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Adopt a resolution recognizing April 6-12, 2025, as National Crime Victims' Rights Week in Solano County
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The District Attorney recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution recognizing April 6-12, 2025 as National Crime Victims' Rights Week in Solano County.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
For over three decades, National Crime Victims' Rights Week has successfully promoted awareness for victims' rights and services and honored countless crime victims and survivors. This year's theme - Connecting < KINSHIP > Healing, is a call to action to recognize that shared humanity should be at the center of supporting all survivors and victims of crime. KINSHIP is a state of being with survivors that drives vital connections and increases access to services, rights, and healing. KINSHIP is where victim advocacy begins.
Although there is much to celebrate within the victim rights movement, we face multiple, complex challenges in reaching out to all victims. New types of crime have emerged and proliferated as a result of changes brought about by technology and globalization in our society. Meanwhile, long-standing types of victimization endure, demanding a renewed commitment to action.
Solano County's Crime Victim/Witness (VW) Assistance Unit in the District Attorney's Office works with victims and witnesses of all different crimes including homicide, robbery, sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, elder abuse, child molestation and physical abuse. This VW Unit worked with 2,673 new victims of crime in the calendar year 2024, of which 1,327 were domestic violence related. The VW Unit is comprised of nine hard working and dedicated advocates who work with victims and witnesses on a daily basis. The unit is supported by grant funding through the California Office of Emergency Services.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
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