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Joye E. Frost
Joye E. Frost was designated Acting Director of the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC ) by President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. Prior to that appointment, Ms. Frost served as the Principal Associate Director for OVC. In that role, she guided much of OVC’s work in developing national scope training, technical assistance, and other resources to address ongoing and emerging issues in the crime victims’ field and to improve the Nation’s response to crime victims. She was instrumental in the development of OVC’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) and Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Training and Technical Assistance Project and has spearheaded a number of OVC initiatives to identify and serve victims of crime with disabilities. She also implemented a discretionary grant program that funds comprehensive services to victims of human trafficking. Since 2001, she has directed OVC’s efforts to sponsor the annual observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, including an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. for distinguished service to crime victims that involves the Attorney General. Ms. Frost began her career as a Child Protective Services caseworker in South Texas and has worked in the victim assistance, healthcare, and disability advocacy fields for more than 30 years in the U.S. and Europe, including several years working at the community and headquarters level for the Department of Army. Ms. Frost received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Health Services Management from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. |
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