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Victim assistance

Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve

Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve

Following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, Congress amended VOCA to authorize OVC to allocate up to $50 million per year from the Crime Victims Fund to establish the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve (Reserve). The Reserve provides help primarily through funding for immediate and direct services for victims of terrorism and criminal mass violence within the United States and abroad, supplemental funding provided directly...

VOCA Compensation Highlights

VOCA Compensation Highlights

OVC’s VOCA Compensation Formula Grant Program reimburses victims for financial losses resulting from their victimization. OVC disburses these funds to supplement state programs that provide financial assistance and reimbursement to victims for crime-related expenses, including medical and dental care, counseling, funeral and burial expenses, and lost wages. Compensation programs may also reimburse victims for other types of expenses related to their victimization...

Serving Victims Everywhere

Serving Victims Everywhere

OVC believes that crime victims should have access to the evidence-based services and support they need to begin their physical, emotional, and financial recovery. However, OVC recognizes that there are serious challenges to achieving this goal. Strengthening connections across allied fields to expand the availability and quality of services that impact a victim’s healing are among these challenges.

Center for Victim Research...

Attorney General Barr Announces Awards Over $1.8 Billion in Funding to Assist Victims

On Tuesday, October 6, 2020, Attorney General Barr announced the Office for Victims of Crime release of awards totaling more than $1.8 billion to state victim assistance and compensation programs to fund thousands of local victim assistance programs across the country and provide millions in compensation to victims of crime.

Supported by the Crime Victims Fund, this formula grant program supports a broad array of programs...

المساعدة لضحايا الجريمة

إذا شعرت في أي وقت أنك في خطر وشيك، نلتمس منك بشدة الاتصال برقم الطوارئ لقسم الشرطة المحلية (911).

إذا كنت ضحية لجريمة، فهناك الكثير من الموارد المتوفرة لمساعدتك على موقع مكتب ضحايا الجريمة OVC—

إيجاد برنامج محلي.
الاتصال بخط المُساعدة.
إيجاد برنامج التعويض المناسب لك.
استعلم عما يوجد من موارد إضافية.

أبحث عن برنامج محلي

استخ دم دليل خدمات ضحايا الجريمة على الانترنت لإيجاد...

帮助犯罪受害者

在任何时间内,如果您觉得您身处险境的话,我们强烈建议您拨打当地警察部门的紧急电话号码(911)。

如果您是一位犯罪受害者的话,犯罪受害者办公室(OVC)网站上的一些资源可以为您提供帮助

  • 查找当地计划.
  • 拨打服务热线.
  • 查找您的赔偿金计划.
  • 了解其它有用资源.

查找当地计划

利用 犯罪受害者服务在线目录 查找由非营利计划和公共机构所提供的非紧急犯罪受害者之本地服务。

拨打服务热线

犯罪受害者办公室提供一份全国犯罪受害者服务组织的 热线服务电话名单 ,包括“全国家庭暴力热线”和“灾难求救热线”。使用免费电话号码和网上热线的联系人列表,找到更多的信息或获得帮助。

查找您的赔偿金计划

全国各州都从犯罪受害者办公室接收联邦资助以支持当地的受害者援助和赔偿金计划。在您的近邻地区、州和/或地区内,有各种资源为犯罪受害个体提供服务。在我们网站的 美国资源地图 部份,可以找到有关您本地区的援助和赔偿金计划信息,点击您所在州,然后点击“赔偿金与援助”选项。

了解其它有用资源

为帮助犯罪受害者,犯罪受害者办公室网站还提供下列了资源 —

另外,犯罪受害者办公室的小册子 《犯罪受害者须知》 重点列出了受害者的权利以及赔偿金和援助计划,还列出了那些可以帮助受害者寻找信息或获得推介的全国组织。

Ayuda para las víctimas de delitos

Si en algún momento usted siente un peligro inmediato, le instamos encarecidamente a que llame al teléfono de emergencia (911) para comunicarse con la policía local.

Si usted es víctima de un delito, el sitio web de la OVC cuenta con recursos para 
ayudarle—

  • Busque un programa local.
  • Comuníquese con un recurso telefónico de ayuda.
  • Busque su programa de indemnización.
  • Entérese de recursos adicionales.

