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VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT STATE COMPENSATION PROGRAM 2002 CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE COMPENSATION PROGRAM Prepared By: California Victims Compensation And Government Claims Board 630 K Street Suite 500 Sacramento, CA 95814-0000 tel: (916)327-0394
CLAIMS DATA
1. NUMBER OF NEW CLAIMS RECEIVED DURING REPORTING PERIOD a. Total claims, if only one claim is usually counted per crime: 0 OR b. Total claims, if victims and indirect victims generally count as separate items: 65,779 2. NUMBER OF CLAIMS APPROVED AS ELIGIBLE: 63,654 (a) Number of Victims 17 and Under 27,452 (b) Number approved for victims 18 - 64 35,285 (c) Number approved for victims 65 and Older 910 3. NUMBER OF FORENSIC SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMINATION CLAIMS RECEIVED DURING THE REPORT PERIOD. IF SUCH CLAIMS ARE HANDLED THROUGH SEPARATE CLAIMS PROCEDURE. (See Instructions) 0
PAYMENT STATISTICS BY CRIME CATEGORY:
a. b. c. TYPE OF CRIME NUMBER OF CLAIMS NUMBER OF DOMESTIC TOTAL AMOUNT PAID PAID DURING VIOLENCE RELATED BY CATEGORY REPORTING PERIOD CLAIMS PAID DURING Including all supple- Includes Column b REPORTING PERIOD mental payments
1. ASSAULT 20,490 11,476 61,761,525 2. HOMICIDE 5,358 468 22,029,898 3. SEXUAL ASSAULT 3,324 273 5,876,554 4. CHILD ABUSE (Including sexual & physical abuse) 17,463 27,746,731 5. DWI/DUI 916 4,911,322 6. 0THER VEHICULAR CRIMES 1,093 6,571,254 7. STALKING 294 174 585,972 8. ROBBERY 1,692 14 5,483,539 9. TERRORISM 200 1,689,434 10. KIDNAPPING 237 37 465,910 11. ARSON 15 15 24,512 12. OTHER 1,289 1,746 2,495,165 TOTAL 52,371 14,188 **,***,***
INDICATE TOTAL EXPENSES PAID BY SERVICE
1. MEDICAL/DENTAL (Except Mental Health) 43,656,960 2. MENTAL HEALTH 51,673,028 3. ECONOMIC SUPPORT (Lost Wages, Loss of Support) 21,827,135 4. FUNERAL/BURIAL (Including all Funeral Related Expenses 14,841,767 5. CRIME SCENE CLEAN-UP 6,825 6. FORENSIC SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMS 2,187,493 7. OTHER 7,636,101 8. TOTAL 141,829,309
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. Section II 2 - 7 Age unknownTwo attachments were provided to indicate Other. ==== California's Victim Compensation Program (Program) received its first VOCA grant during the l986 Federal Fiscal Year. As a direct result of receiving this assistance, the State was able to make the following statutory changes: 1. Allows a derivative victim to file an application at any time after the Board accepts the application filed by a victim of a qualifying crime 2. Expands circumstances for filing extensions past 3 years for a victim and derivative victim of crime who receives notice of a clemency hearing or an execution of the perpetrator(s) if the victim is re-traumatized under specified conditions. 3. Allows vehicle conversion for purposes of accessibility to victim (existing law limits conversion to operation by victim). Deletes $5,000 maximum payment for vehicle or home conversion. 4. Clarifies that payment for relocation is not limited to adult victims of domestic violence 5. Includes security deposits within the current limit of $2000 for emergency relocations These amendments as well as other statutory changes made since 1986 have made it possible for the Program to assist many more victims of crime, which is the primary intent of both State and Federal law. In addition to these specific statutory changes, which are effective only on the availability of VOCA funds, California has been able to handle the increase in providing victims with the additional services listed above. Between state Fiscal Year 99/00 and 01/02 applications increased 50 percent, from 42,257 to 63,225, and a 45 percent, from $86 million to $124 million. In Fiscal Year 01/02 alone, payments to victims increased by 39.1 million over the prior Fiscal Year. This increase is the result of victim-friendly services and expanded outreach. The substantial number of claims filed evidences the success of California's Program. Without VOCA funding, the Program would be unable to continue increasing services to victims of crime.2. HOW DO YOU MEASURE YOUR PROGRAM'S EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN REDUCING THE FINANCIAL IMPACTH OF CRIME ON VICTIMS? WHAT ARE THE RESULTS? The Program continues to streamline and simplify claims processing in order to serve our customers rapidly, while having the time available within claims processing to provide the kind of caring and compassion that victims require. This year, the Program initiated a victim satisfaction survey as part of our system of measuring the success of our efforts to meet our mission and to provide the necessary data to help improve our processes. A mix of measures are being developed that address the victim's satisfaction with our services, processing time, inventory levels, and success in obtaining restitution funds. The Program's automated system calculates the average processing time according to the VOCA definition that counts the number of days from the date the claim is received to the date the first payment is made. During this reporting period, the Program made initial eligibility determination on 65,290 unique claims. Of this number, only 18,203 were determined eligible and received payment on the same hearing. For the 18,203 claims, the average processing time was slightly over 11 weeks. The remaining 47,087 were not included in the processing time calculation because, at the time that eligibility was determined, no payment request was made ("eligible, nothing to pay").
3. DID YOUR STATE USE VOCA ADMINSTRATIVE FUNDS? NO IF YOUR STATE USED VOCA ADMINSTRATIVE FUNDS, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE IMPACT THESE FUNDS HAVE HAD ON YOUR STATE'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION OR IMPROVE VICTIM SERVICES. No.