Victim Rights and Services
Blog Highlights Victims’ Rights Clinics During NCVRW 2023
Read a blog post about OVC-funded victims’ rights enforcement efforts by the National Crime Victim Law Institute
It’s National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW)!
Join communities across the Nation in raising awareness for victims’ rights and services.
2023 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Theme Video: Engage Survivors
April 2023
This 2023 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week theme video explores what it means to engage crime survivors to ensure they have a voice everywhere decisions are made that could impact them.
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2023 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Theme Video: Effect Change
April 2023
This 2023 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week theme video demonstrates how elevating and engaging survivors to lift their voices to inform policy and practice can effect change.
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2023 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Theme Video: Elevate Survivor Voices
April 2023
This 2023 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week theme video underscores the importance of lifting the voices of survivors to ensure they are heard and seen.
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2023 National Crime Victims' Rights Week Theme Video Clip
April 2023
The 2023 National Crime Victims' Rights Week Theme Video Clip calls upon communities to amplify the voices of survivors and create environments where survivors have the confidence that they will be heard, believed, and supported.
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OVC FY 2023 Developing Future Victim Specialists to Serve American Indian/Alaska Native Victims of Crime
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
OVC seeks to develop a workforce of victim service providers to serve American Indian and Alaska Native victims in locations that are remote and where positions are hard to fill. This will be accomplished by engaging interested individuals, including but not limited to, college and university students, who are from, live, and/or attend school in these areas.
Watch and Share the 2023 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Theme Videos
This year's videos underscore the importance of amplifying the voices of survivors and creating environments where survivors have the confidence that they will be heard, believed, and supported.
Adam's Place Volunteer Open House
Event Dates
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Pacific
Location
Vegas Strong Resiliency Center
Las Vegas, NV
Event Type
Meeting
In recognition of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: Survivors of Homicide Victims Support
Event Dates
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Eastern
Location
Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library Auditorium
Buffalo, NY
Event Type
Meeting
OVC FY 2023 Action Partnerships for National Membership and/or Professional Affiliation Agencies Assisting Victims in the Aftermath of Crime
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
The project’s goals are to expand professional organization members’ knowledge and understanding of crime victim issues and what it means to be trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive, and encourage constituents who may come into contact with family members of homicide victims in their work to integrate this information into their daily practices.
2023 Navajo County Victims' Rights Symposium
Event Dates
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Mountain (no DST)
Location
Northland Pioneer College or Online
Snowflake, AZ
Event Type
Symposium
Second Annual National Crime Victims' Rights Week Walk/Vigil
Event Dates
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Eastern
Location
Brookwood Athletic Complex
Clare, MI
Event Type
Ceremonies
Candlelight Vigil
Event Dates
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Central
Location
Perfecting Reconciliation Church
Bessemer, AL
Event Type
Ceremonies
Community Brief Emotional Support Team (B.E.S.T.) Training and Know Your Resources: Victims' Rights Workshop
Event Dates
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Eastern
Location
Columbus Metropolitan Library: Northside Library Branch
Columbus, OH
Event Type
Workshop