Busque

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FY 2020 VOCA Victim Compensation and Victim Assistance Formula Application Attachments and More

April 29, 2020

A Copy of an Email Sent by Kathrina S. Peterson, OVC Deputy Director, on April 20, 2020

Good Afternoon VOCA Administrators,

This email contains information about the Compensation and Assistance applications and related required attachments; the FY 2020 Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation for Administrators and Subrecipients; and the recently launched DOJ National Elder Fraud hotline.

Compensation and Assistance Applications: As you...

District of Columbia

Access state-specific information, including awards, events, and state VOCA formula funding program contacts.

 

OVC administers two Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant programs that support crime victim compensation and assistance—the cornerstone of support for victims throughout the Nation.

VOCA Victim Assistance formula grants support thousands of victim assistance programs throughout the Nation each year. States provide...

Massachusetts

Access state-specific information, including awards, events, and state VOCA formula funding program contacts.

 

OVC administers two Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant programs that support crime victim compensation and assistance—the cornerstone of support for victims throughout the Nation.

VOCA Victim Assistance formula grants support thousands of victim assistance programs throughout the Nation each year. States provide...

Pennsylvania

Access state-specific information, including awards, events, and state VOCA formula funding program contacts.

 

OVC administers two Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant programs that support crime victim compensation and assistance—the cornerstone of support for victims throughout the Nation.

VOCA Victim Assistance formula grants support thousands of victim assistance programs throughout the Nation each year. States provide...

North Carolina

Access state-specific information, including awards, events, and state VOCA formula funding program contacts.

 

OVC administers two Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant programs that support crime victim compensation and assistance—the cornerstone of support for victims throughout the Nation.

VOCA Victim Assistance formula grants support thousands of victim assistance programs throughout the Nation each year. States provide...

Mississippi

Access state-specific information, including awards, events, and state VOCA formula funding program contacts.

 

OVC administers two Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant programs that support crime victim compensation and assistance—the cornerstone of support for victims throughout the Nation.

VOCA Victim Assistance formula grants support thousands of victim assistance programs throughout the Nation each year. States provide...

Wisconsin

Access state-specific information, including awards, events, and state VOCA formula funding program contacts.

 

OVC administers two Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant programs that support crime victim compensation and assistance—the cornerstone of support for victims throughout the Nation.

VOCA Victim Assistance formula grants support thousands of victim assistance programs throughout the Nation each year. States provide...

Northern Mariana Islands

Access state-specific information, including awards, events, and state VOCA formula funding program contacts.

 

OVC administers two Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant programs that support crime victim compensation and assistance—the cornerstone of support for victims throughout the Nation.

VOCA Victim Assistance formula grants support thousands of victim assistance programs throughout the Nation each year. States provide subgrants to local...

Guam

Access state-specific information, including awards, events, and state VOCA formula funding program contacts.

 

OVC administers two Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant programs that support crime victim compensation and assistance—the cornerstone of support for victims throughout the Nation.

VOCA Victim Assistance formula grants support thousands of victim assistance programs throughout the Nation each year. States provide...

U.S. Virgin Islands

Access territory-specific information, including awards, events, and state VOCA formula funding program contacts.

 

OVC administers two Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant programs that support crime victim compensation and assistance—the cornerstone of support for victims throughout the Nation.

VOCA Victim Assistance formula grants support thousands of victim assistance programs throughout the Nation each year. States provide...

American Samoa

Access state-specific information, including awards, events, and state VOCA formula funding program contacts.

 

OVC administers two Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant programs that support crime victim compensation and assistance—the cornerstone of support for victims throughout the Nation.

VOCA Victim Assistance formula grants support thousands of victim assistance programs throughout the Nation each year. States provide subgrants to local...

Puerto Rico

Access territory-specific information, including awards, events, and VOCA formula funding program contacts.

 

OVC administers two Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant programs that support crime victim compensation and assistance—the cornerstone of support for victims throughout the Nation.

VOCA Victim Assistance formula grants support thousands of victim assistance programs throughout the Nation each year. States provide subgrants...

Hawaii

Access state-specific information, including awards, events, and state VOCA formula funding program contacts.

 

OVC administers two Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant programs that support crime victim compensation and assistance—the cornerstone of support for victims throughout the Nation.

VOCA Victim Assistance formula grants support thousands of victim assistance programs throughout the Nation each year. States provide...

Washington

Access state-specific information, including awards, events, and state VOCA formula funding program contacts.

 

OVC administers two Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant programs that support crime victim compensation and assistance—the cornerstone of support for victims throughout the Nation.

VOCA Victim Assistance formula grants support thousands of victim assistance programs throughout the Nation each year. States provide...