Victims of violent crimes: trauma recovery centers.

Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation Board to administer a program to evaluate applications and award grants to trauma recovery centers funded by moneys in the Restitution Fund. Existing law provides that these funds for the support of trauma recovery center grants are not continuously appropriated and the administrative costs of the board are subject to annual review and appropriation as part of the state budget process. Existing law recognizes the Trauma Recovery Center at San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, as the State Pilot Trauma Recovery Center (State Pilot TRC) . Existing law requires the board to use the evidence-informed Integrated Trauma Recovery Services model developed by the State Pilot TRC when it provides grants to trauma recovery centers. This bill would require the board to administer a program to evaluate applications and award grants to school-based trauma recovery centers, upon appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes. The bill would require the board to award a grant only to a school-based trauma recovery center that meets specified criteria, including, among other things, providing a whole-school, systematic approach to trauma and that uses certain core elements. The bill would permit the board to award a grant providing for funding for up to 3 years, and would require the board, when considering grant applications, to give preference to school-based trauma recovery centers that meet outlined criteria. The bill would require school-based trauma recovery centers that are awarded grants to report to the board annually on how grant funds were spent, as well as other specified information.