This ranged from coalitions, task forces, and other community networking efforts on behalf of agencies working with crime victims. The sub-grantees reported many referrals from community agencies. This referral process is important because it reveals that the sub-grantee agency is needed in the community and respected by other agencies. The Attorney General continues to make victims of crime a priority. This office has an 800 number for the public to use in finding out about available services and distributes current information to all sub-grantees.
Every effort is made to let the public know about services and how to get help.
One effort by a sub-grantee was implementing a program to house pets for domestic violence victims. Often women and children will not leave an abusive situation because of pets. All federal crime victims are given state compensation information. The coordinator is also provided information about all sub-grantees, and referrals of federal victims to local victim assistance agencies is provided by the coordinator. All VOCA Victim Assistance sub-grantees receive training in working with crime victims.