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RESOLUTION OF THE COUI~TY BOARD OF SBPERVIS0~2S
WHEBEAS, the county of Butte desires to undertake a certain
project designated Butte County VictimfWitness Program to be
~unded, in part, from funds made available thro~zgh Chapter 713,
].979 Statutes (Californi.a Victim/Witness Assistance Program admin-
istered. by the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, hereafter
xeferred to as OC.7P) ;
NOW, THEREFO~tE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Chi.e£ Probation
Offi.cer of the Butte Coun.ty Probation Department is authorized,
on its behalf, to submit the attached applzcation foar sta~e £unds
for the purposes of t~e Victim/Witness Assis~anae Program, inciu~-
ding any extensions nr amendments thereof.
BE IT FURTI3BR RESOLVED that state funds received hereunder
sha~l not be used to supplant I.ocal funds that woulfl, in the
absence of the California V~etim/W~.tness Assistanae Pxogram,
be made available to support the assistance of victi.ms and wit~
/
nesses of crime.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors
thi.s 17~h day o~ June , 1980, by the £ollowing vote:
AYES: Supervisors Do1an, Wheeler and vzce-Chairman Moseley
NOES: Supervisor Wins~on
ABSENT: Supervisor Lemke
I30T VQT~NE: None
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'~ERTI~A MOSE~E3I
Vice- Chairanan o the Board o~ Sup isors
ATTEST:
CLAI2K A. NELSON, County C1erk
and ex-off' io Cle of the Board
By `
' ~ ~ .. ~ ICE OF C4Z3~3IPdAL JUSTFCE P~A~"JP~: -^. ~
GP,AP~T A~~lARD ' ~
~'he Of~ic~ of Crimina~ Just3ce P7ann~ng, hereinafter desia~a~E~ "QCJP", t~ereby r~afces a
grant aa~rard o~' f~tnc~s to i. ~u~~tn ~'c~iznt~r Vict~_m/;li~t?~.4~s ~'~o;ra~~
hereinafter designated "Subgrantee", under tf~~ prov~sions of chec;c one ~ Ti4~e ~,
Part , Omni~us Crime Contral and Safe Streets Act ot 196~3 (PL 90--35~), as am~;~d~d,
nereinaf~er desigr~ated "Cri~~ Cor~~ral Act"; ~]Juv~~t~l~ JuSf:~CE a~td D~li~•~auency ~r2~~ent;ion
Act of 1474 (PL 93-415), hereinafter designa~:ed "J~venile Justice Act"; (or)
~ Ca~i:`or~i~. Vi_c~i_m ?,r:~~n.ess Assistance ~ro:~ra~, Cha~ter 7J.a 197`~ Sta-~utes
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~Pragra~ ~it e~& sta~utory a~~hori-~y-~.e.: Pen«Z Co~e, 7~~]e, Cnapter ~ Sec~ia~~s
or other applicable codes.)
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3. Project Qirec~or (Name, Rddre~s, Te~ephan~}~~^^ ~~e~er-al Amour~~
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This grant award
attached hereta
Cond~tions wh~ct~
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C~11515~5 0~ ~his ~it~e page, the app7~ca~;ior~ for the gra~~t ti~hich i~ c~ ~~
as A~tac~ment A and ~ade a~ari; her~af, ~.nc3 ~:~e Standar~ Grant ~war~ .~'m~;^.
are a~tached hereto as Attachment B and made a par~ herAof. ~~ a~~
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i i~e subgranteA hereby si gr~i fi es i~s acceptance o~F ~1~i s gr~a.n~ a~rrard ar~d aar~~s 40 ~;
adn~ ni s-~er the grant pro ject i r~ ac~ordance wi th ~he ~erms and condz ti ons se ~ forti~~•-~i n•-~~--~•-~----
or incorporated by reference in this c~rant award and tne anplicable braG~~isions of ~he ~_ ~, ~
Cr3me Cantrol Act or otf~er stat~tary au~hor~~cy as identi~ied above. ;:_~ ~; --~V~
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Tne sube~rantee certi~Fies that federaZ and/or state ~'unds rece~ved w~1i not be used tn :~~ .:'?-~,
rep1ace ]oca~-funds that wou~d, in ~~e absence of sucf~ fe~eral and/or s~ate azd, ~e~rrade.~ 1
avaiZah1e for ~he ac~iv~ty ~eing suppor~ed ~r~~er ti~i5 aareement. _:~
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12.~1.~ 1~~~- t;Y.t~ ~~?.,~~~:-~t•...~-_---~wDate (-. 1~~' OFFICE OF CRI`~I~lP,~ ~US I i~E PE~iVi,dIPIG'.._v.^.~.^.TMYy
Q-Fficial Autho'r~zed ta s~grr~for subigra{~~~~ S~ATE OF CA~.IFOP.~'EIA
Name: t~]r l~.ace ~. IIer~'~n~; -
1"it~e: C;~~_er P;roba~.ic~n Oi~'icer
Telepi~or~e: ~9~-6) 5~~r-!~607 Date
Ad~ress: 227~ !)el O~Q ~~tTenue Executive DirecLOr, QCJF
01-ovi_1_7_~ ~~ 95~(.~
SAECIAL DEPflSIT FUi3Q L~AA, Fisca~ `lear ~ G~i~~Er~AL FUiID
1,t~«.bcr' ce~~.t,i.~y uror~ m~ U~un ;~c~,~cri~.Z ~t,iocu~'~d~e I7~~1
~,ic~.t budg~ted ~~u;~.~~ts ci~e ~:~UCZ.i.~a~~.e jc~~ .~Jzr~
p~~i.oc( a,t~ ~u,~~c•s z ~ a~~zi.s exp~..~d•Utw72 s~c~.t~.d
aba~~e.
