Evaluation of OVC’s Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Demonstration
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2020
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National Criminal Justice Reference Services (NCJRS)
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The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) created a new demonstration grant program, the OVC Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Demonstration Project, to address the wide range of legal needs victims of crime have in relation to the victimization they experienced. OVC funded five demonstration sites in 2012 to develop a wraparound network of legal services that work toward providing victims of crime with holistic services. ICF was hired as the national evaluator to document the planning, implementation, and outcomes of each network, with the goal of developing a blueprint that new jurisdictions could use to develop their own networks. In order to evaluate the wraparound victim legal assistance network demonstration projects successfully, the ICF research team collected data from a variety of research subjects. These included staff from organizations that were part of each networks’ steering committee or heavily involved in the network, legal and social crime victim service providers located within each networks’ jurisdiction, and victims of crime seeking or having received services from network partners. The national evaluation used a mixed methods approach to answer two main research questions: (1) Are coordinated, collaborative, and holistic approaches to legal assistance effective in meeting the needs of crime victims, and (2) What elements of these models work best and under what conditions? Data were collected using online and paper surveys, by in-person and phone interviews, and via administrative databases. [CVRL Note: demonstration sites include State of Alaska; Cook County Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles County, California; East Texas.] (Author Abstract)
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Program Evaluation, Legal Interventions, Legal Assistance, Legal Advocacy, Wrap Around, Wrap-around, Legal Needs, Victims, Holistic, Social Services, Victim Input, Victim Needs, Victim Services, Interagency Collaboration, Referrals, Relationship Building, Coordination, Service Provision, Education, Professional Development, Training for Service Providers, Underserved Populations
Citation
Lowry, Samantha; Feeley, Lisa; Smith, Jaclyn; Henninger, Alana; Bush, Amy. (2020). Evaluation of OVC’s Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Demonstration. ICF Incorporated for National Institute of Justice, NCJ 254634, 424 pgs.