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Program Description

  Trauma Services

Trauma Services (TS) includes the Abused Persons Program (APP) for partner violence and the Victim Assistance and Sexual Assault Program (VASAP) for sexual assaults and general/violent crimes, including services to surviving family members of homicide and other tragic/traumatic deaths. Trauma Services provides comprehensive, individualized, and culturally appropriate clinical and victim assistance services to domestic violence victims and offenders, sexual assault victims, and victims of general crime of all ages. Programming for domestic violence, sexual violence, and human trafficking victims also includes information and referral, lethality assessments, crisis intervention, safety planning, outreach to hospitals/police stations for victims of sexual assault, and placement in emergency shelters.

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Program Contacts

Contact Monica Martin of the HHS - Behavioral Health and Crisis Services at 240-777-1488 or Grace Pedersen of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-773-1088 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

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Program Performance Measures

Program Performance MeasuresActual FY23Actual FY24Estimated FY25Target FY26Target FY27
Number of new Partner Abuse victims served 11,6391,4501,5951,7551,931
Number of Partner Abuse victim clients waiting for counseling service (monthly average) 21743302520
Percent of clients receiving therapy that demonstrate improvement on a domestic violence rating scale 398%98%99%100%100%
1  A personnel shortage contributed to the decrease in the number of clients served. Additionally, there was an increase in the severity and complexity of cases. Projections are based on a 10% increase from FY24.
2  In FY24, the program encountered limited staffing issues which resulted in a significant increase to the waitlist.
3  The program continues to see improved symptom reduction in FY24 due to operating more domestic violence groups and offering services in person and online to meet the clients' needs.
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Program Budget Changes

FY26 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY25 Approved694915127.75
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.9596816.00
FY26 Recommended790883233.75