OCJP Fiscal Otriczr
~C~~ ~017'f ~l`)2 P.aVlS~~ Z° I -?H
BUTTE COUNTY VYCT~M W~T~ESS PR~GRAT~
GRAN~ -- SB 3$3 OFFICE OF CRIMIN~L JUSTICE PLANNING
Salaries - ~~1,699
B~n~fits ~ ~2,$~7
Opera~ing Expenses - 7,5og
Equip~en~ ~ 3,127
Travel - 1,600
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Total - ~b5,782
. . . c . .c~ o~ c~zt~~~~raL ,~~s~r~c~ ~~~r~c~i ~
~ _ ~RaJ~c~- su~~~r
BUDGET C~1'EGORY A~aD tl~~~ iTE~ nECAIL . COST
A. Persanal Services - Sa7ar~~s
S~LLA~:IES
2 - Proba~ioxz O:~Ficer ~~
sa? a~r ran~e 20, Ste~ ~`
~729 ~;. 25 ~a~T pexiods -
~~8,954 ti 2 ~ ~37,90~ -
~37,908 x 1~J a(ax~~icipate~i sa.~_ary i~c~eas~~=
~3,791
~37,9D8 .
-~-3, 791
?<<~ 6g9
~ ~~, ~, 6~9
TO~~i L . ': I , _.; ~' =?
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' p"" ';E OF CRII~SI;~AL J~15TIC~ P? Ai~~~IP'
~' , PR~~EC~ 8UDG~T __
BCf~G~T CA~EGORY A~II~ L~~~ Ii~~i DETAI~ ~ C~S ~
c~. Persona7 Serv~ces~- Sene~~ts
~? LT ~ R~`•f'~'NT
PE':S ~.4.05°Ia x ~41,699 -- ~~,859
FICq .0~13 ~ i~20,8!9 = ~1,278
.Ob~sS x .~20,850 = ~ 1.387 :
. ~2,n55 ~2,b55
i ~'LD~EE GROU~ I~rSUA,ANCE
1 ~t~ployee at ~~.~6 per ~or~th x ~2 ~on-~hs= . . .
~1,392 x 2 = ~2,754 . ~?,78~
~ STAT~. Ui~3~I~'LOYME~T I~dSl'T~.1~vCE
.00$ x ~~-~1, 699 = ~334 ~ .~3~-
~dO;L~~~~~' S COP~'L~TSAT~ 0~`~ .
.02~9 .: ~!~~,55~ _ ~1,Z72 R ~~.,2J~
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'~? " ~=:7
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. ~ QFf~•, ~:~ QF CRI~~T~~;AL JLISTICE P~AP~~~I~iG,_,_. ~
~ PR~~I~CT B~JDG~~
Si]DG~T CA~'~G~RY A~~O ~IP~E ~~~~1 Q~TA~L
C . Tr~av~1 ~ -
'~ILr~.Gr
s
C~ji t
11. L , . . . . .
za~ ~~-~ :~~~E ~~ ~, ooa = ~ ~~, sa~ =~~., 6~0
T'~e -:~~_1.ea.~e ra~e o~~'~.24 ner ~~_14 i~ estab~i.sh~u b~
-~~~e ai:it:~c Cot?a~t~r ~o~.r.c~ of. Sz1~erLTzsass ar~ ~o~~-::~C~~z~~
; 7. t~~~e ~o:~n~~T ;?~:Y'sn;~nF~ orc'inance
TOTAL
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0~'~;::_: ~. OF CRIt*1Ti`1A~. JUS~"TCE PLAil~~I~~G~.~_-
PROJ~C~ BUDG~T
BEIDG~T CA~~G{~~Y AND LINE ITE'~ DETA~L CaST
D, Consu~~ant Ser~~ces -
?~~a~ Ap~~.~.cabZe -
~O~AL
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. ~~,-~sCE OF CRI~IIi~R~ J~15TICE PLA~~P~I-~{~-' - ;
PR~.~~Ci' BUDG~T
BUDGET CAT~GORY AND LI~t~ I i~;i DEiAI~. COS~
E. Op~r-at~ng Expe~ses
:~r'• ~T
Lt`.
0:~.~ice - ~55 p~r Mor~th ~_ ~2 = ~790
~e~o° - ~54 -p~r r,?or~th x ~.2 = 600 ,
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01~FZCE SUPPL~ES
Stat~onery olfice su~~Iies, pr~ntin~, ~u~~ic~tzrb
sewvzces, etc. 2L~
SP~.CIAL DEPAP.'I'~t~,~~T~.L ~;.P~tiTSE -
Er_oc~~.ures, Fi~z-r~s ~a~•
COi•~y~ini~ ~~TIO~S
T~~.~;?ho~1e, z:tanthJ.~r S2x'v~.CA C~1~.?'~~: - .
: ~75 :;. 12 ~a:~.~h~ - S~ ~ ~
~~,1.5~~.~.~.2G1Qi'. char~;e = 3~ ~`
To1I ch~ zu~s c~ ~essa~;e i?na.~s = ~U~' _
. ;,~~, 5~0 i, ~S~
~osT_ic~ ~
~~ll~J . . . . . ~'~rf
L7TTL~TT ~a5
~~.y~~~ ~~~7~
G~?'v~P..F!L ~~iSU~~~~r~r
~ ~5~ b5~
r'.Lr~~CE1TED COSTS ~LC~?'V~,D
~`~=a~n~Lna~.ce (T~is a.s aZ~.ocate~.'. cost x~ce~.~ed Tro:a
~oun~L~r se.rv~_ce cl~part~?e*~~Gs, ~.e., ~~=soi~~e~., ~~1--
;~in ~_ strat ~ cr~ , t~Li ~~.J.. ~:LIl~ ~ ~3~i ~. ~~_~: ; ~~~.~T C~~-c? aZt~s ,
CCJ~LII? ~~l COLI?1.5~~. ~ ~tC . ~ ~ `?~~~
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7t~~'AL ~ ~; ; ~ ~:r;:~ ~
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'•" ~ : ~ ~~~T~'`' OF ~P.Ir~tIt~R~. ~llSTIC~ F~.AiaP~ii~u.,:__ _ . ' ;
~ `_~ PFtOJ~C7 211~~~~
SU~GG~' CATEGORY A~dD LI~d~ I~E~~3~ QETAI~ C~S7
~'. Equ~pmen~ " . ~
2 - S~andar~ c±esks, 2 peu~.s~al, 30" ~ ~0"
~375 x 2 = $7~Q ~7~~~
2 -- St~rive~. chazrs -~~:i_th ~.~~s
~35 x 2 ,= ~~74 , Z~~J
4 - S~.c~e ch~.i~s
~~S Y 2 = .~~~.b ~~ 6
2 - ~oo?;cases, ~~," ,~ ~~?" ;~ 12" .
