Mission Statement

The mission of the Association is to ensure accessible quality services for crime victims nationwide and to strengthen communication, training, and technical assistance to effectively respond to the issues and challenges of supporting those services.

2021 Virtual National VOCA Assistance and Compensation Conference August 23-26, 2021

The 2021 National Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Assistance and Compensation Conference brings staff and board members of VOCA Victim Assistance and Victim Compensation programs together annually with their federal colleagues. This conference is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, and hosted by the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) and the National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards (NACVCB). This conference is a unique opportunity for the staff and boards of VOCA administering agencies in states, territories, and the District of Columbia to obtain critical information about ways to improve program and grant management and learn about promising practices and innovations. The conference provides a forum for administrators to exchange information, experiences, and ideas with people with similar responsibilities, as well as meet with federal officials, colleagues, and other allied professionals.

VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021

 

The VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021 was passed Wednesday, March 17, 2021 in the U.S. House (H.R.1652) in a bipartisan vote of 384-38.  This critical legislation will prevent devastating cuts to federal funding for victim service programs through the Victims of Crime Act (“VOCA”). However, we have yet to see movement on the Senate companion bill, S.611.

The situation is dire! Federal grants to victim services through the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) have been cut by two-thirds in the last four years. Congress can fix this by ensuring federal financial penalties from deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements are treated the same way as penalties resulting from criminal convictions – that they go to serve and compensate crime victims.

It is time for the SENATE TO ACT!

Contacting your Members of Congress is easy! See below for a step-by-step guide.
1) Identify your Members of Congress. You can find your Senator at
https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact and your Representative at
https://ziplook.house.gov/htbin/findrep_house?ZIP=.
2) To contact your Senators and Representative by phone, call the US Capitol Switchboard
at 202-224-3121 or find their phone numbers on their websites.
3) To contact your Senators and Representative by email, go to their website and click on
the ‘contact us’ link. If you know someone in your Senators’ and/or Representative’s
office, contact them directly.

Recent news

VOCA Funding

VOCA Statute

VICTIMS COMPENSATION AND ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1984
Pub. L. 98-473, Title II, Chapter XIV, as amended (as recodified)

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