CAC Board of Director List
Release Date: 01.18.2019
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Membership Policy
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OVC Grant Funds Available Despite Partial Government Shutdown
Release Date: 01.25.2019
Message from Darlene Hutchinson, Director, Office for Victims of Crime, US DOJ Office of Justice Programs
Good afternoon. I want to begin by expressing my personal gratitude for the work you and your teams do every day, assisting victims of crime and service providers in your states and territories. With the additional funding that has been available from the CVF in recent years, I can only imagine how difficult your jobs must be. All of us at OVC (and the business offices at OJP) strive to be a resource to you, and I hope you’ll call on us as needed.
Today, I want to clarify some confusion that might exist among our grantees, subgrantees and stakeholders. Although the Department of Justice is among the agencies affected by the federal government’s recent lapse in appropriations, the Office of Justice Programs and OVC have been operational during this period. While grantees were able to request draw-down payments all along, there was a short period (6 business days) when these payments were briefly delayed. When OJP and Department leadership became aware of the delay and possible ramifications, we responded as quickly as possible and, as of January 7, all draw-down grant payment requests have been processed daily. This was communicated to all grantees that day via GMS by OJP’s Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Operations and Management. Any payment requests during those 6 business days were processed on January 7.
Also, by now you’ve probably heard that OJP/OVC will continue to be fully operational through at least March 1, and draw-down grant payment requests will be processed.
The safety, quality of life and emotional well-being of the crime victims we all serve are critically important to us, and of course no one wants to add to the anxiety they already experience; nor do we want to make the jobs of service providers more difficult. We certainly want them to have the most up-to-date information on the availability of grant funds. Therefore, we encourage you to share this information with VOCA subgrantees in your state, who may be concerned about news reports they’re seeing about grant funds not being available.
All of us at OVC are honored to be affiliated with and assist our State VOCA Administrators – plus more than 6,700 subgrantees nationwide – that collectively serve 5 million crime victim each year. Please let us know how we can be of assistance to you. Thanks again for the work you do!
Darlene Hutchinson, Director
Office for Victims of Crime
US DOJ Office of Justice Programs
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Release Date: 01.31.2019
Members Only Section is launched on penncac.org, our PA Chapter website– Chapter members now have access to a range of information on the Chapter website including tabs for Board documents, Grants, Chapter Surveys, and more. Go to penncac.org and click on the blue “Members Only” tab in the upper right corner of the homepage (Login: PAChapter123). (access is for CAC Directors only). You may VOTE here soon. Directors may complete all Chapter surveys on the front Members Only page. In the Board tab please find Board Member policies, legal documents, Board Meeting Minutes 2018-2019, or sign our required 2019 Board Conflict of Interest Statement and Board Code of Ethics then email to Lynelle. In Grants tab please find latest released grants for your review such as Endowment Act Grant 2019.
Ramping up for NCA 2019 Chapter Grant &Travel Stipends – On February 28th NCA will announce the approved 2019 Chapter Grants. Jan 28 an instructional email was sent to 11 Accredited Center members who chose 2019 PA Chapter NCA Travel Stipend funding. The email contained Travel Stipend Application & Proposed Budget form; Chapter & national training schedules, as well as other important documents. The Chapter will hold a conference call on Friday, February 1st 11a.m. to review the required documents for this year.
PA Chapter Election of President of the Members – Nominations closed 1/24 for the PA Chapter position of PA Chapter Board President. The Nominating Committee has reviewed Survey #1 listing member nominations and notified the nominees to confirm their interest. Survey #3, the Presidential election ballot, will go out to all voting members soon. The new president will be announced during the February 22, 2019 PA Chapter Quarterly Board Meeting Webinar.
Website Map upgrade: Visitors looking for a CAC may now enter their zip code and print out the Google driving directions to their closest CAC.
Thank you for making a positive difference in the lives of children.
Lynelle
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2019 Board Meeting Dates
| January 18th 9:00 AM to Noon |
Special Board Meeting by Webinar |
| February 22nd | Quarterly BOD Meeting by Webinar |
| May 17th | Quarterly BOD Meeting at Hilton Garden Inn State College, PA |
| July 19th | Quarterly BOD Meeting at Hilton Garden Inn State College, PA |
| October 18th | Quarterly BOD Meeting at Hilton Garden Inn State College, PA |
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