,~3b ea ~ 2 -- ~72 7?
2 w Filing c~.bi~.ei.s 5 c~rata~r, ~.e~al size ~~ri~'n. 1ac~.s
$203 ea x 2 = ~418 ~ig _
2 -- D-± cta~in~ anr~ Transcr~bin;~ ~-~acil~nes, casse ~.te
t,~e - ~~~0 ~a =;. 2 ~ N;q~ 3~~
2 -~ Coatrac?~.s - Valco ;'~~:-0~
~ 71 ~a :: 2 ~ ~~I~:-1 I41
1 - ~rojector, fil~ {~i~~~ ~ ~~as•:~~.1 I~ _:~~~i~.~~eter .
~~~'?C ~~_to Loa~~) anc~ scree?~~
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CATE~~RY ~'QTA~. ~3 ~ ~~~ ~
PAQJECT TflTA~ ! :r~~,7~2
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CAL~FOP,NIA V~CTIi~~f~,T~TNESS ASS~.STANCE PRO~RAl~i :
~ REQUEST-FOR-APP~~CIVAL
1.. PR4BLEM STATEMENT;
The re~atively rural. area of Butte Coun~y has a population
of 140, 000 pl.us. During ca~.endar yea~ ~.97~ ~ there ~aere b02 ~
felony fila.ngs, 2, 7Q$ m~.~demea~ar filings, and $0 cases dis- `
missed. The Distrzc~t A~torney's office in Butte Co~~,ty doe~ -:
nat keep track of subpoenaes issued anc~ ser~r~d, hawev~r., it .
shou.ld be not,ed that the District Attor~ey's oFf~ces services
4 Jus~ice Courts, 1 Munic~,pa~. Caur.t, and 3 Supe~ior Couzts; :
~.ndica~xng that ~he number of subpoenaes issued is re~arkab?e.
A~arg~ port~.on of Butte Co~nty`s popu~.atio~ ~3ves in re~ote
areas, where polic~ pro~ect~on i.s rather minimal. B~cause ~
of the remoteness of ~hese spec~.fic areas, th~ resxdents are .
often times the vzctirs~s af persoxzal proper~~ car~.mes. Tn ~.9?7,
there wer~ reported I,753 burglar~.es, and zn ~978, there w~re
1,$76 burglarzes report~d, wh~ch was a 7~o i~crease. fihe resi-
dar~.~s af -these areas ha-ve voiced the~r ou-~rage on several oc- -
cas~ons abou-~~th~ Iack of police protectian zn thez~ areas;
and, in fact, on severa~ occasians, citizens groups have ap-
peared befor~ the Board of Supervisors dema~.ding ~ore po~.i~e
protection. In Califo~~.a, aZone, the increase of b~~g~aries
durin; the lasf 5 years has a.rr~our3.ted to Z4. fi~. As stated
above, Butte County, aiana, has certainly experi~nc~d ~his ~.n-
crea5e.
5ta~istics for Cal~.~ornia, d~r~.ng t'rce past S years, refiect
an increas~ of 44. ~I~ in. serious cr~.mes against persons .~fuLh
of the effort af ou~ c~3.~~na1. justzc~ syste~ has bee~z devated
to the apprehension an.d convic~ion of the.criminals perpetra--
ting these crimes. This has b~en followad by tremendous -
ama~.ints of maney an.d eFfort directed towards rehabilita-~i~.g
these peop~.e, and of~en assisting ~he fa~il~es of these cri_~--
inals by counseii.ng and wel.fare programs.
Thz~o~u.~ha~t a1.1 this, the pl~.gh~ of the v~c-~~~ remains tha
same. Many of them become permanently disabled because of
injuries sus~ained resu~txng frorn a crxrae. ~iany othzrs ~ ~
tahv may be called upan. as wi-~n.esses, are frigh~ened by t~ ~
prospect~ of appea~ing ir~ cour~, and ar~ often tim~s i.ntz~z- '
da~ed. We ask victims na~ to take the Ia~r into their o~~
hands, beca~.se the crimiria~ justice system wil.1 deal ~r~ta tre
pex-petrators i~. a just z~ar~nex. However, se~dor~ are victi~s
and wZtnesses kept ~nfc~zrn~d of court proceedings, contin:xarces,
subpaena procedures, and the r~ght ta witne~s fees. Seldo~
az~e ~hey ~.nfox-~ed of ineans o£ co~lect~.n~ ~es~Citutzon throug~ ~
~he courts or the prabation departmsnt. Ra~ely have they h~en
. ~ - . . ~ -1.. ' . ~ . . . .
CALIFORNxA V1W ASS~STAI~CE PROGRA.i~i (cont. } Pag~ 2
notifi.~d of the~r righ~ ta apply for stat~ compensatiorz, if
~ they were physical~I.y a~njured in a c~~.me. FinaZly, v~ctims
and wi~nesses are rarEly dealt with when a case has been dis-
posed of, and the perpetrator was allowed to go ~ree.
