Evaluation of the STOP Formula Grants 2000 Report: The Violence Against Women Act of 1994

Evaluationof the STOPFormula Grantsto CombatViolenceAgainstWomenThe Violence AgainstWomen Act of 19942000 ReportEvaluationof the STOPFormula GrantsPrepared for theNational Instituteof JusticeGrant No.95-WT-NX-0005This project wassupported by GrantNo. 95-WT-NX-0005awarded by theNational Institute ofJustice, U.S. Depart-ment of Justice. Pointsof view in this docu-ment are those of theauthors and do notnecessarily representthe official position orpolicies of the U.S.Department of Justiceor of other staff mem-bers, officers, trustees,advisory groups, orfunders of the UrbanInstitute.2100 M Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20037The Urban Institute 2000 Report:Evaluation of the STOP Formula Grants toCombat Violence Against WomenMarch 2000Martha R. BurtJanine M. ZweigKathryn SchlichterStacey KamyaBonnie L. KatzNeal MillerSusan KeilitzAdele V. HarrellThe Urban Institute2100 M Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20037 This report could not have been written without assistance from anumber of sources. The authors gratefully acknowledge the sup-port of the National Institute of Justice and our project monitor,Bernard Auchter. We also thank Angela Moore Parmley of NIJ andCatherine Pierce, Kim Cross Galvan, Ursula Barrett, and the staff ofthe Violence Against Women Office.We are very grateful for the guidance offered by members ofour advisory panel: Alana Bowman, Gail Burns-Smith, BarbaraHart, Meredith Hofford, Joan Kuriansky, Leni Marin, ElaineNugent, Mimi Rose, Joe Ryan, Nancy Turner, and Joan Weiss. Theirexpertise made significant contributions to our work.We met or interviewed well over 400 people during the courseof our telephone surveys and site visits to 16 states, including stateSTOP grant administrators, STOP subgrantees, advocates, serviceproviders, law enforcement professionals, prosecutors, judges, andmany others. We deeply appreciate their willingness to share theirexperiences and insights with us. The accuracy of all descriptionsof STOP-funded projects identified by project name in this reporthas been verified with project staff, and their permission has beengranted to include their program’s name in this report.Barbara Smith and Bonnie Katz helped greatly by serving asconsultants for many site visits. The authors would also like tothank other Urban Institute staff who contributed so much towardthis project for help in preparing this report and for basic staff sup-port: Scott Forrey, Helena Mickle, Mildred Woodhouse, SuellenWenz, and Barbara Willis. This report was supported by Grant No. 95-WT-NX-0005awarded by the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department ofJustice. Points of view in this document are those of the authors anddo not necessarily represent the official position or policies of theU.S. Department of Justice or of other staff members, officers,trustees, advisory groups, or funders of the Urban Institute.Acknowledgments ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iiHIGHLIGHTS OF THE REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiCHAPTER 1:INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Evaluation of the STOP Program Prior to This Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2An Overview of the 2000 Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4CHAPTER 2:STOP SUBGRANT AWARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Proportion of Awards Accounted for in the SAPRs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Subgrant Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Distribution of Funds Across Law Enforcement, Prosecution, and Victim Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Distribution of Funds Across Types of Crime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Distribution of Funds Across Legislative Purpose Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Estimating the Number of Projects from SAPR Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11CHAPTER 3:IMPACT OF STOP SUBGRANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Subgrant Statistics Documenting Changes from Before STOP to the Present . . . 14Prosecution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Law Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Victim Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .