2020-11-13T14:34:54-07:00 2019-12-31 990 2019-01-01 742976544 JUSTICE LEAGUE JUST 6148488500 3976 North Hampton Drive Powell OH 430658430 Catherine Harper Lee Executive Director 6148488500 2020-11-13 69.135.111.214 2019 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center Catherine Harper Lee 3976 North Hampton Drive Powell OH 43065 1191615 0 X https://www.ocvjc.org X 2000 OH The mission of Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center (OCVJC), is to ensure that the constitutional and statutory rights of Ohio crime victims are protected and enforced in state and federal jurisdictions in all 88 Ohio counties. To fulfill this mission, OCVJC provides free legal representation and advocacy to Ohio crime victims, victims' rights training to justice system officials, allied professionals, and the public, technical assistance to advocates and other allied professionals, and promotes public awareness of victims' rights. 6 5 15 50 0 0 792108 1191615 0 0 0 0 12605 0 804713 1191615 0 0 0 0 585891 836163 0 0 0 225041 350869 810932 1187032 -6219 4583 71275 117474 77449 119065 -6174 -1591 The mission of Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center (OCVJC), is to ensure that the constitutional and statutory rights of Ohio crime victims are protected and enforced in state and federal jurisdictions in all 88 Ohio counties. To fulfill this mission, OCVJC provides free legal representation and advocacy to Ohio crime victims, victims' rights training to justice system officials, allied professionals and the public, technical assistance to advocates and other allied professionals, and promotes public awareness of victims' rights. 0 0 982702 0 Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center (OCVJC), provided free legal representation and advocacy to over 980 crime victims during the 2019 calendar year. Representation and advocacy included securing justice and due process for victims throughout the criminal and juvenile justice systems in a manner no less vigorous than the rights afforded to the accused. Protecting crime victims' rights is accomplished by: ensuring that victims are treated with fairness and respect and by ensuring the victim's safety, dignity and privacy; ensuring victims' rights to reasonable and timely notice of all public proceedings involving the criminal offense or delinquent act against them; ensuring victims' rights to be present at all such proceedings; ensuring victims' rights to confer with the attorney for the government; ensuring victims' rights to proceedings free from unreasonable delay; ensuring victims' rights to be heard in any public proceeding involving release, plea, sentencing, disposition, or parole, or in any public proceeding in which a right of the victim is implicated; ensuring that victims have reasonable protection from the accused or any person acting on behalf of the accused; ensuring that victims receive reasonable notice of any release or escape of the accused, except as authorized by section 10 of Article I of this constitution; ensuring victims' rights to refuse an interview, deposition, or other discovery request made by the accused or any person acting on behalf of the accused; ensuring full and timely restitution from the person who committed the criminal offense or delinquent act against them. The successful litigation to protect and enforce victims' rights not only provides much needed assistance to the victims OCVJC serves, but establishes compelling and substantive case law that has a profound effect on the enforcement of crime victims' rights laws. OCVJC provided victims rights training to over 1940 hospital personnel, advocates, law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, community groups, and schools. OCVJC incentivized attorney, judge, and social worker participation by offering these programs free of charge and providing continuing legal education credit and continuing education units. 63714 0 Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center (OCVJC), provided free legal representation and advocacy to to 46 crime victims during the 2019 calendar year under the NCVLI RISE OVC grant. Representation and advocacy included securing justice and due process for victims throughout the criminal and juvenile justice systems in a manner no less vigorous than the rights afforded to the accused. Protecting crime victims' rights is accomplished by: ensuring that victims are treated with fairness and respect and by ensuring the victim's safety, dignity and privacy; ensuring victims' rights to reasonable and timely notice of all public proceedings involving the criminal offense or delinquent act against them; ensuring victims' rights to be present at all such proceedings; ensuring victims' rights to confer with the attorney for the government; ensuring victims' rights to proceedings free from unreasonable delay; ensuring victims' rights to be heard in any public proceeding involving release, plea, sentencing, disposition, or parole, or in any public proceeding in which a right of the victim is implicated; ensuring that victims have reasonable protection from the accused or any person acting on behalf of the accused; ensuring that victims receive reasonable notice of any release or escape of the accused, except as authorized by section 10 of Article I of this constitution; ensuring victims' rights to refuse an interview, deposition, or other discovery request made by the accused or any person acting on behalf of the accused; ensuring full and timely restitution from the person who committed the criminal offense or delinquent act against them. The successful litigation to protect and enforce victims' rights not only provides much needed assistance to the victims OCVJC serves, but establishes compelling and substantive case law that has a profound effect on the enforcement of crime victims' rights laws. 5801 0 To establish formal or informal relationships or collaborations with all organizations or agencies that provide services to crime victims. These organizations and agencies include; hospitals, advocates, social workers, law enforcement offices, prosecutor's offices, courts, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, community groups and schools. 