In But~~ County, we have estab~.ished a iTictim/Witness Progxam
~o deal with the needs of victims and wztnesses of c*_-im~. The
Butte County Victim/Witness Prog~arn provides assista.~ce p~r~.~ar-
~.l.y to vic~ims of vio].ent cr~mes, althaugh no victi~ has be~n :
denied assistance. The servzces car~ be divided in ~o three
categories: crisis infi~erventipn; court prv~eedings and sta~e
indemnification. The gaa3. nf the pxograzn. is to help meet the
i.mm.ed~.ate needs of the victims. ~n~.tia~Iy, ~his is done
through cris~,s ~n~tervention and referrals tQ appropriat~ locai
ag~ncies. A case rer~ains open u~ta.~. the vic~im assumes sor~e .
seznb~.ance of baZance i~ her/h~s ~ife.
Ass~.s~tan.ce throu~h the court pracess is offered by th~ Vic~imf
Witness Progra~n iz~ terms of ~.nfox~atio~ phone calisa settzn~-
up and partici.pati.ng in pre-trials w~.th the victi~n and a deputy _
distr3ct atto~ey, as we~.i as the court at any of ~he cour~
hearings. SpeciaZ emphasa~s is p~.aced on retuz-n.iz~.g dispos~.tiar~.al
~ infarma~ion. to ~he victim/w~tness, thereby keeping them infox~ed
of the cou~~ process.
For those vic~ims raho may qua~ify fa~
Victim/~ditness Px~ogz~arn helps fi~I out
nai.re and ~h~n verifies alI ~nforruati~
comp~ete packet ~a the Stat~ Boaxd of
~nair~tained wi~h the victim during fih~:
tac~s are initzated by the prograra to
~he status of any given claim.
state caznper~satzon, the
~he complicated questi.o~-
~n befare subFn~.ttirig a ~
Co~.tral. Contact is
waitin4 period, and con.--
~he StatE Board rega~dzng
~n addition to ~he abave mentianed serv~.ces, child car~ and
transporta~ion are p~ovided, when ~-~.~cessary, for any victi~n
ar w~.tness requ~sting assistan:ce.
Pr~ssntly the management of wi,tness is ha~d~.ed throunh the
Distric~ Attarney's off~.ce, Generally, the secretar~es are.
xesponsi.b~.e fox wi~ness cai~offs, un~ess there is e~c~re~ne~y
shart notice, ana then ~he a~torney, himse~f, a.s i.nvo~ved.
Transportation for ou~-of-s~ate and a~t--of-~couz~~y fe~.ony
r.~a,t~e~-s is hand~.ed by Investa.;ators fratn the Di.s~ric-~ Atto~n~y3 s
o~f~.ce. On a~.oca~, basis, staf~ secre~.arzes have be~n know-n
to ~ransport feZony ~ri.tnesses to court when no transpaz~~atian
was availab~.e. The sec~re~.ar~.es, aga~z~., handZe most of the
~.nforn~ation phone cai~.s rec~ived at ~the Di.stxict Attorney's
offi.c~. I~ should be noted that al.i subpoenaes are hand--
s.erved ~.n Bu~~e Caunty. Progra~n b~och~res are presen~Iy bLin;
pr~.nted and wi11 be at~ached tc~ e~ch subpaena for hand del~verp.
CAL~F(3~tNIA V/W ASS~S'~Al~?CE PRO_G_~f~(carst._}_
Page 3
Due to the ~ack of services which. has existed for vic~i~s and
witz~esses ~.n rura~. B~ztte Coun.icyg many of these vict~~ts and
~i~tnesses have developed nega~ive attitudes ~.a~rard ~he crit~---
~na~ ,~ustice system - iri that their needs have n.ot been z~e~.
~n addi.tion, many have been. inconvenie~.ced because of a Iack
of correct infa~ma~ion, rian.y victz~s have lost rnon~y that.
was awed t4 them, bECause of a d~fendant being p~.aced on
cour~. probation and order.~d to pay ~estitutian and lack of
adequate persoz~ne~. and ~nanpower ~o foZlo~r-~.p on the resti~zz-
tion ~:payments. There has baen, and stil~ xs, a~re~endous
~.ack of foll.ow through on a~l ma.t~ers of this nature. T'ne
end resu~t far many v~ctims and w~.tness~s, zs tremandous ~
fnzstration in additio~. to the QI1gO~.Ila losses alr~ady exper--
ieneed. Tn addition to these lasses, ~he crimina~. ~usti~e
system.departmen~s Iose mor~~y when cases are continu~d and
w~.tnessas have ta be re-subpoenaed tn co~rtR and e~ct~a r~-
ports are required ta exp~.ain the de~ays, a.nd hence,. a vic~.ous
c~rcl~: exists. ~
As was pxeviously stated, Butte County has some ~nique groblems _
tha~ exi5t because of th~ geographicl layaut of the taw~.s ~hat
ruak~ up the cou~ty. Bu~te County is ~s~entza~.~y made up of
four -~owns {Chica, Orova.~l~, Paradise arid Ihzrharn), a~1 approx-
imate~y one ~ta~.f ho~r apart. Ch~.co~ is a un~versi~y ~own an~.
experiena~s a fluc~uating crime rate, whi.ch co~.ncides wzth
th~ f~~.ctuatino populat~on of tTie university (s~ud~n.~ popu~.a--
-~~on is approximately I2,QOQ). Likewzse, Ch~.co has man.y r.e- ~
sources av~ilabl~, because of the civic ~.~nded papi~~at~o~. Un-
fox~~una~ely, no othe~- town irz the ca-u.nty has thE same r~~.~nb~r
of ~es~~rcgs, and because there is no publ.ic ~ranspor~ation
system, people from Chico who are wi.lZing to hel~ others are
ger~erally ~cxnable to da so because of the ~ack of p~ublic ~ra.~s-
por~atian, ~n add'ztion, as ha~ already been me~.tianed, the
zema~eness af several areas ~caithin the county con~ra.bu~es
gr~at~~y ta ~he extremeZy hxgh percen~age of burg~aries eoc~it~ed.
