OVP: Local Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement Program
What is Local VALE?
The Local Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement Program, established by state statute, provides grant funding to agencies that provide services to crime victims within Local Judicial Districts based on money collected from certain crimes. These funds are collected and used for grants to agencies that provide services to crime victims within the local judicial district from which the surcharge was imposed.
What Does Local VALE Fund?
According to state statute, Local VALE has two funding priority areas. Local VALE funds are used to establish funding programs that implement the Victim Rights Act. Local VALE funding is also used for victim and witness services which include crisis intervention services, victim services referrals, victim assistance programs, and counseling.
Locate and contact the Local VALE Administrator for your area
- 1st Judicial District - Gilpin and Jefferson county
Contact Name: Allison Boyd
- Address: 500 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401-6020
- Phone: (303) 271-6767
- Email: aboyd@jeffco.us
- 2nd Judicial District - Denver county
Contact Name: Julie Madden-Brackley
- Address: 370 Seventeenth Street, Suite 5300, Denver, CO 80202
- Phone: (720) 913-9080
- Email: Julie.brackley@denverda.org
Co-Administrator: Meghan Patrick
- Address: 370 Seventeenth Street, Suite 5300, Denver, CO 80202
- Phone: (720) 913-9044
- Email: Meghan.Patrick@DenverDA.org
- 3rd Judicial District - Huerfano and Las Animas county
Contact Name: Crystal Vigil
- Address: 323 Main Street, Walsenburg CO 81089
- Phone: (719) 738-1510
- Email: cvigil@3rdjudicial.org
- 4th Judicial District - Teller and El Paso county
Contact Name: Amber Holland
- Address: 105 East Vermijo, Suite 111, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
- Phone: (719) 520-6723
- Email: amberholland@da4colorado.gov
- 5th Judicial District - Eagle, Lake, Summit, and Clear Creek
Contact Name: Wendi Rowles
- Address: P.O. Box 295, Eagle, CO 81631
- Phone: (970) 390-0150
- Email: WRowles@da5.us
- 6th Judicial District - La Plata, San Juan, and Archuleta county
Contact Name: Carol Little
- Address: 1060 East Second Avenue, Durango, CO 81302
- Phone: (970) 247-8850
- Email: clittlle@lpcgov.org
- 7th Judicial District - Montrose, Delta, Gunnison, San Miguel, Ouray, and Hinsdale county
Contact Name: Aimee English
- Address: 1140 N. Grand Ave. #200, Montrose, CO 81401
- Phone: (970) 252-4276
- Email: a.english@co7da.org
- 8th Judicial District - Jackson and Larimer county
Contact Name: Candace Smith
- Address: 201 La Porte Ave., Ste. 200, Ft. Collins, CO 80521-2763
- Phone: (970) 498-7290
- Email: smithcr@co.larimer.co.us
- 9th Judicial District - Rio Blanco, Garfield, and Pitkin County
Contact Name: Steve Aurand
- Address: 109 8th St., Ste. 308, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
- Phone: (970) 384-3517
- Email: saurand@9daco.org
- 10th Judicial District - Pueblo county
Contact Name: Lesley Geremia
- Address: 701 Court Street, Pueblo, CO 81003
- Phone: (719) 583-6010
- Email: geremial@pueblocounty.us
- 11th Judicial District - Chaffee, Park, Fremont, and Custer county
Contact Name: Jeanine Lucero
- Address: 136 Justice Center Road, Rm 203, Canon City, CO 81212
- Phone: (719) 269-0170
- Email: jlucero@da11thjd.org
- 12th Judicial District - Mineral, Saguache, Rio Grande, Alamosa, Conejos, and Costilla county
Contact Name: Meghan Bagwell
- Address: 426 San Juan Avenue, Alamosa, CO 81101
- Phone: (719) 589-3691, Ext 117
- Email: mbagwell@da12.state.co.us
- 13th Judicial District - Morgan, Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, Washington, Yuma, and Kit Carson county
Contact Name: Jill Olsen
- Address: 830 E Platte Ave, Ste H, Ft. Morgan, CO 80701
- Phone: (970) 467-0466
- Email: jolsen@13thda.com
- 14th Judicial District - Moffat, Routt, and Grand
Contact Name: Donna Zulian
- Address: 1198 West Victory Way, Ste 210, Craig, CO 81625
- Phone: (970) 629-0485
- Email: dzulian@14da.org
- 15th Judicial District - Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers, and Baca county
Contact Name: Tyler Ann Clodfelter, Tammy Williams
- Address: 110 E. Oak Street, Lamar, CO 81052
- Phone: (719) 336-7446
- Email: tclodfelter@southeastcolorado.net, tammy.williams@southeastcolorado.net
- 16th Judicial District - Crowley, Otero, and Bent county
