as will facilitate an effective audit for three years from the date of the final financial report or beyond the three year period if an audit is in progress and/or the findings of a completed audit have not been resolved satisfactorily. M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCADCJ revised 4/00 SECTION E - STATE VALE CERTIFICATIONS 3. The applicant assures that it will keep copies of all documents and correspondence related to this grant in a separate file bearing the project title and grant number. All expenditures must be supported by documentation and only actual approved expenditures will be permitted. 4. The applicant assures that the Division of Criminal Justice,the Department of Public Safety, and the State Auditor or designee, shall have access for purposes of audit and examinations to any bonds, documents,papers and records of the grantee and to relevant books and records of subcontractors of the grantee. The applicant shall notify any subcontractor of the grantee of these provisions. 5. The applicant assures that signatories of the application and grant award and personnel employed through this grant will appear when requested at any administrative hearing,conference or meeting conducted by the Division of Criminal Justice. 6. The applicant assures that it shall maintain such data and information and submit such reports in such form,at such times, and containing such data and information as the Division of Criminal Justice may reasonably require to administer the program. The applicant further assures that quarterly financial and narrative reports shall be submitted within 15 days of the end of each calendar quarter and shall be current and actual;and that Final Reports shall be submitted on the form provided by the Division of Criminal Justice within 45 days of the end date of the grant. C. Discrimination Prohibited 1. The applicant certifies that it will comply with the letter and spirit of the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act of 1957,as amended, and other applicable law respecting discrimination and unfair employment practices(24-34-402.CRS 1988 Replacement Vol.),and as required by Executive Order,Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, dated April 16, 1975. Pursuant thereto,the following provisions shall be contained in all state contracts or subcontracts. During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees as follows: a. The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race,creed, color,national origin, sex, marital status,religion, ancestry,mental or physical handicap,or age. The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that such applicants are employed,and that employees are treated during employment without regard to the above-mentioned characteristics. Such action shall include, but not be limited to the following: employment,upgrading, demotion, or transfer,recruitment or recruitment advertising; lay-offs or terminations;rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The contractor agrees to post these provisions in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment. b. The contractor will,in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by or on behalf of the contractor,state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color,national origin,sex,marital status,religion,ancestry,mental or physical handicap,or age. c. The contractor will send to each labor union or representative of workers with which he has collective bargaining agreements or other contract or understanding,notice to be provided by the contracting officer, advertising the labor union or workers'representative of the contractor's commitment under the Executive Order, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action,dated April 16, 1975, and of the rules,regulations, and relevant Orders of the Governor. d. The contractor and labor unions will furnish all information and reports required by Executive Order,Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action of April 16, 1975,and by the rules,regulations and Orders of the Governor, or pursuant thereto,and will permit access to their books, records,and accounts by the contracting agency and the office of the Governor or designee for purposes of investigation to ascertain compliance with such rules,regulations and orders. e. A labor organization will not exclude any individual otherwise qualified from full membership rights in such labor organizations, or expel any such individual from membership in such labor organization or discriminate against any of its members in the full enjoyment of work opportunity,because of handicap,race,creed,color, sex, age,national origin,or ancestry. (24-34-402(1)(c)C.R.S.) M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCADCJ revised 4/00 SECTION E - STATE VALE CERTIFICATIONS f. A labor organization, or the employees or members thereof will not aid,abet, incite,compel or coerce the doing of any act defined in this contract to be discriminatory or obstruct any person from complying with the provisions of this contract or any order issued thereunder; or attempt either directly or indirectly,to commit any act defined in this contract to be discriminatory. (24-34-402(1)(e)C.R.S.) g. In the event of the contractor's non-compliance with the non-discrimination clauses of this contract or with any of such rules,regulations, or orders,this contract may be canceled,terminated or suspended in whole or in part and the contractor may be declared ineligible for further State contracts in accordance with procedures, authorized in Executive Order,Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action of April 16, 1975,and the rules, regulations,or orders promulgated in accordance therewith, and such other sanctions as may be imposed and remedies as may be invoked as provided in Executive Order,Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action of April 16, 1975,or by rules,regulations,or orders promulgated in accordance therewith,or as otherwise provided by law. h. The contractor will include the provisions of paragraph(a)through(h)in every sub-contract and purchase order,pursuant to Executive Order,Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action of April 16, 1975, so that such provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor. The contractor will take such action with respect to any sub-contracting or purchase order as the contracting agency may direct,as a means of enforcing such provisions, including sanctions for non-compliance;provided,however,that in the event the contractor becomes involved in,or is threatened with,litigation with the subcontractor or vendor as a result of such direction by the contracting agency, the contractor may request the State of Colorado to enter into such litigation to protect the interest of the State of Colorado. 2. The applicant assures that in the event a federal or state court or administrative agency makes a finding of discrimination after a due process hearing on the grounds of race,color,religion,national origin or sex against a recipient of funds,the recipient will forward a copy of the finding to the Division of Criminal Justice within 45 days of funding or if prior to the grant award,within 45 days of the grant award. D. Procurement and Contracts The applicant assures that open,competitive procurement procedures must be followed for all purchases under the grant, including especially the purchase of equipment and professional services. All contracts for professional services, of any amount, and equipment purchases over one thousand dollars must receive prior approval by the Division of Criminal Justice. 2. The applicant assures that no contract or agreement will be made for execution of project activities or provisions of services(other than purchase of supplies or standard commercial or maintenance services)which is not incorporated in the approved application or approved in advance by the Division of Criminal Justice. 3. The applicant assures that contractors/vendors who assist the subgrantee to develop specifications,requirements, statements of work and/or Request For Proposals for a proposed procurement shall be excluded from bidding or submitting a proposal to compete for the award of such procurement. 4. The applicant assures that where activities supported by this grant produce any discovery or invention, original computer programs,writings,sound recordings,pictorial reproductions, drawing or other graphical representation and works of any similar nature,the Division of Criminal Justice has the right to use,duplicate and disclose, in whole or in part in any manner for any purpose whatsoever and authorize others to do so. If the material or invention is copyrightable,the subgrantee may copyright such,but the Division of Criminal Justice reserves royalty-free non-exclusive and irreversible license to practice,reproduce,publish and use such materials in whole or in part,and authorize others to do so. 5. The applicant assures that no rights or duties under this contract shall be assigned without the prior written consent of the Division of Criminal Justice. M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCA.DCJ revised 4/00 SECTION E - STATE VALE CERTIFICATIONS E. Indemnification To the extent authorized by law,the subgrantee shall indemnify,save and hold harmless the State,its employees and agents, against any and all claims, damages,liability and court awards including costs,expenses,and attorney fees incurred as a result of any act or omission by the subgrantee,or its employees,agents,subcontractors,or assignees pursuant to the terms of this grant. F. Prohibited Acts 1. The signatories hereto aver that they are familiar with 18-8-301,et. seq.,(Bribery and Corrupt Influences)and 18-8-401, et. seq.,(Abuse of Public Office),CRS, 1986 Replacement Vol., and that no violation of such provisions is present. 2. The signatories aver that to their knowledge,no state employee has personal or beneficial interest whatsoever in the service or property described in the application/proposal. G. Other Federal and State Requirements 1. The laws of the State of Colorado and rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto shall be applied in the interpretation, execution and enforcement of this grant. Any provision of this grant whether or not incorporated herein by reference which provides for arbitration by any extra judicial body or person or which is otherwise in conflict with said laws,rules and regulations shall be considered null and void. Nothing contained in any provision incorporated herein by reference which purports to negate this or any other special provision or condition in whole or in part shall be valid or enforceable or available in any action at law whether by way of complaint,defense or otherwise. Any provision rendered null and void by the operation of this provision will not invalidate the remainder of this grant to the extent that the grant is capable of execution. 