**U.S. Department of Justice**

**Office on Violence Against Women**

**FY 2009 PERFORMANCE BUDGET**

**Congressional Submission**

# Table of Contents

Page No.

**I. Overview 2**

**II Summary of Program Changes 6**

**III. Appropriations Language and Analysis of Appropriations Language
7**

IV\. Decision Unit Justification 9

A. Prevention and Prosecution of Violence Against Women

and Related Victim Services Program **9**

1\. Program Description **9**

2\. Performance Tables **11**

3\. Performance, Resources, and Strategies **22**

a.  Performance Plan and Report for Outcomes **22**

b.  Strategies to Accomplish Outcomes **22**

c.  Results of Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Reviews **23**

Program Increase/Offsets by Item **25**

**V.** **E-Gov Initiatives 29**

VI\. Exhibits 31

A.  Organizational Chart

> B. Summary of Requirements
>
> C. Program Increases by Decision Unit

D.  Resources by DOJ Strategic Goal/Objective

E.  Justification for Base Adjustments

F.  Crosswalk of 2007 Availability

G.  Crosswalk of 2008 Availability

> I. Detail of Permanent Positions by Category
>
> K. Summary of Requirements by Grade
>
> L. Summary of Requirements by Object Class

**I. Overview for the Office on Violence Against Women**

The Office administers financial support and technical assistance to
communities around the country that are creating programs, policies, and
practices aimed at ending domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
assault and stalking. Our mission is to provide national leadership to
improve the Nation's response to these crimes through the implementation
of VAWA.

For FY 2009, the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) requests a total
of \$280,000,000, and 57 FTE to implement the Violence Against Women Act
(VAWA) and subsequent legislation. Consistent with the 2008 President's
Budget, this request continues the proposed consolidation of all current
formula and discretionary programs that OVW administers, as well as some
victims of child abuse programs currently administered by the Office of
Justice Programs (OJP), into one competitive grant program: Prevention
and Prosecution of Violence Against Women and Related Victim Services
Program. This new approach eliminates formulas and earmarks---creating a
single, flexible, competitive grant program that can address multiple
domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking issues
around the Nation. Electronic copies of the Department of Justice's
congressional budget justifications and Capital Asset Plan and Business
Case exhibits can be viewed or downloaded from the Internet using the
Internet address:
[**http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/2009justification/**](http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/2009justification/).

**Background**

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) was created specifically to
implement VAWA and subsequent legislation. OVW administers financial and
technical assistance to communities around the country to facilitate the
creation of programs, policies, and practices aimed at ending domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

In recognition of the severity of the crimes associated with domestic
violence, sexual assault, and stalking, Congress passed the Violence
Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA 1994) as part of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. VAWA is a comprehensive
legislative package designed to end violence against women and was
reauthorized in both 2000 and 2005. The legislative history of VAWA
indicates that Congress seeks to remedy the legacy of laws and social
norms that serve to justify violence against women. Since the passage of
VAWA, there has been a paradigm shift in how the issue of violence
against women is addressed.

VAWA was designed to improve criminal justice responses to domestic
violence, sexual assault, and stalking and to increase the availability
of services for victims of these crimes. VAWA requires a coordinated
community response (CCR) to domestic violence, sexual assault, and
stalking, encouraging jurisdictions to bring together players from
diverse backgrounds to share information and to use their distinct roles
to improve community responses to violence against women. These players
include, but are not limited to: victim advocates, police officers,
prosecutors, judges, probation and corrections officials, health care
professionals, leaders within faith communities, and survivors of
violence against women. The federal law takes a comprehensive approach
to violence against women by combining tough new penalties to prosecute
offenders while implementing programs to aid the victims of such
violence.

The Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (VAWA 2000) and the Violence
Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005
(VAWA 2005) reauthorized the grant programs created by the original VAWA
and subsequent legislation, as well as established new programs.
Specifically, the new programs of VAWA 2005 include the Court Training
and Improvements, Child Witness, and Culturally Specific programs. The
VAWA 2000 reauthorization strengthened the original law by improving
protections for battered immigrants, sexual assault survivors, and
victims of dating violence. In addition, it enabled victims of domestic
violence that flee across state lines to obtain custody orders without
returning to jurisdictions where they may be in danger. Furthermore, it
improved the enforcement of protection orders across state and tribal
lines. VAWA 2005 continued to improve upon these laws by providing an
increased focus on the access to services for underserved populations.

**Strategies**

OVW contributes to the Department's Strategic Goal 2: *Prevent Crime,
Enforce Federal Laws and Represent the Rights and Interests of the
American People*. Within this Goal, OVW specifically addresses the
Department's Strategic Objective 2.1: *Strengthen partnerships for safer
communities and enhance the Nation's capacity to prevent, solve, and
control crime*.

OVW has implemented three strategies that are intended to effectively
meet the issues of ending violence against women and provide substantial
outcomes. These three strategies are: enhancing collaboration, measuring
effectiveness, and maintaining a sustainability focus.