The V~.ctzmjWitness Pragram in But~e County recobn:izes ~he r.eeds
of the v~ctims a~d ~aitnesses in this area and has attem~~e~ tQ
deal with these issues during the past year. The prob~em aor '
the p~ograrn is tha~ one perso~z has b~~n.-a~~e~zpting ta dea~. with
these needs and it has become increasi~.;Zy obviaus that i~ ~s
~r~~ossible for one person ta do al.l of ~hese tasks. Tt is no~ ~
time tv expand the se~vices offered by the Victim/W~.~ness Pro~-".
gram, and ~ha~ is on~.y possible by acquiring nEw persannel.
There are many voluntee~s avai~.able in Butte County, and tY~r~r~
is no one to coordinat~: them. The V~c~irn Pragran needs a v~Z-
unteex coordinatox to recruit, sexeen, traz.n and superv~se ~lal-
unteers in many of th~ service a~eas. The Victim Pxog~a~z na~ds
someone to or~~nize a c~i.me prev~nt~an pragra~ to help educate
res~.d~n~s of B~t'~e County, par~.icularly-, ari cr~.me pr~v~:~.tiQz ,
GALI~'ORN~A V W ASSZSTANCE PROGRA~i (cont, } Page 4
Ther~ is a nead for a Iiaison perso~, to dea~ with pro~erty
cri.z~e victims, mc~rchants, the courts and praba~ion d~part- .
~ent; and ~mp~.em~n~ a restitution. info~atiore servicee Th~
Victim/Witness Pragram is c~rtain~y capab~.e of~providin~
mor~ ass~.stance -~o all witnesses at the many courts in But~e -
County and will do so w3.th more help. .
2, ORGANXZAT~ONAL QUALIFICATZ~NS:
The But~e Co~n~y Vict~.m/Witness Prografn provid~s co~~re?~ens~.va :
services to victims and wxtnesses of a~l ty~es of crirne. ~t --
is tha only agency within Butte Coun~y to of£ar such ser.vic~s
to any va~ctim or ~aitness aski,ng fo~ help. The V~.cti~~Wifiness
Program operates under the admi.n~strativn o#' th~ Zocal pro~a:-
tion department and is a part of the erir~~.~a~. just~.ce~ sys~~~.
This se~vxce i.s recognizad by al~ Butte Co~ty la~ ers.fo~ce~ent
depaxtments, gov~rnmen~ and private agencies. Th~ B~tte Ca~antv
Victi~/Wi~n~ss Program has been recog~zzec~ by th~ Co~ty Baa~d ~-
of~Supervisors as the major prav~der of comprehensive serv~ces
to such vict~.ms and wi.tn~sses. Further, ~he Butte Coun~y V~.~c-
ti~/Witness Program has been s~Iected by the Butte Co~znty Board -
of Sup~rvisoxs as the el~.gible progra~ to recei.ve furads ~ade
avai7~ab~.e throu~h OCJP.
The But~e Goun~y ~rictim/I~z~ness ProQra.r~ assists vzcta.~s of
viol.e~~ crime in ~he preparafiion and presen~atio~2 of the
elaims to the ~Sta~e Baa~d of Cont~ol for indem~ifa.ea~ion.
Fur~her, th~ Victim/Witness Px~a ;rarn staff has received co~-
pl~ments fror~ the State Board of Contro~ s~~.ff on the cooper-
~ a~i.on. and eff~.cien~ manner ~.~ which the clains are s:~bm~tt~d
and ver~£ied. D£ course, the ~Tic~i~n/.~'itness Prograsn x~z~l con--
~~nue ~o coope~ate ~c,r~~h the Sta~e Baard of ~ontrol. zn an.y w-ay
requested.
3. PR03ECT OBJECTIVES:
a. 300 victi~s of c~rime ~ili receive benefits fsom ~oca~
resources.
b. The program wilZ utilize 10 volunteers to work withzn
the criminaZ just~ce sys~em, thereby ach~.evir~g co~~nz~p
s~.ppor~. The ~oZunteers wzli be ir~vo~~r~d ~~n. wa~kin~ a.~
infoz~na~ion desk at ~he ~.oca~ co~z~ts arid sen~.or ci~ize~ .- -
vo~unt~~rs will be involved in a crime pr~vention program,..
es~ab~.ished pure~y far the e~der~y.
c. The pro~ram w~.1.1 provi.d~ fvl~ow--up support serv~ces to
175 victit~s af cri~e and their families, in orde~ to
~.nsure that they rece~.ve ~he nacessazy assis~anc~ ~h~'ough
a1~ a•crai~ab?.e cvrnmunity r~sources.
d. The Program will p~ovide 60 elde~ly v~.cti~s of crime ~-i.th
~ sexvices approp~iate to thezr specia~ ne~ds. ~n ~.ddit~on,
a~l. potentia~ e~der~.y v~cti.~s wi~l have the oppo~tunit~
to be educated in cra.me preventior~.
CA~,IFQRNI.A V/W ASS~STANCE PROGRA~i {con~r ) .. Pa.ge 5
e. 240 va,ctims of crimes wiZ~ be referred to Ioca~ cou~iseling
faci~i-~ies and community servi.c~ agencies.
f. Transpoz~ta~.ion and household assistance wiZl be pro~i.ded .
for 3D v~.ctims and witnesses wha partici.pate in the cri~-~~
~.rzal justice process. _
' g. Notif~cation of f~-iends, r~~.atives an~ emp~.oyers of ~5 .
vict~.ms will ~ake place, if requested.