2. Either party may terminate the grant with thirty days written notice of intent to cancel or terminate. The grant may be terminated if the services are not satisfactorily performed by the subgrantee or if it is in the best interest of the state of Colorado to terminate the grant. If the grant is terminated by either the subgrantee or the state,the subgrantee shall be paid the necessary and allowable costs incurred through the date of termination,but not exceeding a prorated amount based on the number of days of project operation prior to termination. Any equipment purchased under this grant would revert, at the option of the Division of Criminal Justice,to the Division of Criminal Justice upon termination of the grant. 3. The grant may be suspended or terminated at any time by the Division of Criminal Justice if the grantee fails to comply with the provisions of the State VALE Statute,Statement of Grant Award,or any of the Certified Assurances and Special Provisions. 4. Any inconsistency or conflict in this contract shall be resolved by giving precedence in the following order: a)Certified Assurances and Special Provisions,b)Statement of Grant Award,c)Grant Application. 5. The applicant assures that the application signatories, all staff and all volunteers assigned to the funded project have read and understand the rights afforded to crime victims pursuant to § 24-4.1-302.5 C.R.S. and the services delineated pursuant to §§ 24-4.1-303 and 24-4.1-304 C.R.S., commonly known as the Victim Rights Act and enabling legislation. 6. If the applicant is a state government agency, the submission of this application certifies the applicant agency has obtained through the state budget process the spending authority and FTE approval, if FTE is requested,required to accept these"state"grant dollars. In addition,state agencies applying for these grant funds must enclose in the appendix a letter or memorandum from the appropriate fiscal officer verifying the applicants ability to accept these state funds. If unable to comply with this condition,please contact DCJ prior to the submission of this application. M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCA.DCJ revised 4/00 SECTION E - SIGNATURE PAGE PLEASE TYPE THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION FOR NUMBER 37. 37. Signature Page Applicant Agency: Project Director: Agency: 19th Judicial District Attorney's Office Name: Gary L. Rathke Street: 915 Tenth Street.P. O.Box 1167 Position: Community Programs Administrator,V/W City,State,Zip: Greeley,CO 80632-1167 Agency: 19th Judicial District Attorney's Office Telephone: (970)356-4010 Street: 915 Tenth Street. P. O.Box 1167 FAX#:(970)352-8023 City, State,Zip: Greeley,CO 80632 Telephone: (970)356-4010. ext.4747 Federal Tax ID Number: 84-6000813 FAX#: (970)352-8023 Financial Officer: Authorized Official: Name: Donald D. Warden Name: Barbara J. Kirkmeyer Position: Director of Finance and Administration Title: Chair,Board of County Commissioners Agency: Weld County Government Agency: Weld County Board of County Commissioners Street: 915 Tenth Street.P. Q.Box 758 Street: 915 Tenth Street,P. O. Box 758 City, State,Zip: Greeley,CO 80632 City, State,Zip: Greeley,CO 80632 Telephone: (970) 356-4000. ext.4218 Telephone: (970)356-4000.ext.4200 FAX#: 970)352-0242 FAX#: (970 ) 352-0242 THE APPLICANT,through the following signatories,understands and agrees that any grant received as a result of this application shall incorporate and be subject to the statements made herein. The signatories certify that we have read the appropriate Application,Certified Assurances and Special Provisions(as checked below), and the instructions for item 37 above,and are fully cognizant of our duties and responsibilities for this project. Cash and/or in-kind funds in the amount to match federal funds have been earmarked with the appropriation of budget process,for use as matching funds for this application. (Original signatures of each required;please use blue ink to distinguish the original from copies). Please see instructions for further information if a signing authority is unavailable. •In accordance with the Colorado Revised Statutes 24-72-202.6,information supplied in this application is considered a public record. S.T.O.P Violence Against Women Act(VAWA) Sexual Assault Prevention Funds(SAPF) X VOCA Assistance State VALE June 6, 2000 Project Director: — Date: .Sign e Financial Officer: Date: June 5, 2000 Sig ture - Do d. . W rden Authorized Official: /L Date: June 5, 2000 Signature - Barbara , Kirk er • M:\WPFILES\GARY\OOVOCADCJ revised 4/00 SECTION E - VAWA, VOCA, CERTIFICATION OF MATCH 38. Certification of Appropriation of Match: Date: Division of Criminal Justice 700 Kipling St., Suite 1000 Denver, CO 80215 To Whom It May Concern: RE: Certification of Appropriation of Match Please be advised that 19th Judicial District Attorney's Office has appropriated (Applicant Agency) I I no G2 go issiiiikviA-oflp cash and/or in-kind funds in the amount of$ 8 ner - est to match federal funds for the D. V. & Special Populations Project proposed project. (Project Name) Execution of this document represents a certification that said funds have been earmarked within the appropriation of budget process, for use as matching funds for this application. Sincerely, jAilt-uu/z1C I 71-/lrh_. Signature of Authorized Off cial Barbara J. Kirkmeyer (06/05/2000) Typed Name Chair, Weld County Board of County Commissioners Agency Position%La/ E Zia ATTEST: �� / '., MI�(( P��e WELD COUNTY CLERK TO E • ( Q; OA- _ Y y� i • _ r ,-- DEPUTY CLERK TO THE '-O. lkttr: `m� M:\WPFILES\GARY\OOVOCA.DCJ revised 4/00 SECTION F APPENDIX MATERIALS QUESTIONS 39-44 revised 4/00 M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCADCJ SECTION F - APPENDIX ATTACH APPENDIX TO 3 FULL COPIES OF YOUR APPLICATION. YOU ONLY NEED TO INCLUDE ONE AUDIT OR FINANCIAL REVIEW. DO NOT INCLUDE APPENDIX WITH ADDITIONAL COPIES FOR BOARD MEMBERS. ALL SECTIONS ARE REQUIRED. IF ANY SECTION IS NOT INCLUDED,EXPLAIN THE REASONS and be certain to forward those materials to DCJ as soon as possible. Attach the following items: 39. Organizational Chart-Highlight all positions included in your proposed budget's personnel category. 40. Job Descriptions-Include for all paid or volunteer positions in your proposed budget personnel category. 41. List of Agency's Board Members-If applicant is a non-profit rather than a government agency, include names,addresses, phone numbers and elected office positions. 42. Audit or Financial Review Report-Include ONE COPY of your most recent report with the original application. You do not need to send additional copies. Please note that subgrantees are requested to submit one such report every year. Agencies receiving$300,000 or more from combined federal sources(in a year)must meet guidelines of OMB Management Circular A-133. 43. Verification of Applicants Ability to Accept State Funds(State VALE applicants only): If the applicant is a state government agency,the submission of this application certifies the applicant agency has obtained through the state budget process the spending authority and FTE approval(if FTE is requested)required to accept these"state"grant dollars. In addition,state agencies applying for these grant funds must enclose in the appendix a letter or memorandum from the appropriate fiscal officer verifying the applicant's ability to accept these state funds. If you are unable to comply with this condition,please contact DCJ prior to the submission of this application. 44. Proof of Non-Profit Status: Please provide documentation of your non-profit status (if applicable). M:\WPFILES\GARY\00VOCA.00J revised 4/00 39. Organizational Chart DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DISTRICT ATTY I ADA 'rCLERICALI TRIAL COMM PROG INV DIV DIV I DIV I I DIV OM _ CTD J CTD_ 1, CTD CPA I r CPA CINV I I I I I I / \ AOM I I I I I I / \ / I \ I I I I I / \ DISTRICT JUV COUNTY DISTRICT COUNTY JUV JUV DIV _ V/W CONS INV O TECH O TECH I O TECH DDA DDA DDA CNLR I CNLR I iL GPD ! L .- INV J I I I I I I I --. I I I I I I j SEC INV OTECH TECH OTECH DDA DDADDA _ CNLR COMMCOMMSRV 'I GPD I I I I I TECH I O TECH I O TECH I DDA I DDA I '_ CNLR I I O TECH I FILING I I _ I I _ COMM SRV I PREMOTE I LAW -I I DDA O TECH TECH DATA TERM OP CLERK I ', 1/2 ENTRY_ I I I DDA ', I REMOTE I CHILD COMM SRV I-O TECH TERM OP SEX ! TECH RECEP I ASSLT I 1/2 O TECH UNIT ! I 1/2 - I COMM SF\ DDA TECH 1/2 DRUG I I (Pending) IENFORCE I UNIT O TECH I I DDA J O TECH I O TECH 1/2 40. Job Descriptions: JOB DESCRIPTION Position: Community Services Counselor II Department: District Attorney's Office - Community Programs Division, Victim/Witness Immediate Supervisor: Community Programs Administrator, Victim/Witness General Supervisors: District Attorney and Assistant District Attorney Supervisory Functions: None Job Qualifications: Must have a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree; knowledge of the criminal justice system; be acquainted with the various community services available to victims of crime; speak and write in a professional manner; have and maintain a current valid Colorado driver's license; have some counseling background; work well with people in crisis; have some computer background; work well with statistic gathering and reporting; some knowledge of grant management; knowledge of and experience with direct services related to crime victims, including domestic violence and sexual assault victims. Date of Job Description: May 22, 2000 Job Duties: 1. Assist the Crime Victim Compensation (CVC) Coordinator in the day-to-day operation of the CVC Program, including managing case files, preparing claims for board meetings, completing meeting minutes, updating monthly financial analysis, processing emergency financial awards, explaining eligibility criteria and helping victims to complete forms, facilitating clerical support of program, etc. 2. Provide information to victims and witnesses concerning the status and progress of cases in which they have an interest, including calling off witnesses for court proceedings as needed. 3. Offer information and education to crime victims and witnesses concerning the criminal justice system. 4. In a manner that maximizes referrals to existing community programs and limits actual counseling, provide referral assistance and limited crisis response to crime victims and their families. (Note: As employees of the District Attorney's Office are subject to rules of"discovery," information obtained from victims and witnesses of crimes that the office is prosecuting must be very limited, and referrals for services to outside agencies need to be utilized.) 5. Help crime victims to provide victim impact statements and restitution information for cases being prosecuted, as needed. 6. Coordinate the program's Senior Project, including seeking and training volunteers, providing needed in-service trainings, providing daily assistance to volunteers, keeping them updated on office policies and procedures, providing needed follow-up information to pass on to victims and witnesses contacted, and maintaining a statistical record of hours worked and duties performed. 7. Assist the District Attorney in hosting the quarterly District Attorney's Citizens Advisory Commission meetings, including making necessary arrangements and in providing required notices to members. 