[Enhancing Collaboration:]{.underline} The spirit of VAWA is what has
been termed the "coordinated community response." That is, in order to
be effective in responding to intimate partner violence, sexual assault,
or stalking, a community needs to work together, each member doing his
or her job knowing of and depending on the strengths of the other
community members. Law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, and victim
advocates cannot respond appropriately to violence against women without
one another's support, as well as the support of the community. By
working together, a system can be created to keep victims safe and hold
offenders accountable. OVW has instituted this philosophy at all levels
of its work.

Applicants for federal grant funding need to demonstrate in their
proposals how their communities will establish a coordinated community
response. Moreover, community partners must sign a memorandum of
understanding outlining how the coordinated community response will
operate. OVW takes an active role in ensuring an enhanced collaboration
within DOJ. OVW program specialists are responsible for monitoring the
grant recipients and working closely with the grantee and with
components within the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), such as the
National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Bureau of Justice Statistics
(BJS), and the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), as they may be working
with the same grantees or on similar issues. Additionally, OVW works
directly with other DOJ components including the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
and the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) to ensure
coordination across DOJ.

Finally, it is important to note that the DOJ and the Department of
Health and Human Services co-chair the National Advisory Committee on
Violence Against Women. These collaborative efforts help to ensure a
coordinated community response among the grantees, community partners,
OVW, and other related agencies.

[Measuring Effectiveness:]{.underline} Over the past five years, OVW has
undertaken a significant effort to implement a system for measuring the
effectiveness of projects supported by VAWA grant monies. To assist in
this work, OVW entered into a cooperative agreement with the University
of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Child
and Family Policy (Muskie School). This cooperative agreement with the
Muskie School facilitated the development of tools for grantee
self-reporting, the analysis of grantee data, and the drafting of
reports to Congress. As a result, OVW and the Muskie School developed
progress reporting forms that gather information from OVW's grantees.
Summary data is available on the Measuring Effectiveness website
([www.muskie.usm.maine.edu/vawamci](http://www.muskie.usm.maine.edu/vawamci)).

[Maintaining a Sustainability Focus:]{.underline} OVW has employed
several procedures to improve the sustainability of community programs
beyond Federal funding:

-   Each applicant for competitive funding must develop a sustainability
    plan as part of their grant application. This plan is worth 5% of
    their total score.

-   All grant awards have been extended from a 12- or 18-month to a
    24-month period or longer.

-   Several OVW discretionary grant programs have implemented awards
    which give applicants the option of receiving funds for a limited
    number of years at decreasing funding levels for each award, thereby
    encouraging sustainability planning.

-   All technical assistance providers are instructed to emphasize the
    principal of the coordinated community response when working with
    grantees. The chances of attaining sustainable programs are improved
    with increased collaboration and coordination.

Performance Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Results

OVW was selected for review under the Program Assessment Rating Tool
(PART) process during FY 2006. OVW earned a rating of "Moderately
Effective," which is the second highest rating possible for an agency to
achieve. Below is a brief summary of the PART findings and improvement
plans. More details on the PART results may be found on page 23 of this
document.

PART Findings:

-   The programs are generally well-managed and largely achieve the goal
    of improving the nation\'s response to domestic violence and sexual
    assault crimes. In 2005, 3,250 communities achieved an improved
    capacity for a coordinated community response to address violent
    crimes against women with the help of these grant programs.

-   The program has met or exceeded recent performance targets,
    including increasing training on domestic violence and sexual
    assault issues, but needs to set more challenging targets to support
    continuous improvement in the results achieved by grantees.

-   Independent and comprehensive evaluations would help demonstrate the
    impact of the programs.

PART Improvement Plans:

-   Setting more ambitious goals for program performance to ensure
    continuous improvement in program results.

-   Including performance information in budget submissions to better
    link resources requested to program performance goals.

-   Developing a comprehensive evaluation plan for the Violence Against
    Women Programs to obtain better information on the programs\'
    impact.

**II. Summary of Program Changes**

***This section lists, briefly describes, and provides a page reference
for all program changes (increases and offsets) included in the budget
request. This section has been added in response to comments that
detailed justifications are buried within the performance budget
structure and are difficult to find. You may use the following table to
display this information.***

  --------------- ---------------------------------- ---------- --------- --------------- ----------
  **Item Name**   **Description**                                                         **Page**

                                                     **Pos.**   **FTE**   **Dollars       
                                                                          (\$000)**       

  New             Represents the shift in resources                       **\$280,000**   **25**
  Consolidated,   from multiple grant programs into                                       
  Competitive     a single competitive program for                                        
  Grant Program   FY 2009. Includes the                                                   
                  consolidation of all existing OVW                                       
                  programs into eligible purposes                                         
                  within a single program.                                                

  FY 2009         This offset is a technical budget                       **-400,822**    **27**
  Violence        change required in order to                                             
  Against Women   implement the consolidation of                                          
  Programs        multiple current OVW programs into                                      
                  a single new competitive program                                        
                  for FY 2008. For FY 2008, a                                             
                  program offset of -\$368,922,000                                        
                  is requested for this                                                   
                  consolidation.                                                          

                                                                                          
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**III. Appropriations Language and Analysis of Appropriations Language**

**Appropriations Language**

*Office on Violence Against Women*

*Prevention and Prosecution of Violence Against Women and Related Victim
Services Program \[violence against women prevention and prosecution
programs\]*