. h. .Assista.z~ce in prQparing a comple~e cla~.~ for sta~e co~p~n- -~ -
satian, along with ver~.fication of a~~. medica~ expenses, .
wi~I b~ provxded for 30 victims.
i. ~A victim/witn.ess brochux~e wi~.~. be a~tached ~o alI su.bgoenaes,,
thereby no~ifying a~l wa.tnesses of a number ~hey ca.rz ca? J,
for any changes in ~he cour~ ca~.endar, zn order fio avQid
u~z~c~ssa~y ~rips to cauxt and unnecessary time a~ court.
,~. Recep~ion, guidance and general information wiZl be nade
a~rai~.~.b~.e at the courthause for 44Q ~aitnesses, ancl bi~~.n- -
gual ~nformation for another 20 witnes~es,
4. PROG4AM COMPC3~ENTS;
The. Vi,ctzzu/Witz~~ss Program is opex-ated und~~ the adm~.zzis~ration
vf the Proba~ion Department, rt will consist of f~.ve s~aff
members: a dzrec~or, a half-~~m.e vic-~im/~r~tness advoca~~,
a cZ~rk, a~~vo~unteer coordanator, and a f~ll t~.z~e ~rictim/w~.tness
advocate. The salaries of the voZunteer coordina~or and ~he
v~ctim,wit~.ess ad~cracate wi.I.I be finan.ced ~hrough SB-3$3 noni~s.
Th~ majar tasks of project can be di.vid~d znto three overa~Z ~
areas: ad~inistration, se~vices.and ~ro~unteers. The victi~j
w~tness advoca~es wil~ work i.n the serv~ce area daing direct
case ~ro~k wz.th a~.7. victims. Invol.ved a.n that casework ir~.}.~
b~ cxisi.s intervc~nt~,on, referrals ~a ~ocal a~encies ar~d cou~--
s~li~g fac~.la.ties, fa~.low-up suppor~ s~rvices to vac~tims a~d
their famil~.t~s and providina ti~-anspor~a~ion and any hbuseha.Id
assistance to vic-~~.ms needinQ the same. ~n addition, the
advaca~es r~rili be directZy i~zvo~.ved iz~ prepax~zng comp~.ete clai~s
for s~ate compensa~~.ori on beha~f of vzc~ig.s who appear to
qua~.ify as wel~ as verifying medical expenses and loss o~ ~
wages at the local ~evel. Further, zf any not~:fi.ca~zan of ._.._ _
friends, re7~atxves or emp~oyers are needed, these iaor~c~rs - --
wi~.J. be doing so.
Wh~:n~ver an advocate has contact with a3n e~~e~~y victi~, the
same services ia~.ll i~e pravxded as are pro~rided for a~I yicti~zs
of crirfle. HowevEr, in additiox~, special er~phas~.s wi.I~. be
placed on p~oviding educatzon an crime p~evention., shouZd ~-z~,~
of the victims desire such assista~.ce.
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The Volunteer Coardinator wi~l be involved in recxu~.ting,
screening, ~training and supexvis~n~ al.l vo~.~nt~ers used by
the progxatn. This pe~son wz~~ be ~nvolved w~.~h coardixzati~:g
- th~ c~ime prev~n~ion pxog~am ta~th ~flcal ~.aw enfo~cemer~~ age~-
cies, uti.lizing ssnior citzzen volun-~~ers to educate othex
senior citizens on crime preventzan. Co~unity outreach
wil.~, be necessary ta ~stab~ish this crime pre•srent~.on. un~.t,
. as we~l as arra~ging for the specific training n~eded for
cri~e prevent~on, ~
The Volunteer Coard~.natar wi~~. a1s~ be responsib~e for coar-
dinating the e~farts of vo].unteers at the ~.ocal courthouses
in order ~o p~ovide ~eceptzan ard gu~dance for a~l. ~ritnesses
at the cou~~houses. An info~rnatzan w~ll be s-~affed by vol-
unteers ~o help guide people th~ough the court process, and
be ava~.J.ab~.e tQ answer addi~~onal qu~:st~.ons r~gard~.na caur~
p~ocedures. Addit~.onally, the vol~.~.n~eer coordinator w~.~I b~
responsa.bl~ for caordinat~ng vo3.unteers wi~h witne5ses who
have asked for specia~ suppo~t in caurt. .
Furthe~, a1~, paid s~aff of the Va.ctim./Wi~ness P~ooxa~ ~II
help answer restitution infor~a~ion questions, referring
the ca~lers to the appropriate sources and when necessary,
obtain the neces~ary infoz~atian ~or the cal~.e~.
Available re~o~rces to the Victim/Witness Program consists
of alT. the Ia~ enforcement agsncies ~th~.n Su~~e Caun~y,
as w~Il as the District Attor~r.ey's Office, th~ ~ourts, aI~
coun~y departments and Ioea~ service organizations. The
pragram staff has ex~aerienced coopera~~or~ from a~~ ~aw e~.-
forcemen.t agencies, as w~ll as the District Attorxzey` s af--
fzce, ali o£ the courts, and a1.~ ~.oca~ depa~tments. Loca~.
service agencies have expressed their supporfi and interest
in ~h~ program and in genera~, ~he overall responsa with
r~ga~-d to the progra~ zs e~tremely positzve. Let~e~s a~
support are attached ~o th~.s report.
~`here ar~ no similar pxo rams operating in Bu.tte Gourzty
tha~ rese~bl.e the Victim~Witness Pro~ram in any way.
