102Victim Advocacy services are available 24 hours a day days a week to Soldiers and Family members. Victims have the same reporting options as victims do through SHARP restricted and unrestricted.
E. Victim Witness Assistance Program (AR 27-10, Ch. 17; DoDI 1030.1)The victim witness assistance program (VWAP), supervised by the SJA office, was established to support all victims of and witnesses to crime by mitigating the hardships suffered by victims and witnesses as they are guided through the military justice process. The goal is to foster the full cooperation of victims and witnesses within
the military justice system, and ensure that victims and witness are advised of and afforded certain rights. The program supports military justice prosecution efforts by encouraging the development and strengthening of victim and witness services, communicating with
local confinement facilities, consolidating information pertaining to victim and witness services, and coordinating multidisciplinary victim/witness services by and through victim/witness liaisons (VWL). Specially trained VWLs called special victim witness liaisons (SVWLs) will handle sexual assault cases and be a member of the prosecution team. VWLs do not have confidentiality with victims or witnesses.
1. Victim Witness Liaisons• Act as primary point of contact for victims and witnesses to obtain information and assistance in securing available services Act in conjunction with unit victim advocate Advise victims of their rights to certain services using DD Forms 2701 and 2702.
• Ensure that victims receive the appropriate assistance to which they are entitled.
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