8. Speak to and provide training for various individuals, agencies, and professional groups concerning the Crime Victim Compensation Program, the Victims Rights Act, and other services provided by the Victim/Witness Program. 9. Actively participate in the Weld County Domestic Violence Coalition, the Area Agency on Aging's Long-term Care Committee, and other local and state meetings related to job duties. 40. Job Descriptions (cont): JOB DESCRIPTION Position: Community Services Technician I Department: District Attorney's Office - Community Programs Division, Victim/Witness Immediate Supervisor: Community Programs Administrator, Victim/Witness General Supervisors: District Attorney and Assistant District Attorney Supervisory Functions: None Job Qualifications: Effective knowledge of spelling, punctuation and grammar, and office practices and procedures, including reception duties and telephone skills, is essential. Requires proficiency in data entry and/or typing, with speed and accuracy, familiarity with operation of office equipment, and personal computer experience, including use of word processing and other software. Needs to have an ability to learn legal terminology, to work well with minimal direct supervision, to follow verbal and written instructions, and to communicate effectively verbally and in writing. Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, agencies, professionals and the public. A high school diploma or equivalent is required, and some college or related work experience is preferred. Date of Job Description: May 22, 2000 Job Duties: 1. Coordinate, together with other assigned staff and volunteers, the Courtroom Assistance Program (CAP), including staying informed and keeping accurate records of County, Juvenile and District Court trials, planning and assisting prosecutors with trial coordination, keeping accurate logs and computer records concerning each trial, providing staff coverage for waiting area and courtroom, as needed, and other duties as assigned. 2. Along with other assigned staff, prepare a County Court docket in advance of each week, communicate with attorneys concerning case status information, obtain witness lists, as needed, including phone numbers, for"call offs" and trial coordination and, whenever applicable, verify that all "call offs" have been made. 3. Complete assigned "call offs" of witnesses for District, County and Juvenile Court cases which have reached a plea agreement, been continued, vacated or dismissed, and document all notifications. 4. Help crime victims by providing education regarding the criminal justice system, information and referral to victim services, Crime Victim Compensation eligibility information and application assistance, and other needed help, as assigned. 5. Provide support for the program's efforts related to domestic violence victims, the Crime Victim Compensation Program, and the Victim Rights Act, including data entry, phone calls, correspondences, and so forth, as assigned and as prescribed by relevant policies and procedures. 6. Other duties include receiving cross training and providing backup coverage for the Office Technicians, as needed. 40. Job Descriptions (cont): JOB DESCRIPTION Position: Victim/Witness Volunteer Department: District Attorney's Office - Community Programs Division, Victim/Witness Immediate Supervisor: Community Programs Administrator, Victim/Witness General Supervisors: District Attorney and Assistant District Attorney Supervisory Functions: None Job Qualifications: Effective knowledge of spelling, punctuation and grammar, and general office practices and procedures, including good telephone skills, is essential. General knowledge and ability with personal computers and data entry, including word processing software, is helpful. Must have good organizational skills, and duties need to be performed with attention to detail and accuracy. Needs to have an ability to learn legal terminology, to follow verbal and written instructions, and to become familiar with the criminal justice system and community resources. Must have good written and verbal communication skills, and be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, professionals, agencies and the public. Experience in working with the public is helpful. A high school diploma or equivalent is required, and some college or related work experience is preferred. Date of Job Description: May 22, 2000 Job Duties: 1. If assigned, to assist the Community Services Counselor II in coordinating the Senior Project, including contacting senior crime victims, using in-person, telephone and letter contacts, compile and send special senior information packets, documenting all contacts made, and updating office records, as required. 2. If assigned, to assist the Courtroom Assistance Program's (CAP) staff, including keeping accurate records of County, Juvenile and District Court trials, planning and assisting prosecutors with trial coordination, keeping accurate logs and computer records concerning each trial, providing coverage for the waiting area and courtroom, and other duties. 3. After training, to provide information to victims concerning community resources, to provide education and support to victims regarding the criminal justice system, to help victims in applying for Crime Victim Compensation, and to provide other assistance, as assigned. 4. To become familiar with all aspects of the Victim/Witness Program, including Victim Rights Act notices, Crime Victim Compensation assistance, Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement (VALE) grants, et al, and to complete duties in some of these areas, if assigned. 5. To study and adhere to all relevant policies and procedures of the District Attorney's Office, as explained in the DA Handbook. SECTION F - APPENDIX 41. List of Agency's Board Members: N.A. (governmental agency) 42. Audit or Financial Review Report: One copy of Weld County's most recent report is included with original application. 43. Verification of Applicants Ability to Accept State Funds (State VALE applicants only): N.A. 44. Proof of Non-Profit Status: N.A. (governmental agency) The Constitution of the State of Colorado If you have been a victim of crime and e and the laws of this state guarantee rights your case is being prosecuted by otn- eELDoion' r AAm v to the victims of the follog crimes. office. you are eligible for the leis ices of �= , a the Victim/Witness Program If the victim is deceased or incapacitated, iiN a `re�ri I* these ri hts are guaranteed to the victim s a , sa a3g , t 7 iIiiirrisisi spouse. parent. child. sibling. grandparent. Our services include: rd :i. significant other. O1 other lassfitl re iesen- I Education and assistance regarding the 1,,7:..d f • Ii �� l active. eases i � N� Criminal Justice System. Murder - 1st and 2nd degree • Information regarding the status of .• ❖ Manslaughter your case.Victims of the crimes listed have the right •:• Criminally negligent homicide and t Support during testimony. to: vehicular homicide Liaison between you and the District Dear Citizen, + Assault - 1st and 2nd degree vehicular, Attorney handling your case. + Treatment with dignity, compassion. As citizens of Colorado, we voted into and respect on the elderly or handicapped ❖ Assistance in filling out Victim Com- law aConstitutional Amendment giving • Assault - 3rd degree, domestic pensation applications, Restitution Be informed about what steps can be violence and Victim Impact forms certain victims of crime the right to he . taken if he or she is subjected to informed of court proceedings that affect mtion or harassment Menacing : Safe and quiet waiting area during ntiida their lives. This office is committed to Kidnapping - 1st and ?nil degree court appearances. • Information on all charges filed providing assistance to victims to reduce :• Sexual Assault - I st. 2nd. 3rd degree, + Assistance in collecting witness fees. • Notification of any change in the the trauma caused by criminals. on a child. on a child by one in a Referral to other victim service status of the case :• Give input into decisions regarding position of oust. on a client by a providers. This office vigorously supports its P psychotherapist Support in receiving your victim's Victim/Witness Program as a method of plea bargains, sentencing and parole reaching out to our citizens by offering + Robhcry—a:gravated aggrasat d of a rights. hearings controlled substance. of the elderly or support and information to victims of + Restitution or civil remedy handicapped If you feel you need to use any of these crime, + Have property released after the case • Incest - iggravated incest services, please contact our office at is settled and it is no longer needed as It is the belief of this office that it is fair •3 Child Abuse (970) 356-4010. Ext. 4746. evidence and just to treat victims of crime with :• Sexual exploitation of children • Appropriate employer intercession compassion, dignity, and understanding. :• Climes against at-risk adults If all local efforts to obtain your rights ❖ Notification of required case dispositions Careless driving resulting in death have tailed. you may request assistance dis i Very truly yours, i + Failure to stop at the scene of an from the Governor's Victims • Timely notification of required court dates j accident resulting in death Coordinating Committee. For additional f ❖ Instruction on community resources • h aharassment by stalking information. call the Office for Victims' and other information that to Ill assist • Ethnic intimidation Programs at the Division of Criminal Al Dominguezrecovers' , • An accessory to a crime Justice (303) 239-4442. Testifying in Court Definitions Acquittal•Judge ar tun finds a charged per son no,guilt. Advisement - The suspect appears before a fudge to he given formal It is normal to feel nervous, afraid and confused notice ortle charge fin whieh he is held.10 be •rsel ofh-- -;hit.and to be aleen opportunityt rbe released on bail The Rights of about testifying in court. As you prepare, you may Appeal The defendant the DA , an el court tai n;e e g t7 want to consider the following: the titling of a/ t Arraignment he amountT h ceding r huh -f appears III cowl t be VICTIMS ad - el of i haws pending and his rights. The v used max b- 1. Dress neatly and do not chew gum while Bald!venterTea o Bad 71 Jr spottednodh thedefendant's?glean. n testifying. jail and trtcure hrt appertain, r- ( , r •' 2. When called, enter the courtroom and walk Bond An agreement wheieby a defendant obItgates himself t pas m money (,feitproperty,(hc does rappeartin r DD , aLL g of Crimes directly to the witness box where a clerk will have Buraen of eru6f /, o criminal case each element r of ,me,tiger be �o o� g you take an oath before testifying. (Remain pr.,ed hi the DA beyondareasonabled doubt w x o . to vi Codefendant•There more thin,one defendant I ged 'it haling us gv it g standing until after the oath is given ) Cr . Z _ commuted ce'Acrime s i, a ny 3. Speak loudly and clearly. (Do not shake or nod Continuance a I d l l hearing is delayed u toanother-r _ t "Mit� t - C 2 Conviction A fi A A lg guilty fa rl ffen cb q a'm� z� o D o your head.) Disposition The court proceeding h d l' l hr a,s(1- E Qra g im E t A �� 4. When you are answering questions, it is very demerit axeedr hi both the defendant ld pi/11114/10N t yob �" �� ify /'1 important that you are truthful. District Attorney n, attorney who the People of the State ��'s . �poIC ! ad f s ,db rigs trim a ,/ , ^t in • L;t :>5. If you do not understand a question, ask for a e l - lr rice, , ur e �< oDefendant-The - d o nmitti g th t ,r-tarTa IIP rn clarification. Defense •Attornet The Ia -sor ho.epee enn and m r lI the dryun- (9 CO�- f— X ,�_ •6. If your answer was not clear or correctly stated. da r a / • x O * �� : ir,' Discoery The d, I f_far by ,party t the -t awn cc "---. 