*For competitive grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
assistance for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women,
\[as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) (\`\`the 1968 Act\'\'); the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (\`\`the
1994 Act\'\'); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law
101-647) (\`\`the 1990 Act\'\'); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other
Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law
108-21); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (\`\`the 1974 Act\'\'); the Victims of Trafficking
and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386) (\`\`the 2000
Act\'\'); and the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (\`\`the 2005 Act\'\');
\$400,000,000\] and for related victims services, \$280,000,000,
including amounts for administrative costs, to remain available until
expended\[: Provided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not to
exceed 3 percent of funds made available under this heading may be used
for expenses related to evaluation, training, and technical
assistance:\] \[Provided further, That of the amount provided\_\]*

*\[(1) \$13,160,000 for the court-appointed special advocate program, as
authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;\]*

*\[(2) \$2,350,000 for child abuse training programs for judicial
personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 222 of the 1990
Act;\]*

*\[(3) \$183,800,000 for grants to combat violence against women, as
authorized by part T of the 1968 Act, of which\_\]*

*\[(A) \$17,390,000 shall be for transitional housing assistance grants
for victims of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault as
authorized by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; and\]*

*\[(B) \$1,880,000 shall be for the National Institute of Justice for
research and evaluation of violence against women and related issues
addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence Against Women;\]*

*\[(4) \$59,220,000 for grants to encourage arrest policies as
authorized by part U of the 1968 Act;\]*

*\[(5) \$9,400,000 for sexual assault victims assistance, as authorized
by section 202 of the 2005 Act;\]*

*\[(6) \$40,420,000 for rural domestic violence and child abuse
enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 40295 of the
1994 Act;\]*

*\[(7) \$3,290,000 for training programs as authorized by section 40152
of the 1994 Act, and for related local demonstration projects;\]*

*\[(8) \$2,820,000 for grants to improve the stalking and domestic
violence databases, as authorized by section 40602 of the 1994 Act;\]*

*\[(9) \$9,400,000 for grants to reduce violent crimes against women on
campus, as authorized by section 304 of the 2005 Act;\]*

*\[(10) \$36,660,000 for legal assistance for victims, as authorized by
section 1201 of the 2000 Act;\]*

*\[(11) \$4,230,000 for enhancing protection for older and disabled
women from domestic violence and sexual assault, as authorized by
section 40802 of the 1994 Act;\]*

*\[(12) \$13,630,000 for the safe havens for children program, as
authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act;\]*

*\[(13) \$6,580,000 for education and training to end violence against
and abuse of women with disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of
the 2000 Act;\]*

*\[(14) \$2,820,000 for an engaging men and youth in prevention program,
as authorized by the 2005 Act;\]*

*\[(15) \$940,000 for analysis and research on violence against Indian
women, as authorized by section 904 of the 2005 Act;\]*

*\[(16) \$940,000 for tracking of violence against Indian women, as
authorized by section 905 of the 2005 Act;\]*

*\[(17) \$2,820,000 for services to advocate and respond to youth, as
authorized by section 401 of the 2005 Act;\]*

*\[(18) \$2,820,000 for grants to assist children and youth exposed to
violence, as authorized by section 303 of the 2005 Act;\]*

*\[(19) \$2,820,000 for the court training and improvements program, as
authorized by section 105 of the 2005 Act;\]*

*\[(20) \$940,000 for grants for televised testimony, as authorized by
part N of the 1968 Act; and\]*

*\[(21) \$940,000 for the National Resource Center on Workplace
Responses to assist victims of domestic violence, as authorized by
section 41501 of the 1994 Act\].*

*\[(RESCISSION)\]*

*\[Of the unobligated balances available under this heading from prior
year appropriations, \$14,700,000 are rescinded. \](Department of
Justice Appropriations Act, 2008.)*

**Analysis of Appropriations Language**

-   Consistent with the 2008 President's Budget, this appropriation
    account supports a new consolidated, competitive grant program,
    including contracts, cooperative agreements and other assistance
    that support State, local, tribal and community efforts to develop
    and implement effective, coordinated prevention and prosecution of
    domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking; and
    related victim services.

**IV. Decision Unit Justification**

**A.** **Prevention and Prosecution of Violence Against Women and
Related Victim Services Program**

  ------------------------------------ --------- --------- ---------------
  Prevention and Prosecution of        Perm.     FTE       Amount
  Violence Against Women and Related   Pos.                
  Victim Services Program TOTAL 1/                         

  2007 Enacted with Rescissions 2/     48        46        \$382,571

  2007 Supplementals                   \-        \-        \-

  2007 Enacted w/Rescissions and       48        46        382,571
  Supplementals                                            

  2008 Amended President's Budget      65        57        400,000

  Adjustments to Base and Technical    \-                  822
  Adjustments                                              

  2009 Current Services                65        57        400,822

  2009 Program Increases               \-        \-        280,000

  2009 Program Offsets                 \-        \-        -400,822

  2009 Request                         65        57        280,000

  Total Change 2008-2009               \-        \-        -\$120,822
  ------------------------------------ --------- --------- ---------------

1/ Up until FY 2008, OVW information technology services were provided
by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and these amounts were
therefore reflected in the OJP budget justification. As baseline
information technology cost information becomes available in the coming
year, detailed cost information will be added to the following year's
budget justifications.