0 0 0 1052217 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X Terry L Moore CPA-inactive 6148488500 3976 North Hampton Drive Powell OH 430658430 Catherine Harper Lee Executive Director 40 0 X X 85458 0 0 Craig Henderson Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Brooke Roman-Hidas Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Gloria Vasquez Trustee 1 X 0 0 0 Nancy Nestor-Baker Treasurer 1 0 X 0 0 0 Jerry Rampelt Chairman-Board of Trustees 1 0 X 0 0 0 85458 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26085 0 1062985 102545 0 1191615 0 0 0 0 0 26085 0 1191615 0 0 0 652517 581201 71316 12748 11358 1390 107495 95778 11717 63403 56492 6911 2495 2495 8000 7280 720 107386 98567 8819 39436 36265 3171 28192 25228 2964 85696 78806 6890 23353 22785 568 21822 21436 386 6919 6919 9061 9061 Office Furnishings 18509 17021 1488 0 1187032 1052217 134815 0 10543 3184 60306 112223 384 2025 0 42 42 71275 117474 33348 43797 5801 35600 27600 2700 47668 0 77449 119065 X -6174 -1591 0 0 -6174 -1591 71275 117474 4583 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 1 X 0 1 1 X 239069 466728 795300 804009 1174389 3479495 704 4226 4930 239069 466728 795300 804713 1178615 3484425 3484425 13000 13000 3497425 0.99628 1 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Revenue for consultation on Marsy's Law initiative in the State of Ohio. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1191615 0 0 0 0 0 1191615 0 0 0 1191615 1187032 0 0 0 0 0 1187032 0 0 0 1187032 Models of Justice Dinner 15626 0 15626 0 0 0 0 0 9488 Rock & Jock for Justice Golf Outing 29628 0 29628 0 0 0 0 0 9681 0 45254 0 45254 0 0 0 0 0 19169 19169 26085 Cathy Harper Lee Executive Director Working Capital X 39000 17600 0 1 1 Jerry Rampelt Board of Trustees Chairman Working Capital X 10000 10000 0 1 1 27600 0 0 0 0 Form 990, Part I, Line 1 The Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center (OCVJC), provided free legal representation and advocacy to over 980 crime victims during the 2019 calendar year. Representation and advocacy included securing justice and due process for victims throughout the criminal and juvenile justice systems in a manner no less vigorous than the rights afforded to the accused. Protecting crime victims' rights is accomplished by: ensuring that victims are treated with fairness and respect and by ensuring the victim's safety, dignity and privacy; ensuring victims' rights to reasonable and timely notice of all public proceedings involving the criminal offense or delinquent act against them; ensuring victims' rights to be present at all such proceedings; ensuring victims' rights to confer with the attorney for the government; ensuring victims' rights to proceedings free from unreasonable delay; ensuring victims' rights to be heard in any public proceeding involving release, plea, sentencing, disposition, or parole, or in any public proceeding in which a right of the victim is implicated; ensuring that victims have reasonable protection from the accused or any person acting on behalf of the accused; ensuring that victims receive reasonable notice of any release or escape of the accused, except as authorized by section 10 of Article I of this constitution; ensuring victims' rights to refuse an interview, deposition, or other discovery request made by the accused or any person acting on behalf of the accused; ensuring full and timely restitution from the person who committed the criminal offense or delinquent act against them. The successful litigation to protect and enforce victims' rights not only provides much needed assistance to the victims OCVJC serves, but establishes compelling and substantive case law that has a profound effect on the enforcement of crime victims' rights laws. OCVJC provided victims rights training to over 1140 hospital personnel, advocates, law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, community groups, and schools. OCVJC incentivized attorney, judge, and social worker participation by offering these programs free of charge and providing continuing legal education credit and continuing education units. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The organization's policies and procedures require that prior to filing, the organization's Form 990 is distributed by the Corporate Controller to all members of the Board of Trustees for their individual review. Following this distribution, at the next Board of Trustees meeting, board members present their questions and/or comments for discussion. The Corporate Controller leads this discussion. After all Board of Trustee members have reviewed and accepted the Form 990, the Board of Trustees, through a Board motion, approves the Form 990 for filing with the Internal Revenue Service. The Corporate Controller is then responsible for filing the Form 990 with the IRS in a timely manner. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c As soon as a Board of Trustee member becomes aware of a potential conflict of interest, the member is required to report this potential conflict to the Board-at-large. The Board-at-latge then determines the appropriate action to be taken. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The organization uses salary information from other similar organizations as well as salary surveys for comparable positions within the State of Ohio in order to support the salary ranges that it uses for its Executive Director, Legal Director, Staff Attorneys, Corporate Controller as well as other staff positions. This salary review process is conducted annually. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 These documents are made available to interested parties upon request.