Trainizi.g for staff ine~nbers is avazlab~e o~ an ongozn; basis,
thxaugh the ~egional Cr~.minal Jus~ice Tra~ning ~~nter at
Tutt~ Col~~ge. Th~ Traininb Center offers courses in
cr~.sxs z,nterve~-~ion, counseling skiZls, c~~sr~ procedures,
and ather re~a~ed top3.cs an a continuin~ baszs. This
training will be utilzzed by sta.~f of ~he jT~.ctim/i~3itness ~
Program. ~
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CALTFORNZA V W ASSISTANCE PR~GR~~ con.~.) . Page 7
O~cganiza~.i.onal. Cha~t:
Chief
. P robati. on
. Officer : -
~ ~i~~ctor ~ -
Vict~.mf Witness ~
. Program _
Volun~eer St~no Victim~W~.tr~~ss ~ictim~Witness
Coozdi:nator Cle~k I~ Advoca~e Advocat.e.
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5. C~OPERAT~ON WTTH THE STATE BOA~D OF CO~ITR~L:
The B~.t~e County Vici.i~/Z~i-~ness Frogra~. gives i~s ass=,~rance
to p~ovide assistan~.ce to victims a~.d ~he 5tate Baard of Confiro~. -
Assis~anc~ sYZa1i be rend~r~d by ,subnitting cl.aims for re~nburs~-
ment from the Vic~i,~s af V~.alen~. C~zm~e Fund a~d ob~a~ni~g veri-
f~catio~. dac~En~a~ion necESSary to pxoc~ss those c~.aims in a
tim~Iy aanner. Du.ra.ng ~Y 1980-SI, the Prograa~ ~ai~.l grocess not
less than 20 pezcent af co~ape~zsation applications presented to
the State Board of Cont~ro~.. Duri.ng FY ~981-82, the Progra.~
w~.ll process not ~.ess than 40 percent o~ such claims.
6. WORK SCHEDULE:
~ Time schedu3.e of tasks: Ti~e Fra~e:
Hi~~ Vxctim/Wxtness Advoca~e
& Valunteer Coordina-~o~ ~I 1f$p .- ~~~~f$~
Orien~ation & Tra~ning New Staff S/ 1/80 - 9/ 1/8a
Vi.ctiz~/~~Ti.tr~~ss Advacate Begins Casework $f I/80 -
Dave~.opr~ent of Val.un.te~x Pragrams 9j 1/$Q - 9f 2Q~34
Recruit~~n~ of Vol.untee~sJSc~een~ng 9J~.5f 80 -ZOJ15f 8~
Ongoir~g
(to be con~inued)
~ALYF~__P_,N~~ GT1W ASS~S__TA~CE _PRQGRA~.'~I {cant._) ~
Time schedu~.e of task~ :
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Time Frame:
Traz.n~.n~ of Vo~.unteers/Provide Reception
~.0 f 15/$0
~- ~.1/ ~
~$4
at Courts .
Develop Crim~ P~~v~n~:~on Program/Havs ~~/ ~~~~ e~~~ ~~$~
Brochure Printed
Mcd~,~ Coverage f Z~pZemen~. Crime P~eve~ta.on '~2/ ~/8~ ~ ax~gaing ~~
Program
Adminzs~rative Reports
~ 7/ 1/8{? -~ 8/ ~:J$0 .
Clx~goxng -~ ~~on~hlY:
: Qua~~~r~.y
Eval.uata.on ~/8U -- ~ngo~.ng -~
Quar~e~ly
7. ~iANAGE~+LENT RECO~.DS: ~: .
A. T~e Prog~am wi~l. keep records in the fo~lowing areas:
(~..) The types o~' services ~endered by t~e g~-o~ect; our
mon~.hiy sfiatis~tics ~he~~s wi11 ~.nclude the types af
servic~s offered by tha pro~~am to a~.~. vxctims, as
we~~ as ~he referrals to vther 1oca1 ag~ncies arid.
services. We ta~ill be ab~e ~o keep nur,~bers o~. wi.t--
. •.. :~nesses, as we~1 as the varieti~s of s~ervices. pro-
v~.ded them.
(2) The c~.ientele served by ~he p~oject: ~he p~ogra~z ~
~ wil~. continue to collect sta~~st~.cs on the sex, race,
. ane and types of cri~ne an all vic~ims ~eferrecl. xde
~r~l~ keep records on~.wa.tnesses with r.egard to ~rhether
the case was a felony ar a m~.sdEme~.or. -
(3) Co~nplete de~a~~ed ac~~un.ta.ng of aIl experzdi~ures ~ri~i .
ba kept by the A~.d2tor~Control~.er of the County of
But~e. ManthZ~r s~a~ements are avail2hle and wi~~ _.:~
b~ subr~itted. _ .
(4) '~'h~ e~np~oyment of t~chnzcal ~resozzrces; records of - - ~
er~ploy~cen~ of any t~chn~.cal resources wil~ b~ ~azn- ~
tained by the Victa..m/W~~ness Prograza staff.
(5~ The use af paxd and nan-paa.d pErson~e~.: the Bu~te
County Personnel. Departm~nt wil.1 keep records of
aI1 paid sta:~f. Recaras of a~1 non-paid staff wi11
be kept by V~ c~i~n/W~tr~ess Prog~am p~~sonn~l.
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8. EVALUAT~ON REQU~REMENTS:
~ The ~utte Coun~y v~.c~~.mJwz-~ne~s Prog~am offers its assura~.ce
that :~t wii~ comply with al~. reasanable da~a ca~~.act~.an an.d -._
repo~~ing requiremc~nts estab~.isheci by OG.TP.
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Off~.ce a~ Criminal ~'us~iae Planni.ng 3ur~e 17., ~.980
. 73.7Z Bowli.ng ]7~~.ve, Sui~e 310
Sacrasnento, Ca~.i.forn~.a 95823
Gen~lemen: .