2/ Please note that this budget lists 46 FTE for OVW for FY 2007, which
is the number that has been used for FY 2007 in past budgets as well.
The MAX database currently lists 36 FTE, which could not be altered
before closing.

1\. Program Description

For 2009, consistent with the 2008 President's Budget, the request
continues the proposed creation of a single, flexible, competitive grant
program to replace a myriad of current programs. This improvement will
reduce the time grantees spend filling out multiple applications for
various OVW programs. Through completion of a single application,
grantees will be able to request funding for any of the current programs
which will be listed as eligible purposes under the new consolidated,
competitive program. Under this new approach, earmarks and formulas will
be eliminated; and multiple domestic violence and sexual assault needs
can be addressed as local conditions dictate.

In FY 2008, OVW proposed consolidating the following existing grant
programs as eligible purposes within a new competitive program:

-   Grants to Combat Violent Crimes Against Women, which includes
    reauthorizing and strengthening the Violence Against Women Act in
    2000 and 2005.

OVW was created in 1995 to implement the Violence Against Women Act and
provide national leadership against domestic violence, dating violence,
sexual assault, and stalking. In 2003, Congress established OVW as a
separate and distinct office within the Department. At present, OVW
administers one formula grant program and eleven discretionary grant
programs. These grant programs fund States, local governments, tribal
governments, and nonprofit organizations to help communities across
America develop innovative strategies to respond to violence against
women. With our funding, communities are forging effective partnerships
among federal, state, local and tribal governments, and between the
criminal justice system and victim advocates, and are providing
much-needed services to victims. Taken together, these programs address
a host of different issues that communities face in responding to
violence against women, including: the unique barriers faced by rural
communities; the importance of training police, prosecutors, and court
personnel; the critical need of victims for legal assistance,
transitional housing, and other comprehensive services; and the high
rate of violence against women in Indian country.

During this Administration, OVW has presided over an unprecedented
expansion of the types of services funded and the level of funding
awarded. Since the beginning of FY 2001, OVW has implemented six new
grant programs authorized under VAWA 2000 and other legislation. These
programs have enabled communities to increase their efforts to help some
of the most vulnerable victims, including the elderly and those with
disabilities, and to provide supervised visitation services for victims
and their children.

Since 1995, OVW has awarded over \$3 billion in grants and cooperative
agreements to enable communities to enforce protection orders, provide
legal assistance and other services to victims, provide intensive
training to police officers, prosecutors, and judges, and support local
efforts to respond to violence against women.

OVW has established long-term and annual performance, efficiency, and
outcome measures to ensure that current and future program spending is
driven by strategies that achieve results. The following pages summarize
these measures, including actual and planned performance data

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[Notes:]{.underline}

1/ The FY 2009 President's Budget for OVW proposes (consistent with the
2008 President's Budget) a new consolidated, competitive grant program
to replace the current formula and discretionary programs. This change
will affect workload measures and anticipated targets for FY 2008. The
number of applications received is expected to drop by one-third,
because presently grantees can apply for multiple OVW grants while a
single consolidated application will eliminate multiple applications
from a single grantee. Also, no FY 2008 or FY 2009 targets are shown for
formula grants since those programs are proposed to be eliminated as
part of the consolidation plan.

2/ The FY 2009 President's Budget for OVW proposes (consistent with the
2008 President's Budget) a new consolidated, competitive grant program
to replace the current formula and discretionary programs. Therefore,
the formula grants performance measures will be eliminated starting in
FY 2009 and no targets are applicable after FY 2007.

[Explanations for Targets Not Met in FY 2007:]{.underline}

Workload measure -- number of applications received: the 2007 annual
target was not met because grant solicitations were published earlier in
the fiscal year than in previous years, resulting in more applications
at the start of the year than expected and fewer applications at the end
of the year than expected. The overall number of applications decreased
by 15 percent from the previous fiscal year, and the reason for this
decrease is not yet known.

Performance measure (formula grants) -- number of people trained (by
profession): The FY 2007 annual target for this measure was not reached,
because the target was developed using data from a previous reporting
form which aggregated 3-years of data and therefore was far too high for
an annual target. The new reporting form, now in use, provides data on
an annual basis. The PART consolidated the number of performance
measures, and therefore no targets are set after FY 2007.

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[Notes:]{.underline}

3/ The PART resulted in new performance measures for OVW, and the
above-cited measures were eliminated. Therefore, no FY 2008 or FY 2009
targets for these measures are included.

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[Notes:]{.underline}

3/ The PART resulted in new performance measures for OVW, and the
above-cited measure was eliminated. Therefore, no FY 2008 or FY 2009
targets for this measure are included.

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[Explanations for Targets Not Met in FY 2007:]{.underline}

Efficiency measure -- application processing time: the 2007 annual
target was not met because currently the Office of Justice Programs
(OJP) handles the financial clearances of OVW grant awards even though
OVW is now a separate Component of the Department of Justice. OJP's
grants accounting and financial management operations are not within the
control of OVW. Delays resulting from OJP's financial clearances
resulted in a higher than expected overall application processing time.
OVW has consistently completed to OJP as well as to the Justice
Management Division about these problems, and the need for more
accountability for the entire OVW grant award process.

