Legislation and Policy - Victim Related

Making the Road by Walking It – Ten Years on the Road with PSJ

April 23, 2010
Take a look back with us at our first 10 years as an organization, starting with our founding as Western Prison Project in 1999, and refresh your memory about or learn about the road we've traveled to become the Partnership for Safety and Justice, an organization with a holistic vision for reform.

Article by Caylor Roling

Looking Back, Moving Forward (JM-Spring 2010)

April 23, 2010
This issue we are Looking Back at where we've been as an organization and exploring the road ahead as we are Moving Forward.

In this issue:

Helping the Victims of Domestic Violence

February 26, 2010
This Guest Editorial highlights the need for safe shelter, services, and workplace accommodations for domestic violence survivors. (The Oregonian)

House Human Services Committee Focuses on DV

February 25, 2010
Since Nov, 19 women and children have lost their lives to domestic violence. On Feb 19, the House Human Services Committee heard from service providers and allied professionals about how Oregon can better respond to DV.

On average each year, 18 Oregonians are killed as a result of domestic violence. This statistic is shocking enough.

New Law Protects Sexual Assault Survivors from Insurance Discrimination

February 23, 2010
New legislation, passed by the OR House and Senate, ensures that insurance companies can't consider sexual assault a "preexisting condition."

SENATE MAJORITY OFFICE

Oregon State Legislature
State Capitol
Salem, OR

NEWS RELEASE

February 22, 2010

OR Legislators Pass Human Trafficking Bill

February 22, 2010
New legislation, passed by the House and Senate, will make it easier for trafficking victims (often sexually-exploited adolescents) to find help. (The Oregonian)

Oregon Senate passes bill to fight human trafficking

By Bill Graves, The Oregonian

February 19, 2010, 3:49PM

President Obama Nominates OVC Director

January 4, 2010
On Dec. 22, 2009, President Obama nominated Beatrice Hanson to direct the Office for Victims of Crime in the U.S. Department of Justice.

The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) was established by the 1984 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) to oversee diverse programs that benefit victims of crime.

Domestic violence murders: Community and victims cry out for solutions

December 14, 2009
In the last month, 18 people have lost their lives in domestic violence murder-suicides. Community leaders speak out. (Oregonian Op-Ed)

VOCA Bill Heads to Full Senate

November 2, 2009
The Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act, which would increase victim assistance funding through 2014, has passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee and is headed to the full Senate floor.

CRAPO CRIME VICTIMS BILL GOES TO FULL SENATE
American Chronicle, Congressional Desk

25th Anniversary of VOCA

October 12, 2009
In October of 1984, the federal government passed the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) and took a big step forward in not only providing services to survivors of crime, but in finding ways to fund these services.

In 1984, the federal government passed the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) and took a big step forward in not only providing services to survivors of crime, but in finding ways to fund these services.

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