Executive Office of Public Safety and Security

Office of Grants and Research

FFY 2016 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) STOP Grant

Quarterly Progress Report

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Date: / Award Number: / 2016-WF-AX-0029

This report reflects the following (check one):

Quarter: Period: Report Due:

_____1st Quarter Contract Start Date – December 31, 2016 January 15, 2017

_____2nd Quarter January 1, 2016 – March 31, 2017 April 15, 2017

_____3rd Quarter April 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017 July 15, 2017

_____4th Quarter July 1, 2016 – September 30, 2017 October 15, 2017

Note: This Quarterly Progress Report must be submitted to EOPSS Office of Grants & Research along with the Quarterly Financial Report and Excel Spreadsheet within fifteen days after the end of the quarter. The information in this report must reflect all activities that were both federally and match funded (if applicable) for the VAWA STOP Grant Project.

I.  Goals, Objectives and Activities

Explain your progress in reaching your project’s goals and objectives in this quarter. Fill in the chart below with your program’s Goals, Objectives, and Activities.

Under the Activities section please include any of the following:

·  Direct services

·  Personnel activities (i.e. hiring, promotions)

·  Policy changes/enhancements (i.e. implementation of guidelines)

·  Collaborative efforts (e.g., community based-events, commission meetings, advisory committees, and community roundtables) your agency has organized or participated in related to your VAWA funded project. Please include the participating agencies and the topics of discussion.

·  Trainings, conferences or seminars that the personnel employed through your VAWA STOP Act grant attended. Please include the location and topic of each, as well as the VAWA staff that attended

When submitting reports for Quarters 2, 3, and 4 please keep all the activities/meeting/trainings/etc in the report from the previous periods. The example below shows a progress report for Quarter 2 (notice how the Quarter 1 activities are still in the report. This will help EOPSS and you gauge the success of your program and each goal. If no activity for a particular objective happened in a quarter, please indicate ‘Not Applicable.’ If more boxes are needed please add where appropriate.

Example

Goal 1: To improve the Police Department’s response to domestic violence
Objective 1: Civilian Police Advocate will be hired by April 1, 2016

Quarter 1 Activities

Activities
Job opening posted on PD website
5 interviews conducted by PD hiring committee
PD hiring committee evaluated each candidate

Quarter 2 Activities

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Jane Smith hired as Civilian Police Advocate
Goal 2: To make victims more knowledgeable of the criminal justice process
Objective 1: 50% of victims will report increased knowledge of their legal rights as a DV victim

Quarter 1 Activities

Activities
VAWA staff attorney attended “How to Explain Legal Rights to DV Victims Seminar” in Washington DC
VAWA Staff attorney attended Boston Legal Services DV Coalition meeting. Topics discussed included: DV victim rights, changes in MA statues

Quarter 2 Activities

Activities
VAWA staff attorney spends 2 hours each day at District Court meeting with victims to explain rights
Goal 3: To provide direct services to victims of City
Objective 1: Refer at least 30 victims to Local DV Shelter

Quarter 1 Activities

Activities
Town DV Service Provider Roundtable (Police, Shelter, Hospital all present)- topics included referral process for shelter

Quarter 2 Activities

Activities
10 victims so far have been referred to Local DV Shelter
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II.  DATA

In the chart below, indicate the requested statistical data for this quarter in the applicable sections. Statistical data should be listed as number of victims served, calls responded to, cases prosecuted, trainings conducted, materials produced or distributed. (For categories that are not applicable, write “N/A.”). An agency is eligible for a category if they received VAWA funding for that specific category. Additionally, please attach a copy of all materials produced with VAWA STOP Act Grant funds in this quarter.

Data Requested / 1st Quarter / 2nd Quarter / 3rd Quarter / 4th Quarter
Number of Victims Served (i.e. contacted, counseled, advocated for, etc.)
(Note: This is a cumulative number, please include victims that started service in one quarter and carried over into another. Ex: if you served 10 victims in the 1st Quarter and 5 of those victims carried over, plus 10 NEW victims were served in the 2nd Quarter, the number in the 2nd Quarter box would be 15, and so on.)
Number of Victim Service Referrals Made
Number of DV/SA/Stalking Cases Prosecuted (# of arraignments completed by VAWA funded position(s)).
Number of DV/SA/Stalking Incident Calls Responded To
Number of Trainings Conducted
Number of Materials Produced
Number of Materials Distributed
Other (please describe)

For Civilian Police Advocate Programs Only – Please state the number of reports that your police department as a whole filed “concerning an incident, offense or alleged offense investigated, or any arrest made” that involved domestic abuse, as per MGL c 41 § 98G.

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