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[Notes:]{.underline}

1/ The PART resulted in new performance measures for OVW, and the
above-cited measure was eliminated. Therefore, no FY 2008 or FY 2009
targets for this measure are included.

3\. Performance, Resources, and Strategies

a\. Performance Plan and Report for Outcomes

We know these funds are making a difference because OVW has undertaken a
significant effort to implement a system for measuring the effectiveness
of projects supported by VAWA grant monies. For example, in the
six-month reporting period from July to December 2006, our discretionary
program grantees reported that:

-   More than 121,000 victims were served;

-   Nearly 248,000 services were provided to victims;

-   Over 119,000 individuals were trained, including law enforcement
    officers, victim advocates, health professionals, court-based staff,
    and faith-based staff;

-   396,211 protection orders were granted in jurisdictions that receive
    funds from OVW's programs.

These figures do not even include the activities of recipients of
funding awarded by States through our STOP Violence Against Women
Formula Grant Program. A preliminary review of data from these
subgrantees for calendar year 2005 reveals that:

-   More than 585,000 victims were served;

-   Nearly 1,370,000 services were provided to victims;

-   Over 302,000 individuals were trained, including law enforcement
    officers, victim advocates, health professionals, court-based staff,
    and faith-based staff; and

-   Close to 6,000 individuals were arrested for violation of protection
    orders.

b\. Strategies to Accomplish Outcomes

Under the President's Family Justice Center Initiative (PFJCI), OVW has
awarded more than \$20 million to 15 communities across the country for
the planning, development, and establishment of comprehensive domestic
violence victim service and support centers. The goal of the PFJCI is to
make a victim's search for help and justice more efficient and effective
by bringing professionals who provide an array of services together
under one roof.

Since the announcement of the Initiative in October, 2003, all 15 new
Family Justice Centers have opened their doors to victims and their
children; five opened in 2005, nine in 2006, and one in February 2007.
These sites bring together advocates from non-profit groups, victim
services organizations, law enforcement officers, probation officers,
governmental victim assistants, forensic medical professionals,
attorneys, chaplains, and representatives from community-based
organizations into one centralized location. As of December 2006, the 14
Family Justice Centers then operating reported having served 16,327
victims.

Family Justice Centers can serve a victim's multiple needs, as the
following compelling story of one victim helped by the Alameda County
Family Justice Center illustrates. This victim worked at a local
hospital, and often chatted with an Oakland police officer who picked up
hospital records of domestic violence victims. The officer spoke with
her about his work with victims helped by the Alameda Family Justice
Center. One Monday, the victim tearfully revealed to the officer that
she herself had been abused for nearly 10 years. By Thursday, the victim
had been to the Family Justice Center, where she met with victim
advocates, police, and prosecutors, her children were interviewed, and
she and her children were examined by health professionals. By that same
Thursday, a safety plan was in place to enable the victim and her
children to relocate to a new city, where the children were enrolled in
a new school and the victim was transferred to a new position with her
old employer. All this was made possible by Family Justice Center staff,
who found her a new landlord, arranged for payment of rent, talked with
her employer, and accompanied her to her new home. The offender was
arrested and charged with felony spouse abuse.

In August 2007, Attorney General Gonzales opened the newest Family
Justice Center in New Orleans. This facility provides assistance to
victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in New Orleans and the
surrounding parishes.

In VAWA 2005, Congress directed OVW to take new steps in responding to
the critical problem of violence against women in Indian country. In
2006, OVW held the first annual Tribal Consultation in Prior Lake,
Minnesota. Over 100 tribal leaders and representatives attended the
consultation. OVW used tribal input from the consultation to develop the
new Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program. The solicitation for
the tribal governments program was posted in January 2007, and was
accompanied by special measures to encourage a broader range of tribes
to apply for funding. These efforts were spearheaded by our new Deputy
Director for Tribal Affairs. We have received, and are now reviewing, a
record 107 applications for this new, consolidated program. In contrast,
last year, we received only 36 applications for our old STOP Violence
Against Indian Women Grant Program. We hope that the new -- and far more
flexible -- Tribal Governments Program will continue to encourage more
tribes to apply for OVW funding.

In all of our work, we continue to make efforts to streamline the
administration of our grant programs. Grant solicitations across the
Department have been revised to contain uniform provisions and
requirements wherever possible. Similarly, OVW is reevaluating the way
that we provide technical assistance to our grantees, so that we can
address common needs across all grant programs.

c\. Results of Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Reviews

OVW was selected for review under the Program Assessment Rating Tool
(PART) process during FY 2006. OVW earned a rating of "Moderately
Effective," which is the second highest rating possible for an agency to
achieve. Below is a brief summary of the PART findings.

PART Findings:

-   The programs are generally well-managed and largely achieve the goal
    of improving the nation\'s response to domestic violence and sexual
    assault crimes. In 2005, 3,250 communities achieved an improved
    capacity for a coordinated community response to address violent
    crimes against women with the help of these grant programs.

