ISAC is pleased to announce the release of the annual update to its STOP Accomplishments dashboard. The update includes data on activities and victim services during calendar year 2022 that were funded through Idaho’s STOP program.

Administered on the state level by the Planning, Grants & Research (PGR) Department of the Idaho State Police (ISP), the STOP (Services, Training, Officers, and Prosecutors) program is a federal pass-through grant program authorized by the U.S. Congress as part of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). STOP funds originate in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women and are passed through to local agencies to support communities in their efforts to develop and strengthen effective criminal justice strategies to address domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence and develop and enhance victim services in cases involving these crimes.

Some highlights from the STOP program in 2022:

  --  A total of 14 agencies across 9 counties and 5 ISP districts reported STOP-funded activities to PGR in 2022.
  --  STOP funding paid for over 35,000 hours of staff time to work with victims/survivors of VAWA crimes (sexual assault, domestic/dating violence, and stalking), enabled 167 community-focused educational events on VAWA crimes, and funded 59 professional development trainings for 681 law enforcement officers, health care workers, court staff, victim advocates, and other justice system professionals who work with victims/survivors of VAWA crimes.
  --  Agencies using STOP funding to provide direct services to victims/survivors of VAWA crimes served 2,351 victims/survivors, 61% of which were victimized by a current or former intimate partner. The most commonly used STOP-funded services were victim advocacy (provided to 55% of victims/survivors), crisis intervention (43%), and criminal justice system advocacy/court accompaniment (33%).
  --  Prosecution units funded by the STOP program received 48 cases, 85% of which were accepted for prosecution. Of the cases accepted for prosecution, 57% of cases resulted in a conviction or guilty plea.

See more data from Idaho's STOP program on ISAC's STOP Accomplishments dashboard (https://isp.idaho.gov/pgr/sac/dashboards/stop-accomplishments/).

Learn more about Idaho's STOP program on PGR's STOP VAWA page (https://isp.idaho.gov/pgr/stop-vawa/).

The Idaho Statistical Analysis Center (ISAC) is located within the Planning, Grants & Research Department of the Idaho State Police. The mission of ISAC is to disseminate research, data and statistics related to crime, illegal drugs, victim services, and the administration of justice in Idaho. To learn more about ISAC, or to access other data dashboards and publications, visit our website at https://isp.idaho.gov/pgr/sac/.