LEONARDTOWN, Md. – State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling proudly announces the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy (GOCPP) awarded the State’s Attorney’s Office for St. Mary’s County a $586,299 Victims of Crime Act grant for fiscal year 2025.
The grant funds will supplement the Victim Services Division of the State’s Attorney’s Office by funding eight positions within the Division for a seamless continuation of victim services. Specifically, the grant will enable the Office to preserve one Director, one Deputy Director, five Victim Witness Advocate Coordinators, and one Senior Legal Assistant. The grant will also provide opportunities for crime victims to receive mental health services and allow Victim/Witness Advocates to obtain training opportunities essential to their jobs.
Since the beginning of State’s Attorney Sterling’s administration, the Office has successfully secured a total of $1,230,142 in grants dedicated to victim services for St. Mary’s County. This, in combination with other grants, brings the grand total of grant dollars received by the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office to $1,428,692.
State’s Attorney Sterling said, “These grants are vital to support the core functions, operations, and initiatives of our Office in providing critical programs and services to crime victims.”
Sterling further emphasized the strategic utilization of external resources to enhance and expand crucial initiatives for crime victims in our County.
Jessika Hall, Grant Coordinator for the State’s Attorney’s Office, successfully wrote and prepared the competitive FY25 VOCA grant on behalf of the citizens of St. Mary’s County.
The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy funded this project under subaward number VOCA-2023-0023. All points of view in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of any State or Federal agency.
Let’s make sure it actually goes to that! Apparently that office has some trouble distributing its government funds properly. Could be an issue going forward!
Secured pretty nice government salary for her and her 3rd chief of staff as well! Now time for Daddy to get that senate seat so she can put her friends and donors on special committees!
Such an abuse of power. She directs her underlings to overcharge the obviously winnable cases just for the sake of wins. It doesn’t matter to arrogant and ego driven lady because she is stacking her eggs for a way to secure her political agenda. The community wants transparency and wants to know the fate of the first African American District Attorney in The Old Line State? No press conference or nothing. Nothing to tell the citizens and voters of Maryland’s first. Just a closed and muted story. Where is St Mary’s Co’s first black District Attorney? Does she still hold a seat on the round table. This wonder woman’s own office says she is very hard to work with. Golly can only imagine working for Baby Hogan.
Just to think that this office is so politically motivated that it’s pathetic. Folks are going to wish that they kept Rick in that seat. This office is not fair when it comes to prosecuting casing. If they think that the case is a “win win” they will over charge it because of the circumstances without being fair or realizing that they maybe destroying a young minority’s future. The win is the motive especially if it pertains to a minority. This office seems to be very difficult to deal with even within its own body. The arrogance and ego trickling down from the gubernatorial seat has made it a very challenging job for those who are underlings. The first African American to be seated in this office left running with her tail between her legs. What happened to the minority attorney