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Address Confidentiality Program The Address Confidentiality Program assists crime victims (specifically victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking) who have relocated to avoid further abuse. It help participants keep their home, work and /or school address secret by providing a substitute address. It also allows clients to register to vote or apply for a marriage license without their actual address.
Anti-Defamation League
Created over sixty-five years ago, the Pacific Northwest office is dedicated to combating anti-Semitism and all forms of hatred and bigotry. Our efforts include investigating and exposing extremism, educating law enforcement personnel regarding nuances of hate crimes, and handling victim complaints of anti-Semitism and all forms of discrimination.
Crime Victim Compensation Every day across the state, we deliver a diverse array of services to our customers -- Washington’s 5 million citizens, 150,000 employers and 1.9 million workers.
Crisis Clinic Resource Network The Crisis Clinic Resource Network of Washington State is a non-profit agency that provides 24-hour telephone crisis intervention and information referral services to anyone in crisis.
Department of Corrections
Our vision for victims and survivors of crime is that their voices are heard, valued, and included in a collective effort to hold offenders accountable, prevent future harm, and enhance community safety .
Department of JusticeTo enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Data Resource Center The Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Data Resource Center provides information on how data are collected and used in the states. Funded by the National Institute of Justice, this Center seeks to identify the types of information currently being captured by state and local agencies.
ElderWebThis section of ElderWeb is a comprehensive overview of how our long term care system has evolved by examining the events and decisions that changed the way that we have provided and paid for the care of our elderly over the years.
Family Violence Prevention Fund The Family Violence Prevention Fund works to prevent violence within the home, and in the community, to help those whose lives are devastated by violence because everyone has the right to live free of violence
Families and Friends of Violent Crime Victims
The mission of Families and Friends of Violent Crime Victims is to support and advocate for victims of violent crime, adult missing persons, and their loved ones, and to provide education about victims' rights and services.
Identity theft is a serious crime. People whose identities have been stolen can spend months or years - and their hard-earned money - cleaning up the mess thieves have made of their good name and credit record. In the meantime, victims may lose job opportunities, be refused loans, education, housing or cars, or even get arrested for crimes they didn't commit.
Hot Peach Pages is an on-line directory of world-wide abuse hotlines, crisis centers, refuges, shelters, and women's organizations. Information on abuse is available in more than sixty-five languages. To access the directory, visit the Hot Peach Pages Web site at www.hotpeachpages.net
MAVIA is dedicated to preventing violence by and against children through education, outreach and
advocacy. Founded in 1994, MAVIA is a national leader in the field of violence prevention
National Center for PTSD The National Center for PTSD is a program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and carries out a broad range of activities in research, training, and public information.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) is a unique collaboration of academic and community-based service centers whose mission is to raise the standard of care and increase access to services for traumatized children and their families across the United States. Combining knowledge of child development, expertise in the full range of child traumatic experiences, and attention to cultural perspectives, the NCTSN serves as a national resource for developing and disseminating evidence-based interventions, trauma-informed services, and public and professional education.
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) is dedicated to the empowerment of battered women and their children and to the elimination of personal and societal violence in the lives of women and their children.
National Crime Victims Center Since 1985, National Crime Victims Center has served as the nation's leading non-profit resource and advocacy organization for the rights and interests of victims of crime.
National Organization for Victim Assistance The Resource Directory of Older People: A Cooperative Effort of the National Institute on Aging and the Administration on Aging National Organization for Victim Assistance.
Northwest Resource Associates Northwest Resource Associates is a multi-faceted organization, which provides an array of services for the human service community. They have a 20 year history of successful experience in designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating human services programs.
Northwest Womens Law Center By using the law, one of the most powerful tools in our democratic society, the Northwest Women’s Law Center improves women's social, economic and legal status. We bring ground-breaking lawsuits to change the law, adv ocate for legislation that advances women's rights, and educate women and the community about women's legal rights.
NOVA The National Organization for Victim Assistance is a private, non-profit,501(c)(3) organization of victim and witness assistance programs and practitioners, criminal justice agencies and professionals, mental health professionals, researchers, former victims and survivors, and others committed to the recognition and implementation of victim rights and services.
Office for Victims of Crime The Directory of Crime Victim Services, an OVC resource designed to help service providers and individuals locate nonemergency crime victim services in the United States and abroad.
Office of the Attorney General The Violent Death Bereavement Society serves as a centralized forum of information and training for service providers of loved ones and family members after violent death with the objectives: trainings, referral and consultation, study and research and affiliation.
The Mission of the Office of the Family and Children’s Ombudsman is to protect children and parents from harmful agency action or inaction, and to make agency officials and state policy makers aware of system-wide issues in the child protection and child welfare system so they can improve services.
Office on Violence Against Women The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women leads a comprehensive national effort to combine tough new federal laws with assistance to states and localities to fight domestic violence and other crimes
Stop Trafficking “Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion, for the purpose of subjecting that person to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.” Trafficking Victims' Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005.
Victim-Assistance Online Victim-Assistance Online is an information, research and networking resource for victim assistance specialists, professionals in related disciplines and all interested in the field of victimology.
Victim Witness Notification Program The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has a program to notify victims or witnesses when the persons who committed crimes of sexual assault or a violent crimes are released, transferred, or escape from any DSHS facility.
Violence Against Women Grants Office The Violence Against Women Grants Office administers the Department of Justice's formula and discretionary grant programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. The program assists the nation's criminal justice system in responding to the needs and concerns of women who have been, or potentially could be, victimized by violence.
WCCVA is a broad-based coalition of crime victim service providers across the state of Washington, including community-based non-profit organizations, victim advocates in prosecutor's offices and law enforcement agencies, government-run victim services programs, and crime victim counselors.
Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs Incorporated in 1979, WCSAP serves all of Washington State through its efforts to support local sexual assault programs and supportive individuals by providing trainings, a lending library, publications, an annual statewide conference, and public policy advocacy.
WCSAP is a membership agency comprised of individuals and organizations dedicated to ending sexual assault in their communities. WCSAP's mission is to unite agencies engaged in the elimination of sexual violence through education, advocacy, victim services, and social change.
Washington State Association of CASA/GAL Programs A volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate provides a judge or commissioner with carefully researched information about the child's situation to help the court make a sound decision about the child's future. Also known as volunteer guardians ad litem, they advocate for the best interests of the child by keeping all parties focused on their health, safety, and well-being.
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence Founded in 1990 by domestic violence survivors and their allies, the Coalition is a non-profit, statewide network of 64 member programs that serve victims of domestic violence in rural, urban and Indian Country communities of Washington, plus 119 individual and organizational associates.
The Washington State Patrol Identification and Criminal History Section (WASIS), has established this web site as the official Internet source providing criminal history conviction records for the state of Washington.
WIND's Online Resource Focusing on Victims of Crime with Disabilities The Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (UCEDD), in collaboration with AUCD, is pleased to announce the development of a comprehensive, online resource guide focusing exclusively on victims of crime with disabilities. With funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime, the Victims of Crime with Disabilities Resource Guide was launched in June 2004. Research shows that people with disabilities are at a greater risk for being a victim of a crime than other individuals. However, despite this increased risk, appropriate and accessible services are limited.
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