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Policy

Office for Victims of Crime

Response to Victims of Crime: Model Policy

Date Published
August 2010
Publication Type
Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Legislation/Policy Description
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored

Vision 21 Accomplishments

Date Published
July 2016
Series
OVC Fact Sheets
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding
Agencies
OVC

National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project (NIWAP) (link is external)

NIWAP is a national provider of training, legal and social science research, policy development, and technical assistance to providers and allied professionals who work with immigrant women, children, and crime victims. NIWAP hosts a library containing numerous resources on the legal rights of immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other crimes.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Violent Crimes Against Children

This FBI program's mission is to—

  • decrease the vulnerability of children to sexual exploitation;
  • develop a nationwide capacity to provide a rapid, effective, and measured investigative response to crimes against children; and
  • enhance the capabilities of state and local law enforcement investigators through programs, investigative assistance, and task force operations.

National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (link is external)

This organization's mission is to break the cycle of abuse and neglect by empowering practitioners who work to transform the lives of children and families living in drug environments. The Alliance provides training and technical assistance to state drug-endangered children alliances and all those in the community who assist and care for drug-endangered children.

Workplaces Respond to Domestic & Sexual Violence: A National Resource Center (link is external)

This virtual resource center, sponsored by the Office on Violence Against Women, was developed for employers to address the impacts of domestic violence, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and stalking impacting the workplace. This website provides information, resources, tools, and technical assistance to employers and labor organizations to facilitate and encourage safer and more effective responses to employees who are victims.