Provides legal and medical advocacy assistance with protection from abuse orders for victims of domestic and sexual assault.

Provides emergency shelter for women and children who are fleeing abusive relationships.

Shelter services are designed to meet the basic needs of survivors and their children, offering clothing, toiletries, as well as offering support for any specialized needs. Advocates provide safety planning education, emotional support, crisis intervention, and goal planning to help survivors begin to rebuild their lives.

Offers consultation and education, as well as prevention and intervention with families involved with Allegheny County Children, Youth & Families. Victims of intimate partner violence who are CYF clients are offered assistance through legal options counseling, help through legal processes, support groups, and a CYF advocate, as well as other resources offered through Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh.

Works closely with the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office and the police to assist in interactions with both entities and work to ensure your rights. Center for Victims is a separate, non-profit organization that serves the needs of crime victims, witnesses, families, and communities impacted by violence.

Offers Rights, Information, and Legal Support; Accompaniment & Advocacy; Counseling and Therapy; Victims Compensation; Offender Release Information & Notification; Victim Offender Dialogue (Restorative Justice Program).

Domestic Violence Services: Protection From Abuse Order Assistance; Counseling & Safety Planning; Children's Advocacy and Counseling; Medical Advocacy.

Sexual Assault Services: Medical Advocacy & Accompaniment Visit.

Helps relieve the economic hardship that often affects crime victims by reimbursing certain expenses. CV helps clients assess their eligibility and assist in filing claims with the state.

Help victims and witnesses navigate various institutions that can be confusing such as criminal justice, medical, social welfare, and financial compensation. Advocates inform clients about court and other proceedings and provide much-needed support by accompanying them throughout the process.

Administers the program to notify victims of the transfer or release of an offender. CV assists victims with registering for notification services for state and federal facilities.

Provides a Sexual Assault Response Team consisting of a nurse, AWARE advocate, and police officer providing compassionate care for adult victims of sexual assault through Mercer County hospital emergency departments 24/7.

Provides assistance with Protection from Abuse (PFA) orders, court accompaniment through Municipal District Courts, Common Pleas, and the criminal court support and accompaniment; assistance with Crime Victim Compensation; Mobile Legal Advocate works with all law enforcement and MDJ staff.

Sexual Trauma Treatment and Recovery services
Provides counseling, advocacy, and education to sexual violence survivors of all ages and their significant others. Provides a 24 hour sexual assault hotline. Services include individual, group, and play counseling; prevention education, and legal and medical advocacy.

Provides a 24-hour hotline, temporary emergency shelter, and community resources for individuals fleeing abuse.

Provides confidential assistance to any victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or other crime, recent or past. Services include emergency domestic violence shelter, crisis services, transitional and supportive housing, medical and legal advocacy, civil legal representation, counseling for adults and children, and prevention education.

Provides Support groups for victims of crimes.

Offers trauma-informed therapy that includes in-depth interventions in response to the longer-term effects of the trauma.

Provides free and confidential supportive services for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and violent crimes, and their loved ones.

Offers trauma-informed therapy that includes in-depth interventions in response to the longer-term effects of the trauma.

Provides Advocacy and support services for crime victims and their loved ones.

Offers medical and legal advocacy services to all victims of violent crime, particularly rape, sexual assault, and incest; post trial advocacy, intervention and support counseling, explanations of criminal justice system, court accompaniment upon request, social service referrals, and pastoral care for victims. Assistance with and monitoring of PA Crime Victim Compensation claims.

Provides legal advocacy and accompaniment for sexual assault, domestic violence victims and victims of other crimes at Protection from Abuse hearings, magistrate hearings and trials.

Provides a 24-Hour Hotline for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and other crimes.

Provides medical advocacy for domestic violence, sexual assault and victims of other crimes in area hospital emergency rooms

Provides counseling and therapy for women, children and men who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse and incest, human trafficking, and other crimes.

Based on the empowerment theory and emphasizes supporting the victim and significant others through the healing process to regain personal power.

Qualified advocates are available to accompany the victims to the hospital and all legal proceedings. Provides emotional support, explains procedures and can accompany the victim throughout this entire process.

Provides trained counselors via telephone hotline to provide crisis intervention for victims.

Victim Advocates support victims/survivors and their eligible family members by providing information and assistance to ease the financial burdens they may face as a result of a crime.

Victim Advocates provide in-person, non-judgmental support in a legal setting. The advocates are responsible for providing the necessary information to the victims/survivors about the legal system when making critical decisions. They also ensure that the victims'/survivors' rights are upheld throughout the process and provide explanation of the legal ramifications.

