OVS celebrates 20 years of service
by
Carol Pitts
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last modified
Nov 15, 2023 12:31 PM
KDOC’s Office of Victim Services is celebrating 20 years of service this October.
On October 1, 2001 KDOC established the KDOC Office of Victim Services (OVS) and hired its first director.
Last fiscal year, OVS provided direct services to 10,242 victims and batterer intervention programming to 227 individuals. There are currently 40,978 victims registered with OVS.
The department has expanded from providing victim notification - the original statutory requirement - to offering liaison services, restorative justice programming and batterer intervention programming.
Learn more about OVS at https://www.doc.ks.gov/victim-services or download the brochure at https://www.doc.ks.gov/victim-services/publications/brochures/ovs-brochure/view
