The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is responsible for a children's advocacy center grant program under the Victims of Child Abuse Act (VOCA), 34 U.S.C. §20301 et seq. VOCA provides for the submission of an annual report to the Senate and House Committees on the Judiciary. See 34 U.S.C. § 20307(b).
The following report: Summarizes the efforts of OJJDP's Administrator to monitor and evaluate the regional children's advocacy center program activities; describes the method by which amounts are allocated to grantees and subgrantees including to local children's advocacy centers, state chapters, and regional children's advocacy program centers; describes steps the Attorney General has taken to minimize duplication and overlap in the awarding of amounts; and analyzes the extent to which both rural and urban populations are served under the regional children's advocacy program.