0 you should clarify or correct your answer d l T • • <-r ,/ , 1. g y -3 *../..../ immediately. Feint. A - 1 I i r a d / race a l b /to the e9 I't 4 • �<� Drat t (( ! (the t I t , v1 ¢ Ow /� 7. The case is not dependent on your testimony Jury Trial v trial belt ,d f d ho „n to • � J U p" alone; the prosecutor will he calling other determine fiats„ trimmer'ins and to remit r „du,of gut/tt or Ez 'o not guiles. .¢¢ 3z witnesses and presenting all of the evidence in Misdemeanor-.A eh,r„huh deli-mien,tall/ terte,teedtothe �o�• cep order to get a conviction. ((twat.imil- 3 Si• p„ p% Modification of Sentence The p , by winch the t l -o- • 8. If you do not know the answer to a question or rte - d he d l.. r T ll.,I l mutated dbs. gitzt. ` m are not sure,do not guess or make up an answer. a motion from the 1 f rich,„ad a 120 dossjPam de tone the ca•e 0 w; (ter_ rhs 9. It is important to be courteous and appear PD v br D f T- iI to I— to i confidWL Public Defender A dfn /t no to it Vl9 d nfi[1 haw s 1. t 4 w 3nN3nva19 A. M. Dominguez, Jr. the state( represent 'l a used of ccNuvah,g(TOWS N I0111le4 3nN3tWV16 b 10. Stop instantly when the judge interrupts you afjmtolurepinatedfnucmrnnt2s ' District Attorney or when an attorney objects, and wait for Preliminary hearing-A hearing at who/i the court determines whether - 3nN3nv V161 there 1s probable cause to believe the defendant commuted the t nine p 3aN3nv VIII Nineteenth Judicial District instructions from the judge concerning how to enarged. 0.! t w r 2 111 1.11 al I =fl proceed. Probation Revocation The prm ess In aloch the r determine, P m § po 11. Your behavior outside of the courtroom, such whether the defendant has, o-1 d the term'. f'probation- o� the w m C @ z (curt finch that s i ! li , I taken plat-. the n as reset Q § it as laughing, joking or discussing the case, may to the d f-nda,tl ten l /l "ginal/shimposed B9 1 Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt The standard I I _t be met 3 influence other participants in the case (for benre cede%ides lr may be found guilts e/ta rig committeda crane- example, witnesses, jurors, defense attorneys, Plea Bargaining agliarm between the D.A.and the defence alto. — tier �� ,s hie my remit in a compromise ] t of taking tile lasetO trial — aoN3nv P1CZ Office of the District Attorney defense witnesses,defendants etc.). The D a may decide a is in the 1.1 -,t effus,u e to reduce,he charge VICTIM/WITNESS PROGRAM 12. Do not discuss your testimony' with other and a„epta.pailtspleatothereducedcharge. o � z a i Prosecutor-Tlie Den otu Attorney Centennial Center i possible witnesses. subpoena-A canner,order demanding due person named on it appeal w > anteslJrinemun 3"_ CS 9 915 Tenth Street, 2nd Floor Summons-A document ordering the drh'nda t to appear in,nun to m PP m p P.O. BOX 1167 answer charges- — ' 3nN3AV VISE n If you have any questions regarding this Suppression [tearing 1pretrial T g tl 'awe an d 2_ , Greeley, Colorado 8063. 1167 l o hth defense 1. t 'uncoil the I r' tn t i alleged information, please contact the Victim/Witness to hme been obtained,//egallr The t oatd terun Ier/ereisdenre (970) 356-4010, Ext. 4746 Program. me It,pa anted at n uil 1 1'rial to the Court Dial( -I t a wipe,not n inn Fax (970) 352 —_ _ Victim Tle pre varv ,he ese eneerr,/ i V'oir Dire- //re p .•Pot Introduction We are sorry to learn you have been a victim of a crime. As a victim,you may have expericnnrd injury,loss,confusion,and a disruption of your life. Feelings of shock,disbeliet, fear,vulnerability,anger, and frustration may result. I laving information and an understanding about the criminal justice system may be helpful to you at this time. Once a crime is reported,a person who is a victim of crime becomes part of the criminal justice system . It can be a contusing and sometimes frustrating experience. There are victim/witness advocates throughout Colorado to provide support and assistance to victims during the process.This booklet has been prepared to assist you in understanding your rights and to answer commonly- asked questions. Because victims are such an important part of the criminal justice process, in November, 1092, the voters of Colorado passed a resolution in 1992 to include Victim Rights as part of the State's constitution.The Constitution and the accompanying legislation state: Any person who is a victim of a criminal act or such person's designee,legal guardian,or sun Ming immediate family members it such person is deceased,shall have the right to be heard when relevant,informed and present at all critical stages of the criminal justice process. All terminology, including the term "critical stages" shall be defined by the general assembly. (Article II,Section 16A Colorado State Constitution and 24-4.1-301,C.R.S.et.seq.) • INTRODUCTION • CRIMES & CRITICAL STAGES COVERED BY VICTIMS RIGHTS ACT ■ VICTIMS' RIGHTS ■ AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES • AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES • ENSURING YOUR RIGHTS ■ RESOURCES 2. Crimes Covered by the Victim Rights Act The Constitution of the State of Colorado and the laws of the ■ Crimes against at-risk adults or at-risk juveniles; state[24-4.1-302(1)C.R.S.)guarantee certain rights to the • Crimes for which the underlying foundation has been victims of the following criminal acts: determined to be domestic violence; • Murder-1st and 2nd Degree; • Careless driving that results in the death of another • Manslaughter; person; • Criminally negligent homicide and vehicular U Failure to stop at the scene of an accident that results homicide; in the death of another person; • Assault-1st,2nd,3rd degree,vehicular; • Harassment by stalking; ■ Menacing; ■ Ethnic intimidation;and • Kidnapping-1st and 2nd degree; ■ Any criminal attempt,conspiracy,criminal • Sexual Assault-1st,2nd,3rd degree,on a child,on a solicitation,or accessory involving any of the crimes child by one in a position of trust,on a client by a specified above. psychotherapist; ■ Robbery-aggravated,aggravated of a controlled If the victim is deceased or incapacitated,these rights may substance; be exercised by the victim's spouse,parent,child,sibling, • Incest and aggravated incest; grandparent,significant other,or other lawful • Child abuse; representative. • Sexual exploitation of children; Critical Stages A victim's rights are related to certain"critical stages"in the ■ Request for change of venue or transfer of probation criminal justice process. These stages include: supervision; ■ Request for release from probation supervision prior ■ Filing of charges; to the expiration of original sentence; ■ Preliminary hearing; ■ Attack of a judgment or conviction; ■ *Any bond reduction or modification hearing; ■ Parole application hearing; ■ Arraignment hearing; ■ Parole,release,or discharge from imprisonment of a ■ Motions hearing; person convicted of a crime; ■ *Disposition of the complaint or charges against the U Parole revocation hearing; person accused; ■ Transfer to or placement of a person convicted of a ■ Trial; crime in a non-secured facility;and ■ *Sentencing hearing; ■ Transfer,release,or escape of a person charged with or ■ Appellate review or appellate decision; convicted of a crime from any state hospital. ■ Sentence reconsideration; *In addition to the right to be informed and present,the ■ Probation revocation hearing; victim also has a right to be heard at hearings on bond ■ The filing of a complaint,summons,or warrant by reduction,disposition of the complaint,such as acceptance probation for failure report or because location of a of a negotiated plea,and a sentencing. The victim also has person convicted of a crime is unknown; a right to provide input to the court regarding continuances. ■ CRIMES & CRITICAL STAGES COVERED BY VICTIMS RIGHTS ACT • VICTIMS' RIGHTS • AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES ■ AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES ■ ENSURING YOUR RIGHTS -r,:,'.y-g„ .S! ' r +v '"c.''.x `c :s ,z,„ Ft A 6,7.''r s f s�r m"2 , t � y(tr s M r The Victim Rights Act The enabling legislation called the Victim Rights Act became ■ To be present and heard regarding bond reduction, effective in January,1993,and was amended in 1995 and continuances,acceptance of plea negotiations,case again in 1997. In an attempt to balance the scales of justice, disposition,or sentencing; the Victim Rights Act provides victims an active role in the ■ To consult with the district attorney prior to any criminal justice process. disposition of the case or before the case goes to trial and to be informed of the final disposition of the case; The following is a summary of the rights guaranteed by the Victim Rights Act(For a complete listing of your rights,please ■ To be informed of the status of the case and any refer to Colorado Revised Statutes 244.1-101 through scheduling changes or cancellations,if known in 24-4.1-304.) advance; • To prepare a Victim Impact Statement and to be ■ To be treated with fairness,respect and dignity; present and/or heard at sentencing; ■ To be informed of and present for all"critical stages" ■ To have restitution ordered and to be informed of the of the criminal justice process; right to pursue a civil judgment against the person • To be free from intimidation,harassment,or abuse; convicted of the crime; and to have the right to he informed about what steps • To receive a prompt return of the property when it is can be taken if there is any intimidation or harassment no longer needed as evidence; by a person accused or convicted of the crime or • To be informed of the availability of financial anyone acting on the person's behalf; assistance and community services; ■ To be given appropriate employer intercession ■ Upon written request,to be informed when a person services regarding court appearances and meetings convicted of a crime against the victim is placed in or with criminal justice officials; transferred to a less secure correctional facility or IITo be assured that in any criminal proceeding the program or is permanently or conditionally court,the prosecutor,and other law enforcement transferred or released from any state hospital; officials will take appropriate action to achieve a swift ■ To be informed of any rights which the victim has and fair resolution of the proceedings; pursuant to the Constitution of the United States or ■ Whenever practicable,to have a safe,secure waiting the State of Colorado;and area during court proceedings; ■ To be informed of the process for enforcing ■ Upon request,to be informed when a person accused compliance with the Victim Rights Act. or convicted of the crime is released from custody,is paroled,escapes or absconds from probation or Additional rights and services are provided to child victims parole; or witnesses.Law enforcement,prosecutors,and judges are ■ Upon written request,to be informed of and heard at encouraged to designate one or more individuals to try to any reconsideration of sentence,parole hearing,or ensure the child and his/her family understand the legal commutation of sentence; proceedings and have support and assistance to deal with the emotional impact of the crime and the subsequent criminal proceedings. • VICTIMS' RIGHTS ■ AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES • AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES ■ ENSURING YOUR RIGHTS �=a :� + r +q,'. � �LL.c k .'