The Chico ~o~.ice Department has establislzed ars e~fectave w-orking
r~la~ionship wz~h Janet Taylor, Da.~ectar of the Vzc~im/W~.~n.ess Pragram,
primari].y thraugh t~he Investiga~ion Division. Investigatoxs have
cQn~inua~.7.y seen a posi~a.~re re~.a~ti.nnship be~t~a~en ~hose vic~~ns a~-?d
witnesses they refer to ~the V~c~~m/Wi~ness Px~ogra~n and the caopeYa~ion
~they receive in th.e znvest~gation anrl ~rosecu-~ion of cases from ~hasa
referrals. ~ .
' W~ are expanding tiu~ participa~ion in the program in the aYea of
Crime Praven-~.a.on, more speci~ica~ly wi~h s~ni.~z ci~izens.
The Vic~i.m/Witness P.rograFn has successfu~.lg ~i~.1ed a voirl in tyc~
3udicia~ sys~e~n and we wa.1~. continue to ac~i.veJ.y suppoxt the progran ~.n
evezy way ~ae can. ;
~ Sincerely,
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U, l~erja' _ - .
Chie~ t~f Poli ~
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MARRY A. GALi.OWAY
Assistant Ristrict Attnr~ey
HOWARL7 W. ABBOTT
~dNAL~ J. BlAKE .Fr. -
BR1G1-iAN! P. JONES
WI LLlAM R. PAT~iICK
lVItCHAEL L. RAMSEY
!.£d P, STEfDLMRY@Fi
J.~. Z]NK
Qeputy A3suict Attornays
Orovi.lle, Ca. .
Ju~.e ~.0 , 1g80
Mqin OFFice C#+Pco OFf~ce
2279 bef Oro A'vereue, ~ D 655 flleondar Street . '.
~roville 95965 ' ~ Checa 9542b
{9"I6) 534•44'E~ '~ (9ifi) 891-2732
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DFFIC~ OF TFiE DlSTRICT ATTORN~Y
WII~t B. MA~TLY
DISTRIC7 A7~ORN~Y
Jan~~ Taylor Sznith, Direc~or
Vic-~im/rlitness Assistanc~ Progra~ .
, Butt~ Coun~y Pro~ation Dept.
~~79 Del Oro Aven~e
Q~oviZle, California 95965
D~ar Jan~~:
. The sincere effar~ y~u. hav~ dedica-~ed ~a ~x-~~: or~~xu.~ation and
devElop~.ent of th~ Vic~tit~/~,~li~ness Pro~r~^ ~s evia~nce b;~ the .
incr~ased r~liar~cE o#' ~he prosecu4a~~~; a~to~r~~~ s in my of~ice u~az~
~he ser-~ra.ces you are pravidin~, The r~sul~s hav~ bs~n not=:~~e.
`,•ie ~.rp ~resent3.y atte~!P~in; ~o irti ;al~ a ?rosec~zta~'s f-T~~.a,e~~e~.L
and Znf'or~n.a~ion System ix~. Butte Coun~y for the co~.~ts, z~rosec~LoT
` and laT~v enforce~ent, tYIE hope ihat yo~ ~rr~.~.l. be abl~: to partieipa~Q
~.n this sy~atem -~o enhanc~ your p~o~ra.r~ asc~. brin~ aoaut even better
coordi~a~iar~. and co~pe~ation ,~i~h the cr~~~na~ ~ustic~ sys~Qm in.
the fu~~ure .
~~r Ch~.e~ I~ve~t~.~ator ~tri~~ oe co~~ac~i~o you to ex~lare ~~?° --~ -
poss~.b~lity o~ ~a~?^~r~~ your assis~a?ac~ in ve~ify~~ an.~. pracess~.~ .
~r~.tness c~.~ir~ for~s. ~f this is oossi.ble, it ~vould assist ~his ~
o.~f~.c~, .serve t~e bes~ ~.nteres~ of 1~*~tnesses ~r3 th~ pub~ic an~.
co~.~:-ribu•Le ~o the fu~.iillment o~i your pro j ec ~. ~~aa~s.
Janet Tay~.or Sni~h, Director .
Victi.m/j~~i.tr~ess .~ssista.rice Pro~ram . . . . . ~
June ~.o, ~.980 ~. .
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Th~ ~ou for prov~.dz~~ a consirtac~~v~ service in an obj~ctive
and courteous manne~.
. Very ~;ruly yours,
. - ~ - ~/l/~~ ,,a`"' ~
~:JILL B. MATTLY
District Attarney
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P• O. Boz 7.310 `
OROViLLE, CAT.I~'OF[T[T~, 95965
Rrea Code 9i6 § Phone 534-432~ '
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- ~ LA~Y G".~Lei1 ~ . . . . PLEASE REFER . . - .. . .
Sheriff-Coroner ra ~i~~ Ho.
f I June 13, 198b
Janet Taylor, Directar
Victim/Wi.~ness Assistan.c~ Program .
227q Del Oro Avenue
0rvvi].le! California 9~9~5 .
D~ar Ms Taylor:
Dur3.ng th~ shor~ period o~' ti~e tha~ th~ Vzcta.m/TSla.tr_ess
Ass~.s~anc2 Program ha.s been 3.n onerat~.on~ ~~-3e woxk~.ng~
r~~,ationship between otar two agencies has been ef~'ectxv~
and wor~~ab~.e . ~
This'p~rogram ~a~ ass~sted the Butte Coun}~ 5heri~fts
Offic~ ~.n ~'ulfilling ~.ts obligatior ~ as r~c~uir~d by Zaw~
~.n na~~.fying vac~ims oi vi~l.er~t crir~es of ~ssistancE . avai~--
~b~e to ~hem as vic~ims of '~hese cr~.mese ~
We f~el. '~he Victim/~~Titness Assis~ance Program is wor~h=~r~iZ~
,and wi,~,~. cant~nu~ to aetiv~ly support ~t.
~'n e ~Zyy ~ r
Lh:~RY ~LL~CK
Sh~ri f-Coron~r
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