Contact Name: Crystal Barnhart
- Address: 323 Santa Fe, Suite 201, La Junta, CO 81050-0928
- Phone: (719) 384-8786
- Email: cbarnhart@da16co.gov
- 17th Judicial District - Broomfield and Adams county
Contact Name: Tonya Isenbart
- Address: 1000 Judicial Center Dr., Ste. 100, Brighton, CO 80601
- Phone: (303) 835-5791
- Email: tisenbart@da17.state.co.us
- 18th Judicial District - Arapahoe county
Contact Name: Wendy Buter
- Address: 6450 S. Revere Parkway, Centennial, CO 80111-6492
- Phone: (720) 874-8607
- Email: wbuter@coda18.gov
- 19th Judicial District - Weld county
Contact Name: Karol Patch
- Address: 915 10th Street, P.O. Box 1167, Greeley, CO 80632
- Phone: (970) 400-4748
- Email: kpatch@weld.gov
- 20th Judicial District - Boulder county
Contact Name: Michelle Lopez
- Address: 1776 6th Street, Boulder, CO 80306
- Phone: (303) 441-1555
- Email: mlopez@bouldercounty.org
- 21st Judicial District - Mesa county
Contact Name: Jennifer Ballagh
- Address: 125 North Spruce Street, 2nd Floor, Grand Junction, CO 81502
- Phone: (970) 244-1737
- Email: jennifer.ballagh@mesacounty.us
- 22nd Judicial District - Dolores and Montezuma county
Contact Name: Clarisa Osborn
- Address: 109 West. Main Street, Suite 303, Cortez, CO 81321
- Phone: (970) 564-2761
- Email: cosborn@co.montezuma.co.us
- 23rd Judicial District - Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln county
Contact Name: Bailey Wilson
- Address: 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, CO 80109
- Phone: (720) 733-4622
- Email: bwilson1@coda23.gov
Local VALE Annual Reports
The Office for Victims Programs publishes a report every year detailing the activities of how Local VALE funds are distributed throughout the state.
- 2024 Local VALE Report
Colorado’s local Victim and Witness Assistance and Law Enforcement (VALE) funding structure is unique in the nation. There is no other state that has legislated local funding for agencies providing direct services to crime victims.
- $12,164,163 State aggregate VALE funds Paid to Agencies for Direct Crime Victim Services
- $9,366,309 State aggregate court ordered surcharges collected by local VALE programs for agencies providing direct crime victim services.
- Court ordered surcharges make up 67% of local VALE funding
- 21% of VALE Funds were awarded to agencies providing general victim services
- 19% of VALE Funds were awarded to law enforcement victim service programs
- 16% of VALE Funds were awarded to district attorney office victim service programs
- 2023 Local VALE Report
Colorado’s local Victim and Witness Assistance and Law Enforcement (VALE) funding structure is unique in the nation. There is no other state that has legislated local funding for agencies providing direct services to crime victims.
- $13,023,569 Total Local VALE Grant Funds to Agencies Providing Direct Crime Victim Services
- $11,810,343 Funds collected by local VALE programs for grant allocations. This is approximately 10% less than CY 2022
- 22% Funds disbursed to agencies providing general victim services
- 18% Funds disbursed to agencies serving child victims
- 18% Funds disbursed to law enforcement victim services
- 2022 Local VALE Report
Colorado’s local Victim and Witness Assistance and Law Enforcement (VALE) funding structure is unique in the nation. There is no other state that has legislated local funding for agencies providing direct services to crime victims.
- $12,991,459 Total Local VALE Grant Funds Disbursed
- $9,994,633 Local VALE Funds Disbursed for Agency Services
- $2,886,743 Supplemental ARPA Funds Disbursed for Agency Services
- $110,083 Local VALE Funds Disbursed for Victim Services Training
- 18% Funds disbursed to law enforcement victim services
- 2021 Local VALE Report
During CY 2021, 189 grants and 179 scholarships were awarded to various organizations by local Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement boards. These grant awards and training scholarships totaled $9,018,238. Read more about the 2021 Local VALE Report...
- 2020 Local VALE Report
During CY 2020, 299 grants and 67 scholarships were awarded to various organizations by local Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement boards. These grant awards and training scholarships totaled $12,232,244. Read more about the 2020 Local VALE Report...
Additional reports may be available by request. Please contact cdps.ovpconnect@state.co.us