H.A.V.E.N. Update
By Cathleen Osborne-Gowey (Program Admin – Crime Victim Advocate) COsbornegowey@estoo.net
Program Update:
Hello all –
We hope you had a safe and happy holiday season. As the new year starts, we wanted to share the news that our new Office for Victims of Crime Tribal Set Aside grant has been awarded and starts this year. This grant will ensure we can help victims of crime for another five full years. Which brings up a question, do you know who we serve? For a long time, we solely served domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking victims. However, with our OVC funding we can assist ALL victims of crime including domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and human trafficking. Which brings up another question, what does that mean? What do we mean when we say, “victim of crime”?
What is a “Victim of Crime”
ESTOO HAVEN is not responsible for defining what constitutes a victim of crime as these definitions are already set through U.S. Department of Justice-Office of Justice Programs-Office for Victims of Crime. For a complete listing of how OVC defines what is a victim of crime and what types of victimization is covered, see below. (From https://www.ovc.gov/library/glossary.html#typeofvictim)
Office for Victims of Crime
Type of Victim/Victimization Definitions
Type of Victim/Victimization
Adult molested as child
Adult age 18 or older who was sexually abused as a child (see child sexual abuse definition below).
Adult sexual assault
Sexual offense—including rape, incest, fondling, exhibitionism, or pornography—of an adult age 18 or older.
Aggravated assault
Unlawful, intentional causing of serious bodily injury with or without a deadly weapon, or unlawful, intentional attempting or threatening of serious bodily injury or death with a deadly or dangerous weapon.
Arson
Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling, house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, or personal property of another.
Assault
An unlawful attack by one person on another, with or without a weapon, that inflicts, or attempts or threatens to inflict, physical injury.
Child
A person under the age of 18 or as otherwise defined by state law.
Child physical abuse
Non-accidental injury to a child by a parent or other adult that may include severe beatings, burns, strangulation, or human bites.
Child sexual abuse
Sexual offense (see definition below) against a child by a parent or other adult.
Domestic violence
Violent acts involving a current or former spouse or domestic partner.
DUI/DWI crash
Accident involving one or more motor vehicles in which at least one driver was under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs (DUI) or was legally intoxicated (DWI) at the time of the crash.
Elder abuse
Abuse perpetrated by a caretaker on an elderly individual who depends on others for support and assistance.
Fraud
A deliberate deception perpetrated for unlawful or unfair gain.
Gang violence
Criminal acts committed by a group of three or more individuals who regularly engage in criminal activity and identify themselves with a common name or sign.
Human Trafficking
Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion, for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
Identity theft
A crime in which an imposter obtains key pieces of personal information, such as Social Security or driver’s license numbers, to impersonate someone else.
Other, referring to types of victim served
Victims of nonviolent crime, such as burglary and white-collar crime.
Other violent crimes
Other crimes not listed, not including property crimes (which is the taking of money or property without force or threat of force).
Robbery
Taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence.
Sexual offense
Forcible rape, attempted rape, statutory rape, sexual harassment, prostitution, or other unlawful sexual contact and other unlawful behavior intended to result in sexual gratification or profit from sexual activity.
Stalking
Any unwanted contact between two people that directly or indirectly communicates a threat or places the victim in fear.
Survivor of homicide victim
Family member or loved one of a murder victims.
Terrorism
Use of violence or intimidation to coerce a government or civilian population to further political or social objectives.
Victims with disabilities
Victims of crime who have a physical or mental disability.
White-collar crime
Nonviolent crime for financial gain committed by means of deception by persons with special technical and professional knowledge of business or government.
Haven advocates for all victims of crime. If you have questions, please contact HAVEN and talk with one of our advocates about how we can help and what services Haven can provide.
If you are able please call or see the messaging links above:
Haven Office: 918-554-2836
Text Line: 918.533.3070
Crime Victim Advocate: 541.602.0616
Program Website: https://havenprogram.com/
Program Email: havenprogram@estoo.net
Facebook: HAVEN Tribal Program, Twitter: @ProgramHaven, Instagram: HAVENTRIBALProgram.
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