OAR 137-076-0070: Payment of Grants Under ORS 147.231

(1) As used in ORS 147.231: (a) "Eligible public or private non-profit agency" means any public, state or local governmental entity or program or private non-profit organization that provides services to victims of violent crimes, property crimes and crimes involving fraud and deception; (b) "Services" includes but is not limited to, those services listed in ORS 147.231(3) and: (A) Training that enhances an eligible public or private non-profit agency’s ability to serve victims of violent crime; (B) Development of statewide procedures or services to enhance an eligible public or private non-profit agency’s program’s ability to respond to victims of violent crimes; (C) Community crisis response services; (D) Crime scene clean-up of residences; (E) Crime-related health and mental health services; and (F) Costs necessary to providing direct services to victims. (2) Department responsibilities: (a) The Department shall use the funds described in ORS 147.231 to support programs serving victims of violent crimes and the necessary administrative costs directly associated with providing services to such victims, as set forth in ORS 147.231. In administering this grant program, the Department may use any state-approved and legally binding disbursement method that meets the purpose of ORS 147.231; (b) The Department shall consult with the Attorney General's Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Advisory Committee in the administration of these grant funds. All grant funds disbursed under ORS 147.231 must be recommended by the VOCA Advisory Committee and approved by the Attorney General.