How to Add VAWA information?
What is VAWA?
VAWA stands for Violence Against Women Act. In the relationship tab we have an option to add VAWA information. The information added in this section is used to keep track of the defendant and the victim.
The information added in this section will be saved in the case and in the same location. Users can only add VAWA information to a victim.
How does STAC know who qualifies for VAWA?
STAC knows who qualifies for VAWA based on which individuals have the VAWA information filled out in the relationship tab and has the Qualify for VAWA box, checked.
STAC knows the date the individual qualified, based on the Event date (Events are added manually). STAC looks for the events (created in the Report Grant column map), but then only cases with individuals that qualified are included in the report.
How to add VAWA information?
There are 2 ways a user can add VAWA information to a Victim on the case:
1. Select the relationship > Right click menu > Victim Services > Add VAWA
2. Once the victim is selected the VAWA tab in the Detail section will be available to add/edit the VAWA information
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