-   The program has met or exceeded recent performance targets,
    including increasing training on domestic violence and sexual
    assault issues, but needs to set more challenging targets to support
    continuous improvement in the results achieved by grantees.

-   Independent and comprehensive evaluations would help demonstrate the
    impact of the programs.

To address these findings, OVW has developed three improvement plans.
The first improvement plan requires that OVW set more ambitious goals
for program performance to ensure continuous improvement in program
results. OVW is implementing this plan by: (1) incorporating PART
measures into its semi-annual Measuring Effectiveness Report; (2)
working to make sure data is reviewed by management to set educated and
ambitious goals for performance measures; and (3) sending memo(s) to
grantees to emphasize the importance of timely and accurate reporting.

The second improvement plan requires that OVW include performance
information in budget submissions to better link resources requested to
program performance goals. The current document represents the
implementation of this plan, specifically the Decision Unit
Justification including Performance Tables and the subsequent discussion
under Performance, Resources and Strategies. *OVW has incorporated PART
performance measures and information in budget submissions.*

The third improvement plan requires that OVW develop a comprehensive
evaluation plan for the Prevention and Prosecution of Violence Against
Women and Related Victim Services Program to obtain better information
on the programs\' impacts. OVW has already discussed the development of
an evaluation with experts from Council for Excellence in Government\'s
Evidence-Based Policy Consortium that worked with OMB on the PART
Guidance. Based on the Council\'s advice, OVW has identified existing
evidence-based research that demonstrates the value of the coordinated
community response that OVW utilizes. The Council, with OMB\'s
concurrence, has advocated that such research - and evidence that
program dollars support replication of successful strategies - be used
to satisfy the evaluation requirement of the PART*.*

**Program Increase by Item**

**Item Name: [New Consolidated, Competitive Grant Program
]{.underline}**

Budget Decision Unit(s): [Prevention and Prosecution of Violence Against
Women and Related Victims Services Program]{.underline}

Strategic Goal(s) & Objective(s): Strategic Objective 2.1: Strengthen
partnerships for safer communities and enhance the Nation's capacity to
prevent, solve, and control crime.

Organizational Program: [Office on Violence Against Women]{.underline}

Component Ranking of Item: \_[N/A]{.underline}\_\_\_

Program Increase: Positions [\_ -\_]{.underline} Agt/Atty
\_[-]{.underline}\_ FTE \_[-\_]{.underline} Dollars
[\_\$280,000,000\_\_]{.underline}

Description of Item

For FY 2009, \$280,000,000 is requested for the new consolidated,
competitive grant program to be administered by OVW.

[Summary Justification]{.underline}

In order to end violence against women, and take even greater strides
towards this important goal, new strategies are required. Therefore, in
FY 2009, OVW proposes to consolidate all existing grant programs into a
single new competitive program.

This change will allow grantees to request funding through a single
application to support activities previously authorized under multiple
programs hereafter to be incorporated as eligible purposes within the
new consolidated program. Grantees will have increased flexibility,
spend less time filling out paperwork, and be encouraged to apply for
federal support for numerous eligible purposes all with a single
application.

[Impact on Performance (Relationship of Reduction to Strategic
Goals)]{.underline}

This eligible purpose supports the Department's Strategic Goal 2:
*Prevent Crime, Enforce Federal Laws and Represent the Rights and
Interests of the American People*. Within this Goal, OVW specifically
addresses the Department's Strategic Objective 2.1: *Strengthen
partnerships for safer communities and enhance the Nation's capacity to
prevent, solve, and control crime*.

The establishment a single new consolidated, competitive grant program
will reduce the time grantees spend filling out multiple applications
for various OVW programs. Through completion of a single application,
grantees will be able to request funding for any of the current programs
which will be listed as eligible purposes under the new consolidated,
competitive program. Under this new approach, multiple domestic violence
and sexual assault needs can be addressed as local conditions dictate.

# 

# 

# Funding

Base Funding

<table style="width:100%;">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 5%" />
<col style="width: 14%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 13%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 15%" />
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="4"><p id="fy-2007-enacted-wresc.supps" class="heading"> FY
2007 Enacted (w/resc./supps)</p></td>
<td colspan="4"><p id="fy-2008-enacted" class="heading">FY 2008
Enacted</p></td>
<td colspan="4"><p id="fy-2009-current-services" class="heading">FY 2009
Current Services</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Pos</td>
<td><p>agt/</p>
<p>atty</p></td>
<td>FTE</td>
<td>$(000)</td>
<td>Pos</td>
<td><p>agt/</p>
<p>atty</p></td>
<td>FTE</td>
<td>$(000)</td>
<td>Pos</td>
<td><p>agt/</p>
<p>atty</p></td>
<td>FTE</td>
<td>$(000)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>822</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Non-Personnel Reduction Cost Summary