*,..�—,, .e d y, % "`r , 7.F;}t yR of a .. u -'' ^'`� �'` v . ,,' k ,� +° +- s .tc V tx, k 40.F # P k, ,s c.. Z y ,f� VW C:)14,- ' '.+ate'': "� _va+a ti�, r^a. .�+� , LF ate.,l: �"r-.��.-�#fix- xs�k" � - ��`P: Agency Responsibilities Criminal Justice agencies have certain responsibilities for assuring that victims receive their rights. These Responsibilities are as follows: LAW ENFORCEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITIES Law Enforcement agencies have the responsibility to • translation services,assistance in dealing with provide the victim written information to the victim about: creditors due to financial setbacks caused by the crime, childcare to enable a victim to cooperate with the • community services such as crisis intervention prosecution. services,victim assistance resources,legal resources, In addition,law enforcement agencies are required to: mental health services,financial services,and other • provide the victim with the business address and support services; telephone number of the district attorney's office,file • the availability of financial resources such as victim number of the case and the name,business address compensation and how to apply for those benefits; and telephone number of any law enforcement officer • the availability of protective court orders in order to assigned to investigate the case;and obtain protection from the person accused of • keep the victim informed as to whether a suspect has committing the crime; been taken into custody and,if known,whether the • the availability of public records related to the case; suspect has been released from custody and any and conditions imposed upon the suspect. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS' RESPONSIBILITIES District Attorneys'Offices have the responsibility to: • minimize contact between the victim and defendant before,during,and immediately after a judicial • inform the victim of the filing of charges and provide proceeding; an explanation of the charges; • facilitate prompt return of a victim's property when it • inform the victim of appropriate critical stages and the is no longer needed for evidentiary reasons; date,time,and place of all critical stages in the court • provide the victim with a victim impact statement that proceedings; is given to the Court; • tell the victim of the assignment of the case including • inform the victim of the function of a presentence the deputy district attorney handling the case and the report and the name and telephone number of the court to which the case is assigned;and probation office preparing the report,as well as the • inform the victim of any pending motion that may defendant's right to view the presentence report and substantially delay the prosecution and inform the victim impact statement; court of the victim's position on the motion. • explain the victim's right to attend and express an opinion at the sentencing hearing; In addition,the District Attorney shall: • inform the victim of any hearing for reconsideration and modification of a sentence;and • consult,where practicable,with the victim concerning • provide information from correctional officials the reduction of charges,negotiated pleas,dismissal,or concerning the imprisonment and release of a person other dispositions; convicted of a crime. • AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES • AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES ■ ENSURING YOUR RIGHTS 'rte -V-Act Y"-."�'---,44,344 ��` ,wcr'Yix n 4 � „ 4 COURT'S RESPONSIBILITIES DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS RESPONSIBILITIES The Courts have the responsibility to: Upon Written Request of the Victim,the Department of • state on the record a victim objection about any motion Corrections shall: that may substantially delay the prosecution prior to • keep confidential certain information such as address, granting any delay that the objection was considered; telephone number,place of employment,or other • determine that a victim may be present at all critical personal information about the victim;and stages of a criminal proceeding unless exclusion of the • notify the victim of: the institution in which the person victim is necessary; is incarcerated;projected date of the person's release • allow the victim to be heard at any court proceeding from confinement;any release of a person on furlough, which involves: a bond reduction or modification,the work release,or community correctional facility(in acceptance of a negotiated plea agreement,or the advance);any scheduled parole hearing;any escape, sentencing of any person accused or convicted of a transfer,or release;the transfer to a non-secured crime against the victim;and facility;and the death of a person while in custody. • determine the amount,if any,of restitution to be paid to a victim by any person convicted of a crime. PROBATION DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES VICTIM RESPONSIBILITIES Upon Written Request of the Victim,the Probation Victims have the following responsibilities: Department shall: - • keeping appropriate criminal justice authorities • provide the victim with the location and telephone informed of the name,address,and telephone number number of the probation department responsible for of the person who should be provided information, the supervision of the person; and any changes in this information;and • notify the victim of the date of the person's termination • providing a written request if the victim wants to be from probation supervision; notified of information regarding the post-sentence • advise the victim of the release of the person in process. Forms can be obtained from the District advance of the originally imposed sentence; Attorney's Office,Probation Department,Department of Corrections,and the Department of Youth • notify the victim of the date of a probation revocation Corrections. or modification hearing; • advise the victim of any change of venue or jurisdiction; • notify the victim of any complaint,summons,or warrant filed by the probation department for failure to report to probation or because location of the person is unknown;and • notify the victim of the death of a person while under the jurisdiction of the probation department. • AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES ■ ENSURING YOUR RIGHTS f"a r` w�,� �.S i Y.� � .% .. `++�Ck*�t 9+`r .Ps • �. 9"P' fi 3. �s,airt:�:': k �S • K� s ,; �h;'' The Process for Ensuring Your Victim Rights Colorado state law provides that affected persons may If all local efforts to obtain your rights have failed,you enforce compliance with the provisions of the Constitutional may request assistance from the Coordinating Committee Amendment by notifying the Victims'Compensation and by contacting: Assistance Coordinating Committee(Coordinating Committee). Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice 700 Kipling Street,Suite 1000 What to do if you feel your rights have not been provided: Denver,CO 80215-5865 You must first attempt to seek compliance at the local (303) 239-4442 level. This may include but is not limited to: 1-888-282-1080 Toll Free • contacting the person you feel has not provided you The Governor's Victims'Compensation and with your rights and explaining specifically what has Assistance Coordinating Committee not been done; • seeking assistance from your victim advocates,or The Governor's Victims'Compensation and Assistance other five f persons such as a counselor;and r Coordinating Committee is a twenty-six member committee appointed by the Governor. The Committee has statewide • seeking assistance from the elected official or head of representation and its members include representatives the agency you feel is not providing your rights. from law enforcement,and district attorney's offices,as well as legislators,victims of crime,and members of the community. Contacts may be verbal or in writing. Accurate records of your efforts to seek compliance at the local level will be The Coordinating Committee has been designated to review helpful to you and to the Coordinating Committee should a any reports of non-compliance with the Victims Rights Act formal request be filed. and determine if there is a basis in fact to the report. _ . a - --- The Coordinating Committee has designated a Victim 3. The agency's response is provided to the victim,who has Rights Act Subcommittee,which meets on a regular basis,to an opportunity to provide any additional or clarifying review all formal complaints of non-compliance with the information. Victim Rights Act. - 4. All the information from both the complainant and the The Division of Criminal Justice(DCJ)provides staff identified agency is reviewed by the Victim Rights Act assistance to the Coordinating Committee and the Victim Subcommittee to determine if there is a basis in fact for a Rights Act Subcommittee. Reports of non-compliance are Victim Rights Violation. reviewed by the Division of Criminal Justice staff who attempt to resolve issues as early as possible in the process. 5. If there is not a basis in fact,the case is closed at that time. The staff at the Division of Criminal Justice will talk to you 6. If there ja a basis in fact,the Subcommittee sets forth about your concerns regarding non-compliance with the requirements of the agency in violation.These Victim Rights Act. Following that discussion,the staff will requirements are designed to improve a current problem contact the agency identified in the complaint. It should be and to alleviate similar concerns within the system on noted that the vast majority of complaints are able to be behalf of future victims. resolved by DCJ at the local level through informal mediation and intervention. Some complaints,however, 7. The victim is kept informed of the outcome of the cannot be resolved informally and proceed to the formal Subcommittee's meetings and the progress the agency complaint process described below. makes in fulfilling the requirements. The Formal Complaint Process 8. Either party has a right to request an appeal of the findings of the Victim Rights Subcommittee to the 1. A copy of the complaint will be reviewed by the DCJ staff Coordinating Committee. and the Victim Rights Act Subcommittee to determine if the complaint is within the purview of the Victim Rights 9. If an agency is unwilling or unable to fulfill the Act. requirements,the case is referred to the Governor's office. The Governor then refers the case to the Attorney General 2. If the complaint falls within the purview of the Victim to file a suit to enforce compliance. Rights Act,a copy of the complaint and all information accompanying that complaint will be sent to the identified agency(ies). • ENSURING YOUR RIGHTS .d rtn-` 1 t �" "r y r .