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National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW)

2025 NCVRW Sample Proclamation

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National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) ceremonies often include proclamations from public officials to inspire the community and raise awareness of victims’ rights, services, and resources. Use the 2025 NCVRW sample proclamation as a guide for your own proclamations that highlight this year’s theme.

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2007 NCVRW Theme Video - Victim's Rights: Every Victim. Every Time

April 2007
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National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
In this video, victims of crime give accounts of their experiences with the criminal justice system. The video also discusses advances in crime victims' rights and reinforces the importance of including crime victims in the criminal justice process. Visit the NCVRW site for more information.

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2012 NCVRW Theme Video—Extending the Vision: Reaching Every Victim

April 2012
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National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
This video is a call to action to revisit, revive, and expand the vision of the crime victims' movement to reach all victims, including victims of new crime types resulting from changes in technology, globalization, and demographics in our society. Visit the NCVRW site for more information.

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Funding Opportunity: 2025 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Projects


The National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA), in cooperation with OVC, is seeking proposals for innovative and collaborative approaches to promoting community‐wide public awareness of the rights and available services for victims of all types of crimes during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), April 6–12, 2025.

The 2025 NCVRW theme is— 

Connecting < KINSHIP > Healing

Successful applicants will be awarded up to...

2025 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Dates and Theme

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: April 6–12, 2025

Every April, OVC leads communities throughout the country in their annual observances of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW).

Through NCVRW we honor crime victims and survivors, recognize the professionals and volunteers who provide critical services to victims of crime, and raise awareness about crime victims’ rights and services.

We are pleased to announce that NCVRW will be commemorated April 6–12, 2025, with the...