+-------------+------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+
| No          | Unit       | Quantity    | FY 2009     | FY 2010 Net  |
| n-Personnel |            |             |             |              |
| Item        |            |             | Request     | A            |
|             |            |             |             | nnualization |
|             |            |             | (\$000)     | (change from |
|             |            |             |             | 2009)        |
|             |            |             |             |              |
|             |            |             |             | (\$000)      |
+-------------+------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+
| Grants      | N/A        | N/A         | \$280,000   | \$280,000    |
+-------------+------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+
|             |            |             |             |              |
+-------------+------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+
| Total       |            |             | \$280,000   | \$280,000    |
| No          |            |             |             |              |
| n-Personnel |            |             |             |              |
+-------------+------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+

Total Request for this Item

+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+
|           | Pos | Agt/ | FTE | P        | Non-Pe  | Total        |
|           |     | Atty |     | ersonnel | rsonnel |              |
|           |     |      |     |          |         | (\$000)      |
|           |     |      |     | (\$000)  | (\$000) |              |
+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+
| Current   |     |      |     |          |         |              |
| Services  |     |      |     |          |         |              |
+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+
| Increases |     |      |     |          | \$      | 280,000      |
|           |     |      |     |          | 280,000 |              |
+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+
| Grand     |     |      |     |          | \$      | 280,000      |
| Total     |     |      |     |          | 280,000 |              |
+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+

**Program Offsets by Item**

**Item Name: [FY 2009 Violence Against Women Programs ]{.underline}**

Budget Decision Unit(s): [Prevention and Prosecution of Violence Against
Women and Related Victims Services Program]{.underline}

Strategic Goal(s) & Objective(s): Strategic Objective 2.1: Strengthen
partnerships for safer communities and enhance the Nation's capacity to
prevent, solve, and control crime.

Organizational Program: [Office on Violence Against Women]{.underline}

Component Ranking of Item: \_[N/A]{.underline}\_\_\_

Program Reduction: Positions [\_ -\_]{.underline} Agt/Atty
\_[-]{.underline}\_FTE \_[-\_]{.underline} Dollars
[\_-\$400,822,000\_\_]{.underline}

Description of Item

This offset is a technical budget change required in order to implement
the consolidation of multiple current OVW programs into a single new
competitive program for FY 2008. For FY 2008, a program offset of
-\$368,922,000 is requested for this consolidation.

[Summary Justification]{.underline}

See justification on page 25 above.

[Impact on Performance (Relationship of Reduction to Strategic
Goals)]{.underline}

See impact on page 25 above.

# Funding

Base Funding

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<colgroup>
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 5%" />
<col style="width: 14%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 13%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 15%" />
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="4"><p id="fy-2007-enacted-wresc.supps-1" class="heading">
FY 2007 Enacted (w/resc./supps)</p></td>
<td colspan="4"><p id="fy-2008-enacted-wresc.supps" class="heading">FY
2008 Enacted (w/resc./supps)</p></td>
<td colspan="4"><p id="fy-2009-current-services-1" class="heading">FY
2009 Current Services</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Pos</td>
<td><p>agt/</p>
<p>atty</p></td>
<td>FTE</td>
<td>$(000)</td>
<td>Pos</td>
<td><p>agt/</p>
<p>atty</p></td>
<td>FTE</td>
<td>$(000)</td>
<td>Pos</td>
<td><p>agt/</p>
<p>atty</p></td>
<td>FTE</td>
<td>$(000)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>48</td>
<td></td>
<td>46</td>
<td>$382,571</td>
<td>65</td>
<td></td>
<td>57</td>
<td>$385,300</td>
<td>65</td>
<td></td>
<td>57</td>
<td>-$400,822</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Non-Personnel Reduction Cost Summary

+-------------+------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+
| No          | Unit       | Quantity    | FY 2009     | FY 2010 Net  |
| n-Personnel |            |             |             |              |
| Item        |            |             | Request     | A            |
|             |            |             |             | nnualization |
|             |            |             | (\$000)     | (change from |
|             |            |             |             | 2009)        |
|             |            |             |             |              |
|             |            |             |             | (\$000)      |
+-------------+------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+
| Grants      |            |             |             | -\$400,822   |
+-------------+------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+
| Total       |            |             |             | -\$400,822   |
| No          |            |             |             |              |
| n-Personnel |            |             |             |              |
+-------------+------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+

Total Request for this Item

+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+
|           | Pos | Agt/ | FTE | P        | Non-Pe  | Total        |
|           |     | Atty |     | ersonnel | rsonnel |              |
|           |     |      |     |          |         | (\$000)      |
|           |     |      |     | (\$000)  | (\$000) |              |
+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+
| Current   |     |      |     |          | \$      | \$400,822    |
| Services  |     |      |     |          | 400,822 |              |
+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+
| Offsets   |     |      |     |          | -\$     | -\$400,822   |
|           |     |      |     |          | 400,822 |              |
+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+
| Grand     |     |      |     |          | \$0     | \$0          |
| Total     |     |      |     |          |         |              |
+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+

**V. E-Gov Initiatives**

**E-Government Initiatives**

The Justice Department is fully committed to the President's Management
Agenda (PMA) and the E-Government initiatives that are integral to
achieving the objectives of the PMA. The E-Government initiatives serve
citizens, business, and federal employees by delivering high quality
services more efficiently at a lower price. The Department is in varying
stages of implementing E-Government solutions and services including
initiatives focused on integrating government wide transactions,
processes, standards adoption, and consolidation of administrative
systems that are necessary tools for agency administration, but are not
core to DOJ's mission. To ensure that DOJ obtains value from the various
initiatives, the Department actively participates in the governance
bodies that direct the initiatives and we communicate regularly with the
other federal agencies that are serving as the "Managing Partners" to
ensure that the initiatives meet the needs of the Department and its
customers. The Department believes that working with other agencies to
implement common or consolidated solutions will help DOJ to reduce the
funding requirements for administrative and public-facing systems,
thereby allowing DOJ to focus more of its scarce resources on higher
priority, mission related needs. DOJ's modest contributions to the
Administration's E-Government projects will facilitate achievement of
this objective.

