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VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT
STATE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
2007 SOUTH CAROLINA 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:
OR
  
    b. Total claims, if victims and indirect victims generally count as separate items: 7,071
2. NUMBER OF CLAIMS APPROVED AS ELIGIBLE 6,224
    (a) Number of Victims 17 and Under 1,034
    (b) Number approved for victims 18 - 64 5,110
    (c) Number approved for victims 65 and Older 80
3. NUMBER OF CLAIMS APPROVED AS INELIGIBLE OR CLOSED 847
4. NUMBER OF FORENSIC SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMINATION CLAIMS RECEIVED
   DURING THE REPORT PERIOD. IF SUCH CLAIMS ARE HANDLED THROUGH
   SEPARATE CLAIMS PROCEDURE. (See Instructions) 		1,459
 
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 1,835       316       $7,562,365      
2. HOMICIDE 422              $1,224,531      
3. SEXUAL ASSAULT 837              $408,380      
4. CHILD ABUSE (Including sexual
   physical abuse) 		3,879         $1,301,066      
5. DWI/DUI 55         $289,498      
6. OTHER VEHICULAR CRIMES 47         $225,605      
7. STALKING 17              $9,059      
8. ROBBERY 180              $540,426      
9. TERRORISM 0        
10. KIDNAPPING 29              $85,876      
11. ARSON 5              $13,624      
12. OTHER              
TOTAL 7,306       316       $11,660,430      
 
INDICATE TOTAL EXPENSES PAID BY SERVICE
 
1. MEDICAL/DENTAL (Except Mental Health) $8,818,303
2. MENTAL HEALTH $544,367
3. ECONOMIC SUPPORT (Lost Wages, Loss of Support) $877,236
4. FUNERAL/BURIAL (Including all Funeral Related Expenses) $1,168,699
5. CRIME SCENE CLEAN-UP $0
6. FORENSIC SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMS $251,825
7. OTHER
8. TOTAL $11,660,430
 
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. 
It has allowed SOVA to pay more claims to victims in South Carolina and 

to expand other victim assistance programs.
 
2. HOW DO YOU MEASURE YOUR PROGRAM'S EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN REDUCING THE FINANCIAL IMPACT
   OF CRIME ON VICTIMS? WHAT ARE THE RESULTS? 
The State Office of Victim Assistance measures the program's 

efficientcy by using, as a bench, the time a claim enters the

Intake phase and monitors the claim until the first payment is

made by the Processing Department.  The estimated average 

processing time usually takes about 45 days, which reduces the 

financial impact on crime victims.
 
3. DID YOUR STATE USE VOCA ADMINSTRATIVE FUNDS?   Yes
   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. 
The availability of these funds has allowed SOVA to create and 

maintain an Outreach Program with three (3) Outreach Coordinators

and three offices.
 
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This document was last updated on August 04, 2008