Victim Rights and Services
Events
2020 National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) Resource Guide
If You're a Victim of Crime, Help is Available
This 2.5-minute video describes the help that is available for victims of crime by recognizing the effects of crime, identifying certain victims' rights that are guaranteed in most states, and describing services available from state victim compensation and assistance programs. If you or someone you know is a victim of a crime, there are resources. Visit www.ovc.gov/help for more information.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
What is the Crime Victims Fund?
This 2-minute video describes the Crime Victims Fund, a major funding source for victim services throughout the Nation that is made up of fines, special assessments, and forfeited bail paid by people who are convicted of federal crimes in U.S. courts around the country. The video offers information about the various grant programs funded using VOCA dollars and OVC's collaboration with state administrators of victim compensation and assistance programs.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
What is the Office for Victims of Crime?
This 3-minute video describes OVC's mission and major responsibilities to enhance victims' rights and services for all victims across the United States.
The video also provides an overview of the Crime Victims Fund, describes how funding is distributed to the states to provide direct and accessible services, and discusses OVC's commitment to professionalization of the field through developing new programs; training and technical assistance; and disseminating information about model programs that benefit all victims of crime.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
National Elder Fraud Hotline
Training & Technical Assistance
Advancing the Implementation of Effective, Survivor-Driven Advocacy
Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance 2011 Edition (Revised May 2012)
The Tribal Resource Tool: Resources for Survivors of Crime and Abuse
2018 National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) Resource Guide
National Mass Violence Center
Financial Support for Victims of Crime: A Quick Guide for Corrections and Community Supervision Officers
Center for Victim Research
The OVC-funded Center for Victim Research (CVR) is a tool for victim service providers and researchers to connect and share knowledge. CVR facilitates access to victim research and data while improving the utility of research and data collection to crime victim services nationwide. CVR’s library collection offers open-access research materials, special access to research for VOCA-funded organizations, and free training.
VictimConnect Resource Center - Confidential referrals for crime victims
VictimConnect serves victims of any crime in the United States. Trained specialists are available to help you locate referrals for mental health counseling, financial compensation, legal services, and more. Call or text 855-484-2846 or chat online, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. eastern time.
Cyber Civil Rights Initiative
American Bar Association: Survivor Reentry Project
With support from OVC, this American Bar Association website provides national training and technical assistance for attorneys working with survivors of human trafficking who have been convicted of a crime as a result of their victimization.
Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC): Tribal Victim Assistance
Achieving Excellence: Model Standards for Serving Victims and Survivors of Crime
When Your Child's Identity is Stolen
This site provides information on how to protect your child's identity, provides information on signs that your child's identity may have been stolen, and what to do if your child is an identity theft victim.
Federal Trade Commission: Identity Theft
This section of the Federal Trade Commission website provides information about identity theft, tips on how to protect your identity, and steps to take if your identity has been stolen.