The Finance Committee and staff recommend that the Board of Supervisors accepts and appropriates the additional funds received for the FY 2019 Victim Witness Grant Program.

Spotsylvania County received $260,253 in Victim Witness funding versus the $255,150 that was anticipated with the adoption of the FY 2019 budget. The Commonwealth Attorney’s Office requests to appropriate the additional $5,103 to supplement the Victim Witness program budget as these funds cannot be used to supplant local funds. 

The Commonwealth Attorney’s Office wishes to allocate the additional funding for the Victim/Witness program as follows disability insurance for $720, language line interpretive services for $100, mileage for $858, subsistence and lodging for $512, education and training for $1,000, memberships for $100, and office supplies for $1,813.

There is no local match required and all funds must be expended by June 30, 2019.

Kathy Settle, Victim/Witness Director

Annette D'Alessandro, Finance

The Victim/Witness grant was established to provide assistance to victims and witnesses who have suffered physical, psychological or economic harm as a direct result of the commission of any felony, or certain misdemeanors.  Failure to appropriate and spend this funding in accordance with grant requirements will limit our ability to assist citizens who are either a victim or witness.