� x x trt ar - -( t .-. f ! �k: xL-+l-'S < «`. qtr ''1 s R,. ' r4R a `x%rL!'+ ,,., '^�+5 '� '' -� ' * L '�'^ a ��. rrt _L "'1'+. Resources Victim Compensation Victims of crime often need financial assistance as a result of the crime. A victim may apply for compensation for costs related to medical expenses,lost employment,mental health treatment,burial expenses,the loss of medically necessary devices such as eye glasses or hearing aids,the loss of support to dependents,and damage to home security devices such as doors, windows,and locks. Each Judicial District has a Victim Compensation fund and persons convicted of a crime pay into this fund. Contact your local District Attorney's Office for informat on on how to apply for Victim Compensation. Statewide Resources Your local community has resources to provide you with support and assistance. A good place to start is with your victim advocate located at either the police department or sheriff's off ce,the district attorney's office,or a community service provider. Other statewide resources include: • Asian Pacific Development Center (303)355-0710 Services for Asian populations • Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence (C.C.A.D.V.) (303)831-9632 • Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault (C.C.A.S.A.) (303)861-7033 1-800-261-2682 • Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance (CO.V.A.) 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AI ser victima,debe haber sufrido lesions,perdidas,confusion,e interrupciones en su vida. Sensaciones de alteracion,incredulidad,temor,vulnerabilidad,enojo,y frustracion pueden resultar. Tener informacion y una comprension del sistema legal de justicia pueden serle de utilidad en estos momentos. Una vez que el delito se reporta,la victima sera parte del sistema legal de justicia. La experiencia puede ser desconcertante y frustrante en ocasiones. Hay consejeros para victimas v testigos en todas las localidades de Colorado,para proporcionar ayuda y asistencia a victimas durante el juicio. Este folleto fue preparado para ayudarle a entender sus derechos y para responder a preguntas comunes y corrientes. Dado que las victimas son un parte importante del proceso legal de justicia,en noviembre de 1992,los votantes de Colorado aprobaron una resolucion en 1992 para incluir los Derechos de las Victimas como parte de la constitucion del Estado. La ConstituciOn y la legislacion que la acompanan establecen que: Cualquier persona victima de un delito o persona por ella designada,representante legal,o familiares inmediatos sobrevivientes, si la persona ha fallecido,tendran el derecho de ser escuchados,informados y estar presentes,siempre que sea importante,en todas las fases crfticas del proceso legal de justicia. Toda la terminologfa,incluso el termino"fases crfticas"deben definirse por la asamblea general. (Articulo II,Seccion 16A de la Constitucion del Estado de Colorado y 24-4.1-3-1,C.R.S.y las que le siguen). ■ INTRODUCCION DELITOS Y FASES CRITICAS CUBIERTAS POR EL ACTA DE DERECHOS DE LAS VICTIMS ■ RESPONSABILIDADES DE LA AGENCIA ■ DERECHOS DE LAS VICTIMS ■ RESPONSABILIDADES DE LA AGENCIA ■ SUS DERECHOS ESTAN ASEGURADOS • ■ RECURSOS Delitos Cubiertos por el Acto de Derechos de las Victimas La Constitution del Estado de Colorado y las leyes estatales ■ Delitos contra adultos y jovenes en-riesgo; [24-4.1-302(1)C.R.S.]garantizan ciertos derechos a las • Delitos de los cuales se determine que la violencia vfctimas de los siguientes actos criminales: domestica es la causa subyacente; • Asesinato en primer y segundo grado; • Descuido al conducir que resulte en la muerte de otra ■ Asesinato involuntario; persona; • Asalto en primer,segundo,tercer grado,vehicular; ■ Omitir detenerse en la escena de un accidente que ■ Amenazas; resulte en la muerte de otra persona; • Secuestro en primer y segundo grado; ■ Intimidation furtiva; ■ Ataque sexual en primer,segundo o tercer grado,de ■ Intimidation etnica;y menor de edad,de menor de edad por parte de ■ Cualquier intento criminal,conspiracion, persona a quien el menor fue confiado,de un ctiente requerimiento criminal,o complice en la comision de por parte de un psicoterapeuta; cualquiera de los delitos antes especificados. • Robo—agravado,agravado de una substancia controlada; Si la victima ha fallecido o esta descapacitada,estos derechos • Incest°e incesto agravado; pueden ejercitarse por parte del conyuge de la victima,por el • Abuso de menores de edad; padre o madre,hijo(a),hermano(a),abuelo(a),su ser • ExplotaciOn sexual de menores de edad; significativo,u otro representante legal. Fases Criticas Los derechos de una victima se relacionan con ciertos"fases ■ Solicitud de liberacion del supervisor probatorio antes crfticas"en el proceso legal de justicia. Estas fases incluyen: de la expiration de la sentencia original; ■ Presentation de cargos; ■ Ataque contra un fallo o sentencia; ■ Audiencias preliminares; ■ Audiencia sobre la aplicacion de libertad condicional; ■ *Cualquier audiencia para reduction o modification de ■ Libertad conditional,liberacion o Salida de prision de fianza; una persona convicta de un delito; ■ Audiencia con la presencia del culpable; ■ Audiencia para la revocacion de libertad condicional; ■ Audiencia para las motions legales; ■ Transferencia o colocacion de una persona culpable de • *Disposition de la queja o cargos contra la persona un delito en una institution de no-seguridad;y acusada; ■ Transferencia,liberacion,o fuga de algrin hospital ■ *Audiencia para el fallo o sentencia; estatal,de una persona acusada de o culpable de un delito. • Revision o decision apelatoria; • ReconsideraciOn del fallo; *Ademas del derecho a ser informado y a estar presente,la ■ Audiencia para la revocation del periodo de prueba; victima tiene tambien el derecho de ser escuchado en las • Presentation de una queja,citatorio,u orden de arrest° audiencias sobre reduction de fianza,disposition de la queja, por el probador,debido a omisiOn por falta de reporte, como la acceptation de una apelaciOn negociada,y de un o porque se desconoce la ubicacion de una persona fallo o sentencia. La victima tiene el derecho tambien de convicta de un delito; aportar su opinion al tribunal en to que toca a ■ Solicitud de cambio de tribunal o transferencia de continuaciones. supervision probatoria; II DELITOS Y FASES CRITICAS CUBIERTAS POR EL ACTA DE DERECHOS DE LAS VICTIMS ■ RESPONSABILIDADES DE LA AGENCIA • DERECHOS DE LAS VICTIMAS ■ RESPONSABILIDADES DE LA AGENCIA • SUS DERECHOS ESTAN ASEGURADOS '4- ... 'r p x ! s.. JA 'K ' 'h. Y , t ✓- y ";d7 t y f Y -,4c7:---1- ' wrN�,� .( + 7,4;;;`.r yA-* 1.4.j ,,,L�#, 7x,,v ,. }.E'kC23' -". "J. +,,,r, 2? ` . <i'' •,.t4�r, .., `ic. ", ria. .. /tom.. .t-", El Acta de Derechos de las Victimas La legislation que la sustenta puso en efecto el Acta de ■ Estar presente y escuchar en cuanto a reduccion de Derechos de las Victimas en enero de 1993,y se enmendo en fianza,continuaciones,aceptacion de apelaciones 1995 y nuevamente en 1997. En un intento de nivelar la negociadas,disposicion del caso,o fallo o sentencia. balanza de la justicia,el Ada de Derechos de las Victimas ■ Consultar con el fiscal de distrito antes de cualquier otorga a las victimas un papel activo en el proceso legal de disposition del caso,o antes de que el caso vaya a justicia. juicio,y ser informado de la disposition final del caso; El sumario siguiente menciona los derechos garantizados por • Ser informado del estado en que se encuentra el caso y el Acta de Derechos de las Victimas(Para el detalle completo de cualquier cambio de fechas o cancelaciones,si se de sus derechos,favor de remitirse a los Estatutos Revisados conocieran por adelantado; de Colorado 244.1101 hasta 244.1-304.) ■ Preparar una Declaration de Impacto sobre la Vfctima y estar presente y/o ser escuchado al momento del • Ser tratado con equidad,respecto y dignidad; fallo o sentencia. • Ser informado y estar presente durante todas las"fases ■ Recibir la restitution ordenada y ser informado sobre criticas"del proceso legal de justicia; el derecho de iniciar un juicio civil contra la persona ■ Estar libre de intimidation,hostilizacion,o abuso;y culpable del delito; tener el derecho de ser informado de los pasos a seguir ■ Recibir pronto retomo de la propiedad cuando ya no si existiera intimidation u hostilizaciOn de parte de una se necesite como evidencia. persona acusada o culpable del delito o de parte de cualquier otra persona que actue en su lugar; • Ser informado de la disponibilidad de ayuda financiera y servicios de la comunidad; RESPONSABILIDADES DE LOS FISCALES DE DISTRITO Las responsabilidades de las oficinas de los fiscales de • Minimizar contacto entre victima y acusado antes, distrito son: durante,e inmediatamente despues de un proceso judicial; • Informar a la victima de la presentation formal de las acusaciones y de proporcionar una explication de tales • Facilitar el pronto retomo de la propiedad de la vfctima acusaciones; cuando ya no se necesite como causa evidencial; • Informar a la vfctima de las fases criticas y fechas, • Proporcionar a la victima con una declaration de horarios,y lugar de todas las fases criticas en los impacto sobre la victima que se da al juzgado; procedimientos de juzgado; • Informar a la victima de la funcion de un informe de • Decir a la vfctima de la asignaciOn del caso incluyendo pre-sentencia y el nombre y numero telefonico del el fiscal adjunto de distrito que se encarga del caso y el oficial de prueba que prepara el informe,asf como juzgado al cual se asigno el caso;e tambien el derecho del acusado de revisar el informe de P • Informar a la vfctima de cualquier motion pendientev pre-sentencia is y la declaration de impacto sobre la que pueda retrasar substancialmente la prosecution e informar al juzgado de la posici6n de la victima en • Explicar el derecho de la vfctima a estar presente y cuanto a la motion. emitir una opinion durante la audiencia para la sentencia; Ademas,el Fiscal de Distrito debe: • Informar a la victima de cualquier audiencia para la reconsideration y modification de la sentencia;y • Consultar,de ser practico,con la vfctima relativo a la • Proporcionar information de parte de los funcionarios reducciOn de las acusaciones,apelaciones negociadas, penitenciarios tocante al encarcelamiento y liberation retiro de los cargos,u otras disposiciones; de una persona culpable de un delito. • RESPONSABILIDADES DE LA AGENCIA • DERECHOS DE LAS VICTIMAS • RESPONSABILIDADES DE LA AGENCIA • SUS DERECHOS ESTAN ASEGURADOS •✓# d1" "'h.r F-7117-77-a.: '142:(f)&941-;,.. t YY , . , ., ¢ r -�. KS e ;,;(at:;.„ 1 ' .V `"i . .' . p r'N`� > s�1' Nx �., , ^k+#ifl't. eY l L _r ,.` ,.�₹ F .r,."fir s.�s. ..,,.