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 Office of Justice
Programs -
State Victims Assistance
Program
In
1986, General Assembly of South Carolina passed the Omnibus Criminal
Justice Improvements Act. As a result of this act, a percentage of the
wages earned by inmates participating in the South Carolina Department of
Corrections’ Work Release Program must be placed on deposit with the State
Treasurer for credit to a special account to support victim assistance
programs established pursuant to the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. The
special account is known as the State Victims Assistance Program (SVAP).
Following recent
amendments to state legislation, twenty percent of inmate’s wages are
garnished and half of this is remitted back to the Department of
Corrections for the support of the work release program. The Department
of Public Safety, Office of Justice Programs, administers the remaining
half of these funds. Designed to complement and coordinate with the
federal VOCA funds, the SVAP provides services under these programs:
Victims of Sexual Assault, Victims of Spousal Abuse, Victims of Child
Abuse and Neglect, Law Enforcement Victim Assistance, Training Programs,
and Previously Underserved Victims of Crime. Any certified private
non-profit organization or public/government agency (local, county or
state) is eligible to apply for grant monies under SVAP. Match
requirements for direct service project funding are as follows:
First Year—80 percent Grantor/20 percent In-Kind or Cash Match, Second
Year—80 percent Grantor/20 percent In-Kind or Cash Match, Third Year—80
percent Grantor/20 percent Cash Match, Fourth Year—70 percent Grantor/30
percent Cash Match, Fifth Year and Beyond—50 percent Grantor/50 percent
Cash Match, and Training Grants—No match required. To learn more about the
SVAP grant program, please click the Application Guidelines and Procedures
link below.
The application process for this grant is now
CLOSED.
You may
click on the links below to learn more about this program.
If you have any questions
regarding victim services grants please
click here for the
points of contact list.
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