ICJR Program FAQs
Report firefighters, 911 call takers, and dispatchers that receive grant-funded training in the Government Agency Staff category of professionals trained and use narrative q.13 to detail how many of each type of professional received grant-funded training.
Report EMS / Emergency Workers who receive grant-funded training in the Health Professionals category and use narrative q.13 to detail how many of each type of professional received grant-funded training.
No. Do not report activities performed by law enforcement officers in Section D. All law enforcement activities need to be reported in Section E1 Law Enforcement. OVW encourages grantees to use narrative boxes to detail activities that do not fit into a fillable numeric field.
No. In q.34: “Protection Orders”, only report those victims who directly received assistance with obtaining protection orders from grant-funded staff. In q.62: “Protection Orders,” report jurisdiction-wide data.
No. In q.34: “Protection Orders,” only report those victims who directly received assistance with obtaining protection orders from grant-funded staff. Question 38 only applies to grantees who use ICJR funds to support law enforcement activities; in q.38 only report instances in which law enforcement provided assistance to the victim/survivor in obtaining such an order.
Only report in q.38 if this activity falls within the scope of your grant. In q.38 only report instances in which law enforcement provided assistance to the victim/survivor in obtaining such an order. If ICJR funds only support a specific law enforcement activity, only support law enforcement officers on a specialized DV unit, or only support a high-risk team, then only report on protection orders in q.38 which fall within the scope of that special activity / specialized unit / or high-risk team.
No. In q.38 only report instances in which law enforcement provided assistance to the victim/survivor in obtaining such an order. In q.62: “Protection Orders,” report jurisdiction-wide data.
Yes, in this example, only domestic violence case information is reported, and the Sexual Assault and Stalking portions of Section E2 are left blank.
No, do not capture activities conducted by a prosecution-based investigator in Section E2 Prosecution. Capture all grant-funded activities conducted by the prosecution-based investigator in Section E1 Law Enforcement. Even though the ICJR-funded investigator may not work in a law enforcement agency, the activities conducted are considered law enforcement activities for the purpose of this report.
No, do not report each individual charge associated with a case in q.41. OVW asks that grantees report the type of case by the highest charge filed, even when the case is plead down to a lower charge.
A case may be transferred to another court that is outside the grant-funded jurisdiction for many reasons. For example, courts often handle only felony or misdemeanor crimes. If you transfer a case outside the jurisdiction that is receiving grant funds because the charges were reduced or enhanced beyond what that court typically handles, then report that case as transferred. In another example, if you transfer a case outside the jurisdiction that is receiving grant funds because the case was filed in the wrong jurisdiction, report that case as transferred.
OVW asks that grantees make an effort to accurately obtain information from the funded jurisdiction (city, county, state) for civil protection orders granted during the reporting period. Please use q.63 narrative to explain how this data is obtained. If this data is only obtainable from a different jurisdiction and/or for a different period of time, please explain this in q.63 narrative.