South Salt Lake victim services supervisor reports 2,216 clients served and 8,797 services under federal grants

Jody, the city's victim services supervisor, presented the council with the biannual federal grant update required under the city's certified assurances for VOCA and VAWA funding. "We are just finishing up our first year which runs June 1st, 2025 to June 30th, 2026," Jody said.

She reported that the victim services team served 2,216 victims of violent crime in the grant year, including 1,618 violence-against-women cases, and that the team provided a total of 8,797 victim services. Jody described staffing supported by the grants: one full-time victim services supervisor (city-funded), three full-time victim advocates funded at 79% by the VOCA grant (with the city paying 21%), and two detectives whose pay is 26% funded by the VAWA grant to handle domestic-violence and sexual-assault cases.

Jody also said the department facilitated 24 U visa applications in the grant year and listed community partnerships — refugee-provider meetings, mental-health coalition engagement and statewide conferences — that staff used for training and networking.

The presentation was accepted by the council and members thanked Jody and the team for their work. No formal action was required; the report fulfilled the grant-reporting obligation for the governing body.