**A. Funding and Costs**

The Department of Justice participates in the following E-Government
initiatives and Lines of Business:

  --------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------
  Business Gateway      E-Travel          Integrated        Case Management
                                          Acquisition       LoB
                                          Environment       

  Disaster Assistance   Federal Asset     IAE - Loans &     Geospatial LoB
  Improvement Plan      Sales             Grants - Dunn &   
                                          Bradstreet        

  Disaster Assist.      Geospatial        Financial Mgmt.   Budget
  Improvement Plan -    One-Stop          Consolidated LoB  Formulation and
  Capacity Surge                                            Execution LoB

  E-Authentication      GovBenefits.gov   Human Resources   IT
                                          LoB               Infrastructure
                                                            LoB

  E-Rulemaking          Grants.gov        Grants Management 
                                          LoB               
  --------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------

The Department of Justice E-Government expenses -- i.e. DOJ's share of
e-Gov initiatives managed by other federal agencies -- are paid for from
the Department's Working Capital Fund. These costs, along with other
internal E-Government related expenses (oversight and administrative
expenses such as salaries, rent, etc.) are reimbursed by the components
to the WCF. The Office on Violence Against Women reimbursement amount is
based on the anticipated or realized benefits from an e-Government
initiative. The table below identifies the Office on Violence Against
Women's actual or planned reimbursement to the Department's Working
Capital Fund. As such, the Office on Violence Against Women's
E-Government reimbursement to the WCF is \$49,000.00 for FY2008. The
anticipated Office on Violence Against Women e-Government reimbursement
to WCF is \$49,000.00 for FY2009.

**B. Benefits**

The Office on Violence Against Women established baseline cost estimates
for each IT investment being (or planned to be) modified, replaced, or
retired due to the Department's use of an E-Government or Line of
Business initiative. The Office on Violence Against Women is measuring
actual costs of these investments on an ongoing basis. As the Office on
Violence Against Women completes migrations to common solutions provided
by an E-Government or Line of Business initiative, the Office on
Violence Against Women expects to realize cost savings or avoidance
through retirement or replacement of legacy systems and/or decreased
operational costs. The table below represents only those E-Government
initiatives and Lines of Businesses where the Office on Violence Against
Women expects to realize benefits in FY2008 and FY2009.

  ------------------ ------------ ------------- ----------------------------------
  **E-Gov            **FY 2008    **FY 2009     **Comments**
  Initiative**       Benefits**   Anticipated   
                                  Benefits**    

  GovBenefits.gov    N/A          N/A           

  E-Rulemaking       N/A          N/A           

  Business Gateway   N/A          N/A           

  Grants.gov         0            0             All applications for OVW funding
                                                are now received through the
                                                grants.gov internet portal. All
                                                requests for additional
                                                information or supporting
                                                documentation from applicants are
                                                easily routed through electronic
                                                means rather than manual processes
                                                which are time consuming for
                                                citizens and could potentially
                                                result in a loss of an opportunity
                                                to receive federal grant funds

  E-Travel           N/A          N/A           

  Integrated         N/A          N/A           
  Acquisition                                   
  Environment                                   

  E-Authentication   N/A          N/A           

  Geo-Spatial        N/A          N/A           
  One-Stop                                      

  Financial Mgmt.    N/A          N/A           
  Consolidated LoB                              

  Human Resource LoB N/A          N/A           

  Grants Management  0            0             The Office on Violence Against
  LoB                                           Women has embraced this concept,
                                                and utilizes information
                                                technology and office automation
                                                strategies to reduce paperwork and
                                                time citizens spend applying for
                                                federal funds through the Grants
                                                Management Line of Business.

  Case Management    N/A          N/A           
  LoB                                           

  Geospatial LoB     N/A          N/A           

  Budget Formulation N/A          N/A           
  and Execution LoB                             

  IT Infrastructure  0            50%           In FY08, the Office on Violence
  LoB                                           Against Women transitioned to the
                                                department's information
                                                technology system, JCON. This
                                                transition will contribute to the
                                                department's consolidation plan,
                                                as well as net a 50% cost savings,
                                                which will used to increase grant
                                                funding.

  IAE - Loans &      N/A          N/A           
  Grants - Dunn &                               
  Bradstreet                                    

  Disaster           N/A          N/A           
  Assistance                                    
  Improvement Plan                              

  Disaster Assist.   N/A          N/A           
  Improvement Plan -                            
  Capacity Surge                                
  ------------------ ------------ ------------- ----------------------------------

**VI. EXHIBITS**