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The National Crime Victim Bar Association The National Crime Victim Bar Association provides technical support to attorneys representing crime victims in civil suits, refers crime victims to lawyers in their local area, and works to increase general awareness about the availability of civil remedies for victims of crime. |top| CHILD VICTIMS
American Bar Association’s Center on Children and the Law Founded in 1978, the Center is a full-service technical assistance, training, and research program addressing a broad spectrum of law and court-related topics affecting children. These include child abuse and neglect, adoption, adolescent health, foster and kinship care, custody and support, guardianship, missing and exploited children, and children's exposure to domestic violence. The Center’s website contains educational information and links to numerous children’s law centers, law school programs, and statewide legal advocacy/support programs. |top| Klaas Kids Foundation The Klaas Kids Foundation was established in 1994 following the death of twelve-year-old Polly Hannah Klaas. The Foundation’s mission is to stop crimes against children. The Foundation’s website contains links to each state’s “Megan’s Law” – a law that requires sex offender registration and community notification, and educational information regarding child safety and missing children. |top| COMPENSATION National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards Compensation is money paid from the government to a crime victim to reimburse the victim for certain losses incurred as a result of the crime. Founded in 1977, the National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards (NACVCB) promotes an exchange of information and ideas through a nationwide network of victim compensation programs. NACVCB’s website provides links to the compensation programs in each state. |top| DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Family Violence Prevention Fund The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) works to prevent violence within the home, and in the community, to help those whose lives are devastated by violence. FVPF works to end violence against women and children around the world. FVPF’s website contains educational information and links to other resources. |top| Legal Momentum Legal Momentum (formerly National Organization for Women Legal Defense & Education Fund) strives to achieve equality and improve the lives of women and girls by using the power of the law and creating innovative public policy. Legal Momentum’s website contains educational information on a number of topics that effect women and girls, including violence against women, education and immigration. |top| National Coalition Against Domestic Violence The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) works for major societal changes necessary to eliminate both personal and societal violence against all women and children. NCADV’s website includes summaries of steps to create a safety plan and improve internet safety. |top| DRUNK DRIVING MADD With more than 600 chapters nationwide, MADD's mission is to stop drunk driving, support the victims of this violent crime, and prevent underage drinking. The MADD website provides information about local chapters, educational material about drunk driving and its prevention, links to its educational programs, and information about projects such as its court monitoring imitative. |top| ELDER ABUSE The National Center on Elder Abuse The National Center on Elder Abuse is a national resource for elder rights, law enforcement and legal professionals, public policy leaders, researchers, and the public. The Center provides referrals to persons who provide direct services. The Center’s website contains links to other organizations that advocate for the elderly, and it provides links to toll-free reporting lines to report elder abuse. |top| GENERAL VICTIMS' RIGHTS
INFORMATION Attorneys General Known by a variety of names such as Victim/Witness Assistance, Crime Victim Advocacy, or Victim Services, many State Attorneys General have departments devoted to assisting victims of crime. In some states, this department is a resource geared toward assisting and educating all victims of crime. In other states, the services are limited to victims of violent crime or those victims associated with criminal cases directly involving the Attorney General’s office. The attached PDF lists the state Attorneys General Offices for all 50 states with links to the victim services aspect of their office. |top| National Center for Victims of Crime The National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC), founded in 1985, is a resource and advocacy organization for crime victims. NCVC’s mission is to forge a national commitment to help victims of crime rebuild their lives. NCVC’s website contains numerous resources and links to its Stalking Resource Center, Teen Victim, and Resilience Projects, and Dating Violence Resource Center. |top| National Organization for Victim Assistance The National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA), a victim's rights advocacy and emergency counseling organization, is a pioneer in the field of victim-assistance. NOVA’s website includes educational materials, including information on how a crime victim can receive help, victims with disabilities, elderly victims, and links to other victim service organizations and agencies. |top| National Victims' Constitutional Amendment Project National Victims' Constitutional Amendment Project (NVCAP) is an organization supporting the adoption of, and working to pass, an amendment to the United States Constitution that recognizes the fundamental rights of crime victims to be treated with dignity, fairness, and respect by the criminal justice system. NVCAP is the sister organization to the National Victims' Constitutional Amendment Network. NVCAP’s website provides information about the efforts to pass a constitutional amendment. |top| Office for Victims of Crime The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) was established by the 1984 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) to oversee diverse programs that benefit victims of crime. The mission of OVC is to enhance the Nation’s capacity to assist crime victims and to provide leadership in changing attitudes, policies, and practices to promote justice and healing for all victims. OVC’s website provides educational and victim services resources on a wide variety of victim topics. The website also contains links to numerous OVC publications. |top| Office of the Victims' Rights Ombudsman A crime victim may file a complaint against any employee of the Department of Justice who violated or failed to provide the rights established under the Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2004 |top| HATE CRIMES
Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center is a nonprofit organization founded in 1971 as a small civil rights law firm. The Center's legal department fights all forms of discrimination through legal action. The Center supports the Strategic Litigation Grant Project, which provides monetary grants to help attorneys bring civil rights and other important cases that otherwise might not move forward. The Center’s website provides educational information about how to fight discrimination as well as information about recent civil rights suits. |top| Human Rights Campaign The Human Rights Campaign’s website contains a list of participating programs within the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, a group of organizations that document hate crimes based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or HIV status. They also provide victim assistance and work to end such crimes in their communities. |top| IDENTITY THEFT Federal Trade Commission I.D. Theft The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) I.D. Theft Website is a resource to learn about the crime of identity theft. The website provides detailed information to help protect against identity theft, and the steps to take if it occurs. The FTC’s website contains a comprehensive reference center with links to specific laws, contact information, and resources from state and federal government agencies. |top| Identity Theft Resource Center Founded in 1999, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) is national nonprofit organization that focuses exclusively on identity theft. ITRC's mission is to research, analyze and distribute information about the growing crime of identity theft. The ITRC serves as a resource and advisory center on identity theft, and its website contains information for consumers, victims, law enforcement, the business and financial sectors, legislators, media and governmental agencies. |top| MURDER/HOMICIDE Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) Parents of Murdered Children (POMC®) provides ongoing emotional support to help parents and other survivors of homicide facilitate the reconstruction of a "new life" and to promote a healthy resolution. Not only does POMC® help survivors deal with their grief, but also helps with the criminal justice system. There are POMC® Chapters across the country which hold monthly meetings, and provide support, advocacy and court accompaniment. POMC®’s website provides numerous educational and support materials, and contains links to a topic forum that allows survivors to communicate with other survivors. |top| National Coalition of Homicide Survivors Founded in 1998, the Mission of National Coalition of Homicide Survivors is to facilitate communication among individuals, professionals and organizations who share an interest in the concerns of homicide survivors. The purpose of the organization is to share information, resources and ideas, and to improve support and victim assistance services to homicide survivors. The Coalition’s website includes links to nationwide victim service agencies, support hotlines, court case updates and much more. |top| NATIVE AMERICAN - TRIBAL
Sacred Circle: National Resource Center to End Violence Against Native Women Operated by Cangleska, Inc., Sacred Circle aids tribes and tribal organizations to stop violence against Native women. Sacred Circle addresses violence against Native women in the context of the unique historical, jurisdictional, and cultural issues that American Indian/Alaska Native Nations face. The primary audience of Sacred Circle includes more than 500 federally recognized American Indian/Alaska native nations in the United States. Its focus is directed toward professional providers serving these communities, including tribal law enforcement personnel (judges, prosecutors and court workers), probation officers, shelter advocates, and batterer intervention providers. Sacred Circle’s website identifies its scheduled trainings and provides links to numerous other advocacy organizations and training opportunities. |top| Tribal Law and Policy Institute The Tribal Law and Policy Institute is a Native American owned and operated non-profit corporation organized to design and deliver education, research, training, and technical assistance programs which promote the enhancement of justice in Indian country and the health, well-being, and culture of Native peoples. The Institute’s website provides a description of its training and technical assistance programs, legal advocacy programs, and educational programs. The website also contains links to other Native American advocacy and services organizations, federal governmental agencies, and resources. |top| SEXUAL VIOLENCE
It Happened to Alexa Foundation The "It Happened to Alexa Foundation" is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization that provides substantial support to survivors who testify against their sexual attackers, and thus encourages them to pursue justice. This organization was founded by the parents of a survivor and gives up to $3,000 to family members and support persons of survivors so that they may attend and support a survivor during their testimony. |top| National Sexual Violence Resource Center The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is a comprehensive collection and distribution center for information, research and emerging policy on sexual violence intervention and prevention. NSVRC’s website provides an extensive on-line library and customized technical assistance, as well as, coordinates National Sexual Assault Awareness Month initiatives. |top| Security on Campus Security on Campus is a nonprofit organization that educates about the prevalence of crime on our nation's college and university campuses; assists victims and their families with guidance pertaining to laws, victims’ organizations, legal counsel, and access to files; fosters security improvements through campus community initiatives, and provides procedures and programs to reduce alcohol and drug abuse. Security on Campus’s website contains resources for parents, students, victims, schools, lawyers, reporters, and lawmakers. The website also includes links to videos and other educational materials. |top| Sexual Assault and Dual Coalitions Coalitions against sexual assault and domestic violence exist in many states in the country. These coalitions provide assistance to sexual assault and domestic violence victims by providing or connecting victims to crisis intervention, counseling and advocacy. In addition, these organizations work on public policy, education and training to help prevent sexual and domestic violence. Each coalition’s website provides educational and resource information for the particular state. |top| STALKING Stalking Resource Center The Stalking Resource Center is a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime. The Center’s dual mission is to raise national awareness of stalking and to encourage the development and implementation of multidisciplinary responses to stalking in local communities across the country. The Center’s website provides statistics, educational materials, links to resources, and a toll-free victim assistance number. |top| TRAFFICKING Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking The Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST) is an alliance of nonprofit service providers, grassroots advocacy groups and activists dedicated to providing human services and human rights advocacy to victims of modern-day slavery. Founded in 1998, CAST’s mission is to assist persons trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and slavery-like practices and to work toward ending all instances of such human rights violations. CAST’s website has descriptions of its social, legal, and training & advocacy services. The website also contains educational materials and links to news articles. |top| Note: NCVLI does not endorse, have any responsibility for, or exercise control over these organizations’ or agencies’ views, services, or information. | |
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