�. r: RESPONSABILIDADES DEL JUZGADO RESPONSABILIDADES DEL DEPARTAMENTO PENITENCIARIO El juzgado tiene como responsabilidad: Una petition expresa escrita de la Victima,el Departamento • Establecer en el expediente que una objeccion de la Penitenciario debe: victima acerca de cualquier motion que pudiera retrasar substancialmente la prosecution ha sido • Mantener cierta information confidencial tal como considerada,antes de conceder cualquier retraso; direction,raiment telefonico,lugar de trabajo,u otra • Determinar que una victima estara presente en todas information personal relativa a la victima;y las fases crificas de un proceso legal a menos que su • Notificar a la victima de: la institution donde se exclusion sea necesaria; encarcela a la persona;fecha estimada de liberation de • Permitir que la victima sea escuchada durance la persona de su confinamiento,cualquier liberation o cualquier procedimiento de juzgado que represente libertad temporal,liberation de trabajo,o instalaaon una reduction o modification de fianza,la aceptaciOn penitenciana de la comunidad(pot anticipado); de una apelacion negociada,o la sentencia de cualquier cualquier audiencia programada de libertad bajo persona acusada o convicta de un delito contra la palabra;cualquier fuga,transferencia,o puesta en libertad.La transferencia a una instalacion de no- victima;y seguridad;y el fallecimiento de la persona durante su • Determinar el monto,si procediera,de la restitucion a custodia. ser pagado a la victima por cualquier persona culpable de un delito. ■ Recibir la intercesion apropiada de su jefe o patron en de menor seguridad o si es permanentemente o lo que se refiere a apariciones en el juzgado y citas con condicionalment transferida o dada de alta de los funcionarios legales de justicia; cualquier hospital estatal; ■ Contar con seguridades de que en todos los • Ser informado de cualquier derecho que la victima procedimientos legales el juzgado,el fiscal,y otros posea en cumplimiento de la Constitution de los funcionarios que aplican justicia tomaran las actions Estados Unidos o del Estado de Colorado;y apropiadas para lograr una resolution pronta y ■ Ser informado del proceso de aplicacion en equitativa de los procesos; cumplimiento del Acto de los Derechos de las • Una solicitud expresa,ser informado cuando una Victimas. persona acusada o culpable del delito es puesta en libertad de custodia,en libertad condicional,se fugue u Se otorgan derechos y servicios adicionales a vfctimas y oculte,de libertad condicional o bajo palabra; testigos menores de edad. Se recomienda que autoridades ■ Una solicitud escrita expresa,ser informado de y ser policfacas,fiscales,y jueces designen uno o mas individuos escuchado en cualquier reconsideration de un fallo o para tratar de asegurar que el(la)menor y su familia sentencia,audiencia de libertad condicional,o entienden los procedimientos legales y cuenten con el apoyo conmutaciOn de veredicto. y ayuda para confrontar el impacto emocional del delito y los • Una solicitud escrita expresa,ser informado cuando subsecuentes procesos legales. una persona culpable de un delito contra la victima es colocada o transferida a una penitenciarfa o programa ■ DERECHOS DE LAS VICTIMAS ■ RESPONSABILIDADES DE LA AGENCIA ■ SUS DERECHOS ESTAN ASEGURADOS >, T 7 r ) °ice I / ti ^ ,�' '. sq�c A u „ ' `at J s- L +� r�s. ' " y �*+ * < '� z +C -.w1 Art 3p xS ss ..i,. f i *a ,.,.•.7.F x dyvx �t•' ��. «Y°`".:;: r d�,�s.'._N' ' x �aa ?;Kk�.�::� " -!_ Responsabilidades de la Agencia Las agencias legales de justicia tienen ciertas responsabilidades para asegurar que los derechos de las victimas sean respetados. Estas responsabilidades son las siguientes: RESPONSABILIDADES DE LAS AUTORIDADES POLICIACAS Las agencias policiacas tienen la responsabilidad de • Servicios de traducciOn,ayuda para tratar con proporcionar a la victima informaciOn escrita acerca de: deudores debido a contratiempos financieros ocasionados por el delito,cuidado de menores para • Servicios comunitarios tales como servicios para permitir que una victima coopere con la fiscalia. intervencion en crisis,recursos de ayuda para la Ademas,se requiere que las agencias policiacas: victima,recursos legales,servicios de salud mental, servicios financieros,y otros servicios de ayuda; • Proporcionen a la victima la direccion y numero • La disponibilidad de servicios financieros tales como telefonico de la oficina del fiscal de distrito,numero de compensacion a victimas y como solicitar tales expediente y nombre del caso,direccion y numero beneficios; telefOnico de todos los oficiales policfacos asignados a • La disponibilidad de ordenes protectivas legales con el la investigacion dle caso;y fin de obtener proteccion en contra de la persona • Mantener informada a la victima de si un sospechoso acusada de cometer el delito; ha sido detenido y,de saberse,si el sospechoso fue ublicos relativos al puesto en libertad y de cualquier condicion impuesta al • La disponibilidad de expedientes p caso;y sospechoso;. RESPONSABILIDADES DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE RESPONSABILIDADES DE LA VICTIMA LIBERTAD DE PRUEBA Las vfctimas tienen las siguientes responsabilidades: Una peticion expresa escrita de la Vfctima,el Departamento de Libertad a Prueba debe: • Mantener informadas apropiadamente a las autoridades legales judiciales del nombre,direccion,y • Proporcionar a la vfctima la ubicaciOn y numero ntimero telefOnico de la persona que debe proporcionar telefonico del departamento de libertad a prueba la informacion,y de cualquier cambio en tal responsable de la supervision de la persona; informaciOn;y • Notificar a la victima de la fecha de terminacion de la • Proporcionar una solicitud escrita si la victima desea persona de la supervision a prueba; ser notificada de informacion relativa a al proceso post- • Avisar a la victima de la puesta en libertad de la sentencia. Las formas pueden obtenerse en la Oficina persona antes de la sentencia originalmente impuesta; de Fiscal de Distrito,el Departamento de Libertad a Prueba,Departamento Penitenciario,y el • Notificar a la victima de la fecha de una revocacion de Departamento Correccional para Menores. la prueba o de la modificadiOn de una audiencia; • Avisar a la victima de cualquier cambio de institution o jurisdiction; • Notificar a la victima de cualquier queja,citatorio,u orden de aprehension presentada por el departamento de libertad a prueba para omisiOn de reportarse a la prueba,o porque se desconoce el paradero de la persona;y • Notificar a la victima del fallecimiento de una persona durante la jurisdiction del departamento de libertad a prueba. ■ RESPONSABILIDADES DE LA AGENCIA ■ SUS DERECHOS ESTAN ASEGURADOS 2/4243? / !„`a y� F1� , AY'<"�„taW>7�+y^" a y�'"z+� f to h. '�. h�*ke tis^� k","74 , ih' El Proceso para Asegurar los Derechos de las Victimas La ley del estado de Colorado permite que las personas Si todos los esfuerzos pars obtener sus derechos han afectadas puedan aplicar el cumplimiento de las provisiones fracasado.puede solicitar ayuda al Comite Coordinador a de la Enmienda Constitucional al notificar al Comite de traves de: CoordinaciOn de Ayuda y Compensation a Victimas(Comite Coordinador). Departamento de Seguridad Publica de Colorado Division Legal de Justicia zQue hacer si siente que sus derechos no han sido 700 Kipling Street,Suite 1000 respetados? Denver,CO 80215-5865 (303)239-4442 Primero debe tratar de conseguir que se cumplan a nivel 1-888-282-1080 Numero Gratuito local. Puede incluir,sin estar limitado a,lo siguiente: Comite Coordinador del Govemador pan la Ayuda y • Establecer contacto con la persona que usted sienta que Compensation de Victimas no le ha otorgado sus derechos y explicando especificamente lo que no se ha hecho; El Comite Coordinador del Govemador para la Ayuda y • Buscar ayuda de sus mediadores,u otras personas de Compensation de Victimas es un Comite de 26 miembros apoyo como consejeros;y nombrados por el Govemador. El Comite tiene representation a to largo y a lo ancho del estado y sus • Buscar ayuda del funcionario electo o director de la miembros incluyen representantes de las autoridades agenda de la cual siente usted que no le estan policfacas,de las oficinas de las fiscalias de distrito,asi como otorgando sus derechos. legisladores,vfctimas de delitos,y miembros de la comunidad. Los contactos pueden ser verbales o escritos. Mantener un registro certero de sus esfuerzos para obtener cumplimiento El Comite Coordinador ha sido designado para revisar a nivel local sera util para usted y para el Comite cualquier reporte de incumplimiento con el Acta de Derechos Coordinador,en caso de que se presente un solicitud formal. de las Victimas y para determinar si existe razon para tal reporte. El Comito Coordinador ha designado un Subcomite del Acta 3. La respuesta de la agenda es proporcionada a la vfctima, de Derechos de las Victimas,que se reline de manera regular, quien tiene oportunidad de ampliar o aclarar la para revisar todos las quejas formales de incumplimiento con information. el Acto de Derechos de las Victimas. 4. Toda la information tanto de la vfctima como de la agenda La Division Legal de Justicia(DCJ)proporciona asesoria al identificada se revisa por parte del Subcomite del Acta de Comite Coordiandor y al Subcomite del Ada de Derechos de Derechos de las Victimas,para determinar si existen bases las Victimas. Los asesores de la Division Legal de Justicia en efecto para una Violacion de los Derechos de las revisan los reportes de incumplimiento para tratar de Victimas. resolver los casos tan pronto como sea posible durante el proceso. 5. Si existen bases en efecto,el caso se cierra en ese El personal de la Division Legal de Justicia hablara con usted momento. acerca de sus dudas en relacion con el incumplimiento del Ada de Derechos de las Victimas. Despues,dicho personal 6. Si s existen bases en efecto,el Subcomite establece los establecera contacto con la agencia identificada en la queja. requerimientos de la agencia en violacion. Estos Debe hacerse notar que la Division Legal de Justicia es capaz requerimientos se designan para mejorar un problema en de resolver la gran mayoria de las quejas a nivel local curso y pan aliviar problems similares dentro del sistema mediante asesoria e intervencion informales. Algunas para la ayuda de vfdimas futuras. quejas.sin embargo,no pueden resolverse informalmente y se procede al proceso formal de quejas descrito 7. Se informa a la victima del resultado de las reunions del anteriormente. Subcomite y del progreso logrado por la agenda para cumplir con sus requerimientos. El Proceso Formal de Quejas 8. Todas las partes tienen derecho de solicitar al Comite 1. El personal del DCJ y el Subcomite del Acta de Derechos Coordinador una apeladon de los resultados obtenidos de las Victimas revisan una copia de la queja para por el Subcomite de Derechos de las Victimas. determinar si la queja esti dentro de los lineamientos del Acta de Derechos de las Victimas. 9. En caso de que una agencia no tenga la voltultad o sea incapaz de cumplir con los requerimientos,el caso sera 2. Si la queja cae dentro de las provisiones del Ada de tumado a la Oficina del Goverador. El Govemador turna Derechos de las Victimas,una copia de la queja y toda la entonces el caso al Procurador General quien presentara information que acompaiia a la queja seran enviadas a la una demanda para obligar a su cumplimiento. agenda identificada. • SUS DERECHOS ESTAN ASEGURADOS -^,�T"'� � �';z'-"'a V Al C-,, day f. ' . r�. Y, ) '*°` s 7At rA 44,-0,44 "sv 3 , AA -7 '� '� ,,t Y♦ .4 i x ''Y1 ry a +5 z. ' �YN C,Y r' ^ 3y �dt+.v ,ws.- j% ai , Y Nr f"55 �'":k+k y� ��ss�� E'R ,• ( `hY r` p*F'- Tl„ is!•"' ?Y YV h„ ••=O, '�'' tik, ,f".r a�„h;..a m,.� �,'+.4^'� fl �e 1 .-�'. `L��`i�.a',��.fi P '+..,;.�+. �^,`a '5SA 1.�. �.. a. ,� r. z. Recursos Compensacion a las Victimas Las victimas de delitos necesitan a menudo ayuda financiera como resultado del delito. Una victima puede solicitar compensation para cubrir Los costos relativos a gastos medicos,perdida del empleo.Tratamiento de salud mental,gastos de - funeral,perdida de dispositivos medicamente necesarios tales como anteojos,o aparatos para sordera,perdida de apoyo a dependientes,y darios a dispositivos de seguridad domiciliaria como to son,puertas,ventanas,chapas y cerraduras. Cada Distrito Legal cuenta con un fondo de Compensacion a las Vfctimas y Las personas culpables de un delito pagan a dicho fondo. Pongase en contacto con su Oficina de la Procuraduria del Distrito de su localidad para obtener information sobre como solicitar Compensacion a las Victimas. Recursos Estatales Su comunidad local cuenta con recursos para proporcionar a usted apoyo y asistencia. Un buen Lugar para comenzar es con su consejero para vfctimas localizado en el departamento de poficfa o en la oficina del sheriff,la oficina de la procuradurfa del distrito,a un servicio del proveedor de la comunidad. Otros servicios estatales incluyen: • Centro de Desarrollo del Pacffico Asiatico (303)355-0710 Servicios para las poblaciones Asiaticas • Coalicion de Colorado Contra La Violencia Domestica(C.C.A.D.V.) (303)831-9632 (303)861-7033 • Coalicion de Colorado Contra Asaltos Sexuales(C.C.A.S.A.) 1-800-261-2682 (303)861-1160 • Organization de Colorado para Asistencia a Victimas(C.O.V.A.) 1-800-261-2682 (303)239-4442 • Division Legal de Justicia de Colorado 1-888-282-1080 , ,,} - r* dQ1so '�,, (3 8324.2211 : Tt x. ...,,>. .„,„ I tO#1,—/—<t' L . ty a +h 6, J d ,-" a r \ tai �N, `..\,-/ 'R`.:. 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Box 1167 (970) 356-4010, Extension 4746 m RR m R Greeley, Colorado 80632-1167 � • 311N3AV41SC A • (970) 356-4010, Extension 4746 y Fax (970) 352-8023 your application is submitted within six months Crime Victim Compensation • pp How Do I Apply? of an eligible property crime or one year of For additional information and application forms, Innocent victims of crime may be eligible for other eligible crimes. financial help with many of the expenses that arc a please contact: result of their victimization. What is Eligible? District Attorney's Office A fund, the Crime Victim Compensation Fund, has Compensation may he awarded for: been established to help crime victims. Using only Victim Assistance Program fines and penalties collected from convicted defen- • hospital, ambulance,dental and other medical Weld County Centennial Center dams and no tax moneys, crime victims can receive expenses, help with many of their crime-related personal and 915 Tenth Street, 2nd Floor financial hardships. • short-term financial costs due to lost wages or P.O. Box 1167 lost support, Who Qualifies? Greeley, Colorado 80632-1167 • mental health care expenses, or call "Primary" and "Secondary" victims of crime may (970) 356-4010, Extension 4746 qualify for compensation if: • funeral and burial expenses, • the crime was one which resulted in injury • residential break-in damage (e.g., repairing or or death;or replacing doors, windows, locks, etc.), What else do I need to know? • the crime resulted in damage to prescriptive • necessary residential safety improvements glasses, dentures, hearing aids or other prosthetic Crime Victim Compensation is a payer of "last devices; or (e.g., re-keying locks, installing deadbolts, etc.), and/or resort;" therefore, all other sources of payment must be used prior to receiving a Compensation • the crime resulted in residential property award. • other eligible costs related to immediate safety damage (including certain crime-scene needs. cleanup) or necessitates residential safety • Certain award limits exist for all eligible expenses improvements; or and Compensation may not eliminate all crime- related costs. �� • the crime resulted in Lost Income or Who Decides? Lost Support; and • In emergency situations, compensation may be Award decisions are made by the Crime Victim awarded immediately. Compensation Board, a group of local volunteers • the crime was reported to police within 72 who meet at least once a month to review claims and Ifyou believe laws or standards concerning the hours or a good cause existed for a delay make award decisions. Once all necessary informa- administration of Crime Victim Compensation (e.g., time delays may be allowed in child P non, including an application, insurance statements, have been violated, please contact the District physical and sexual abuse cases and others);and bills, receipts, etc., is received, the Board will usually Attorney's Office at(970) 356-4010, Extension make a decision and award funds on behalf of eligible 4747. If all local efforts to obtain compl iance • you have cooperated fully with law enforcement applicants within 30 days or less. Then, after the officials; and have failed,you may request help from the Board approves or denies a completed claim, a writ Governor's Victim's Coordinating Committee ten notice will he sent to the claimant. If the Board by calling 1-888-282-1080. • your injury or the death of your family member denies a claim, the claimant may ask the Board to was not the result of personal wrongful conduct (e.g., review their decision and may seek a court appeal. willful participation or involvement in the crime); and Ademas de la Indenmizacion para Victimas, el Programa de Asistencia para Victimas tambien le puede ayudar con lo siguiente: to a Usted Podria Calilicar para Recibir Ayuda del . • apoyo personal ° W • -W .. ° s= oLL _ PROGRAMA DE • estat s del caso, la resolution final y W .. T w d INDEMNIZACION PARA w information de la sentencia _, ` ow m <O . ` . VICTIMAS DE UN • informacion y referencia a servicios en la wczz4 lis A A comunidad 1°•' ` um c DELITO • educacion del Sistema Judicial y contestar - preguntas de acuerdo a su caso 0 c ATTO • • H \,;• •COQ -t-'A� • una area/sala de espera en la Corte z m a 9 iii• asistir con la coleccion del cobro de . 2 kn p__* II R *t • g 5 w 3z $ `v I . testigos y . 'Le j'.le,.•mu•✓`'.:*''\/ pa �Qp c9/- -.....422_,--,_\1f Q �� • si es requerido por la Corte, arreglos deW S ti J U pA w transportation €� s= my ii 4 3fIN3/Y VIB • accesibilidad para los minusvalidos, ayuda )y . 3fiN34V Vlfi para problemas de oido/de vista, Ls R 30N3AY 1110i Oficina de la Fiscalia Interpretes, y otras ayudas - to w I. ; 30N3Av 4a1 W$ y @ VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Q f. m min. t Weld County Centennial Center d, 1 915 10th Street, 2"d Floor A Y.O. Box 1167 —� 3f1NJAYPWCZ OFICINA DE LA FISCALIA `s Greeley,Colorado 80632-1167 o w o (970) 356-4010, Extension 4746 (970)356-4010,Extension 4746 E W g Fax(790)352-8023 n • 30N3AY UM g 4 N N Rev-10/99/baj a a INDEMNIZACION PARA VICTIMAS comportamiento personal o injustamente (e.g., la Junta Directiva niega una solicitud, el solicitante DE UN DELITO participacion intentional, o implicacion en el puede pedirle a la Junta Directiva que revisen su delito); y decision y puede solicitar una apelacion a la Corte. Victimas inocentes de muchos delitos podrian ser • su solicitud es sometida dentro de seis meses Como Puedo yo Aplicar? elegibles para ayuda financiera con muchos de los del delito de propieded elegible o dentro de un costos cuales son el resultado de su persecution. ano de otros delitos elegibles. Para mas information o aplicaciones adicionales: El fondo,de Compensacion Para Victimas de un LQue es Elegible? OFICINA DE LA FISCALIA Delito, ha sido establecido para ayudar a victimas de PROGRAMA DE INDEMNIZACION un delito. Usando solamente multas coleccionadas Indemnizacion podria ser otorgada para: del delincuente convicto y ningun fondo de PARA VICTIMAS impuestos, las victimas de un delito pueden recibir • hospital, ambulancia,gastos de dentista u otros ayuda para muchas de sus privaciones relacionadas gastos medicos, Weld County Centennial Center • al delito. 915 10th Street,2nd Floor P.O. Box 1167 • pago de corto-plazo por perdida de ingresos 0 iQuien Califica? mantenimiento, Greeley, Colorado 80632-1167 o Ilame Victimas"Primarias' "Secundaria" de un delito • (970)356-4010, Extension 4746 'y gastos de cuidado de salud mental, pueden calificar para indemnizacion si: 2,Que mas necesito saber? • gastos funerales o de entierro, • el delito fue uno que resulto en danos o muerte; o • danos residenciales(e.g., reparo o reemplazo • Indemnizacion para Victimas de un delito es de puertas, ventanas, candados, etc.), algo de"ultimos recurso;"o sea que todos los • el delito resulta en danos a lentes recetados, recursos de pago deben ser usados antes de dentaduras, audifonos u otro instrumento • mejoramientos necesarios de la seguridad de recibir indemnizacion. protesico; o una residencia(e.g., instalar cerraduras, etc.), ylo • Ciertos limiter de indemnizacion existen para • el delito causo danos a propiedad residencial todos los gastos elegibles y la indemnizacion no i (incluyendo la limpieza de ciertos lugares de los • otros gastos relacionados a la necesidad de siempre eliminara todos los gastos relacionados hechos o requiere el mejoramiento de la seguridad inmediata. al crimen. seguridad de una residencia;o , zQuien Decide? • En casos de emergencia la indemnizacion sera • el delito fue el resultado de perdidas de ingresos otorgada inmediatamente. o mantenimiento; o Las decisiones de indenmizacion son tomadas por la Junta Directiva de Indemnizacion para Victimas • Si usted cree Sue las leyes o los valores morales • el delito fue reportado a las autoridades dentro de un Deto, compuestas por un grupo e con respecto a la administration de La li d de 72 horas o existe una buena causa para una voluntarios locales quienes se juntan una vez por Indemnizacion para Victimas de Cruese a la han demora (e.g., demora de tiempo podria ser sido violadas, por favor 356-40quese a la mes para revisar las demandas y tomar decisions de Oficina del Fiscal(970) 356-4010, Extension permitida en casos como abuso infantil, fisico o indenmizacion. Cuando la Junta Directiva reciba la sexual y otros); y 4747. Si todos los esfuerzos para obtener solicitud, gastos medicos, declaraciones de seguro, curecibos, etc., la Junta Directiva usualmente toma una del Governor's norto fracasan,n, usted puede pedir ayuda • usted ha cooperado con las autoridades; y decision y otorga fondos en nombre del aplicante del Governor's Victim Coordinating elegible dentro de 30 dias o menos. Despues de que Committee Ilamando al 1-888-282-1080. • sus danos o la muerte de un miembro de su la Junta Directiva aprueba o rechaza una solicitud, familia no fue el resultado de un se le mandara un aviso al solicitante por correo. Si Hello