Section 1520.40 Application and Receipt of Victims of Crime Act of 1984 Funds

Section 1520

Section 1520.40  Application

and Receipt of Victims of Crime Act of 1984 Funds

a)         The Authority will annually review Section 1404 of the Victims

of Crime Act of 1984 (P.L. 98-473, effective October 12, 1984) and based on the

requirements of Section 1404(a) and (b), the need for services to victims and

the services available to address that need, as evidenced by oral and written

comment and testimony received at public meetings conducted pursuant to the

Open Meetings Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 102, par. 41 et seq.), select

program priorities for each federal fiscal year.  Such funding priorities shall

be selected by the Authority at a public meeting in conformance with the Open

Meetings Act and the Authority's rules (2 Ill. Adm. Code 1750.310 et seq.).

b)         For purposes of determining the distribution of federal funds

made available to the State of Illinois through the Victims of Crime Act of

1984, the Authority shall give priority to those units of local government and

not-for-profit organizations providing assistance to victims of sexual assault,

spousal abuse, or child abuse. To that end, based upon the funding priorities

selected by the Authority pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Executive

Director shall use the following evaluation criteria to identify those units of

local government and not-for-profit organizations eligible for the receipt of

federal funds:

1)         demonstration of either a record of providing effective

services to victims of crime and financial support from sources other than the

Victims of Crime Fund or substantial financial support from sources other than

the Victims of Crime Fund;

2)         utilization of volunteers in providing such services;

3)         promotion within the community served of coordinated public

and private efforts to aid crime victims;

4)         assistance of potential recipients in seeking crime victim

compensation benefits;

5)         an analysis of need as evidenced by demographic and criminal

justice da

rces other than

the Victims of Crime Fund;

2)         utilization of volunteers in providing such services;

3)         promotion within the community served of coordinated public

and private efforts to aid crime victims;

4)         assistance of potential recipients in seeking crime victim

compensation benefits;

5)         an analysis of need as evidenced by demographic and criminal

justice data; and

6)         current research findings.

A unit of

local government or not-for-profit organization, so identified, shall be

contacted by the Executive Director to assess its interest in and ability to

qualify for the receipt of federal funds pursuant to the requirements of the

Victims of Crime Act of 1984 and, if so interested and so qualified, to prepare

a description of programs or services that identifies the problem to be

addressed, states goals and objectives, and indicates the means by which the

unit of local government or not-for-profit organization proposes to achieve

those objectives.  A unit of local government or not-for-profit organization

not so identified by the Executive Director shall, however, upon written

request to the Executive Director, be included among those units of local

government or not-for-profit organizations evaluated by the Executive Director

pursuant to the criteria described herein.

c)         The Budget Committee shall, at a public meeting, designate

programs or services, implementing agencies, and amounts for funding which

address one or more of the program priorities specified by the Authority in

subsection (a) above, consistent with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 and the

Program Guidelines for Crime Victim Assistance Grants of the Department of

Justice, Office of Justice programs (50 FR 43011, et seq., October 23, 1985)

ng, designate

programs or services, implementing agencies, and amounts for funding which

address one or more of the program priorities specified by the Authority in

subsection (a) above, consistent with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 and the

Program Guidelines for Crime Victim Assistance Grants of the Department of

Justice, Office of Justice programs (50 FR 43011, et seq., October 23, 1985).

The Budget Committee's decision to designate these programs or services,

implementing agencies and fund amounts shall be based upon equal consideration

of the following factors:

1)         the recommendations of the Executive Director made pursuant to

subsection (b) above;

2)         comments from the public and State and local officials;

3)         the availability of funds; and

4)         the overall cost of the program or services.

d)         Pursuant to Section 1402(d)(2) of the Victims of Crime Act of

1984 and the Program Guidelines for Crime Victim Assistance Grants, the

Application to the Office for Victims of Crime shall include a table of fund

allocations and those certifications and assurances listed in Section 1404 of

the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.

e)         Upon notification by the Office for Victims of Crime that an

Application has been approved, the Executive Director shall enter into

interagency agreements with the implementing agencies designated by the Budget

Committee pursuant to subsection (c) above, specifying the terms and conditions

under which the programs, services, or activities are to be conducted and the

federal funds are to be received.  If the Authority is the designated

implementing agency, then the Executive Director shall document such terms and

conditions, which, to become effective, must be accepted in writing by the

Chairman of the Authority.