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VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT
STATE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
2007 OHIO STATE WIDE COMPENSATION REPORT

CLAIMS DATA
 
1. NUMBER OF NEW CLAIMS RECEIVED DURING REPORTING PERIOD
    a. Total claims, if only one claim is usually counted per crime: 8,302
OR
  
    b. Total claims, if victims and indirect victims generally count as separate items:
2. NUMBER OF CLAIMS APPROVED AS ELIGIBLE 4,030
    (a) Number of Victims 17 and Under 646
    (b) Number approved for victims 18 - 64 3,310
    (c) Number approved for victims 65 and Older 74
3. NUMBER OF CLAIMS APPROVED AS INELIGIBLE OR CLOSED 3,537
4. NUMBER OF FORENSIC SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMINATION CLAIMS RECEIVED
   DURING THE REPORT PERIOD. IF SUCH CLAIMS ARE HANDLED THROUGH
   SEPARATE CLAIMS PROCEDURE. (See Instructions) 		6,159
 
PAYMENT STATISTICS BY CRIME CATEGORY:
TYPE OF CRIME a.
NUMBER OF CLAIMS
PAID DURING
REPORTING PERIOD
Includes Column b 		b.
NUMBER OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE RELATED
CLAIMS PAID DURING
REPORTING PERIOD 		c.
TOTAL AMOUNT PAID
BY CATEGORY
Including all supple-
mental payments
1. ASSAULT 2,952       968       $6,139,766      
2. HOMICIDE 380       27       $4,758,999      
3. SEXUAL ASSAULT 378       27       $542,348      
4. CHILD ABUSE (Including sexual
   physical abuse) 		183         $151,620      
5. DWI/DUI 146         $650,331      
6. OTHER VEHICULAR CRIMES 161         $417,015      
7. STALKING 105       14       $242,820      
8. ROBBERY 702       0       $1,075,728      
9. TERRORISM 0         $0      
10. KIDNAPPING 16       6       $19,804      
11. ARSON 4       4       $12,327      
12. OTHER 16       0       $29,299      
TOTAL 5,043       1,046       $14,040,057      
 
INDICATE TOTAL EXPENSES PAID BY SERVICE
 
1. MEDICAL/DENTAL (Except Mental Health) $4,903,605
2. MENTAL HEALTH $381,829
3. ECONOMIC SUPPORT (Lost Wages, Loss of Support) $6,244,393
4. FUNERAL/BURIAL (Including all Funeral Related Expenses) $1,352,652
5. CRIME SCENE CLEAN-UP $25,486
6. FORENSIC SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMS $3,100,464
7. OTHER $1,132,092
8. TOTAL $17,140,521
 
Please respond to the following questions
additional 8x11 sheets may be attached if necessary
 
1. DESCRIBE THE IMPACT THAT VOCA FUNDS HAVE HAD ON YOUR PROGRAM'S ABILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CRIME
   VICTIMS. 
VOCA funds have allowed the Ohio Attorney General's office to pay out $17,140,521 in the past fiscal year.  VOCA funds have allowed us to continue the "60 in 06" campaign started last fiscal year.  The processing time has decreased by 34% on original Fact and Finding Desicions.  2006 fiscal year  averaged 97.46 days compared to 63.43 days in 2007.
 
2. HOW DO YOU MEASURE YOUR PROGRAM'S EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN REDUCING THE FINANCIAL IMPACT
   OF CRIME ON VICTIMS? WHAT ARE THE RESULTS? 
Our program measures efficiency and effectiveness in several catagories:  average processing time, number of claims filed and number of appeals filed.  The average processing time decreased by 34 days from 97.46 in 2006 to 63.43 days in 2007.  The number of claims filed was 8302 compared to 7920 last year.  Number of appeals filed decreased from 99 in 2006 to 97 in 2007.
 
3. DID YOUR STATE USE VOCA ADMINSTRATIVE FUNDS?   No
   IF YOUR STATE USED VOCA ADMINSTRATIVE FUNDS, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE IMPACT THESE FUNDS HAVE HAD ON YOUR
   STATE'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION OR IMPROVE VICTIM SERVICES.
 
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This document was last updated on August 04, 2008