Other programs include: Protection from Abuse Orders (PFA)
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Sexual Violence Protection Order (SVPO)/Protection from Intimidation (PFI) Order,
Medical Advocacy
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Victim Compensation Assistance Program
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Provides mental health services through an extensive network of contracted provider agencies located throughout Philadelphia. Services include emergency and crisis intervention services, rehabilitation programs, individual and group counseling, family support programs, residential programs, and consumer-run services.

Offer support and information to prepare clients for a variety of appointments or legal proceedings that may be necessary to attend as a result of crime. Advocates are able to provide medical and legal accompaniment.

Provides victims and significant others with supportive, non-therapeutic counseling. Supportive Counseling helps victims work through their feelings, fears, and anxieties that are the result of crime.

Advocates are able to assist clients who qualify apply for crime victim compensation. Victims may qualify for monetary funds to help compensate for items like lost wages, medical expenses, therapeutic counseling, crime scene clean up, and other crime related losses.

Facilitate support groups for individuals who have been the victims of crime in an environment where clients feel safe and comfortable sharing their experiences.

VCAP, administered by Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD), helps victims and their families ease the financial burdens they may face as a result of a crime. Although compensation will not erase the fact that the crime has occurred, it can help victims to begin the healing and recovery process. CVC Victim Advocates can assist clients in determining eligibility and gathering the necessary paperwork.

Provides accompaniment to court proceedings, police or DA interviews, medical procedures or appointments, and civil procedures like a protection from abuse hearing for victims of crime, their families and/or significant others to provide in person support during these sometimes difficult events.

Victim Notification Services offers an automated statewide notification system for crime victims. If the offender is serving time in a state or county prison, victims can register for Pennsylvania SAVIN. SAVIN is a free, confidential, and automated service that helps victims, their friends and/or family, along with any concerned citizen, track the status of an offender within the Commonwealth.

Provides supportive counseling to those victimized and impacted by crime. Sessions can be held in either in person or virtually.

Provides hotlines for crime victims, their families, law enforcement, hospital personnel, and other professionals or community members who need information, assistance, and/or accompaniment related to a victimization/violence.

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Provides court advocacy and accompaniment related to Protection From Abuse Orders.

Provides emergency mental health assessment, hospitalization if needed, short-term support, counseling, problem solving, referral and advocacy, suicide prevention, and limited emergency provision of basic material needs.

Provides emergency mental health assessment, hospitalization if needed, short-term support, counseling, problem solving, referral and advocacy, suicide prevention, and limited emergency provision of basic material needs.

Helps victims of crimes and their families recover from the trauma of their experience, get medical assistance when required, make their way through the legal system.

Provides 24-hour hotline support, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, accompaniment, trauma-informed empowerment/options counseling, support groups, Information and Referral, community prevent, and awareness education.

Provides 24-hour hotline support, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, accompaniment, trauma-informed empowerment/options counseling, support groups, Information and Referral, community prevent, and awareness education.

Provides 24-hour hotline support, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, accompaniment, trauma-informed empowerment/options counseling, support groups, Information and Referral, community prevent, and awareness education.

Assists victims and witnesses of crime. Services include case status information, referrals to social service agencies, and assistance with filing for crime victim's compensation.

Provides information and referral services, crisis intervention, and supportive services including shelter, bed and bath, cooking facilities, food, counseling (residential and non-residential), legal advocacy, assistance with Protection From Abuse orders, and public education.

Provides confidential information about domestic violence, referrals, and support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Provides in-person or virtual emergency crisis counseling, safety planning, and referrals immediately following an incident of domestic violence.

Helps individuals, families, organizations, and groups understand the issue of domestic violence and how they can be a part of the solution. Promotes safety, justice, and equality through community awareness events workshops, trainings, coalition work, and other programming.

Provides support to victims and their families helping them to deal with the initial trauma victimization may cause. Staffed by professionals and trained volunteers.

Provides outpatient counseling for victims of crime, violence, or abuse. Services include individual counseling, group counseling including the Restoring Families Program, trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy, support groups, trauma sensitive yoga, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Supports crime victims and communities throughout Pennsylvania in their recovery from traumatic events. Such crimes include: acts of Terrorism, school shootings, workplace shootings, arson, homicides, domestic violence, multiple deaths resulting from criminal activity, robbery, and others as requested. Provides technical assistance for local decision makers, leads group crisis intervention sessions, and provides coping skills to help victims begin to talk about their reactions to the trauma.

Provides advocacy, navigation assistance, and accompaniment for victims of abuse as they navigate the criminal justice system. Includes criminal justice navigation, police interview accompaniment, court accompaniment, post-conviction support, and victim compensation assistance program claim filing.

APPRISE is a free health insurance counseling program for seniors with health insurance concerns. Will help decide which medicare HMO is right for you and explain what services are covered under what parts.

Court Advocates are trained to be helpful to child and adult sexual abuse and sexual assault survivors at all stages of the court process. The WOAR Court Advocates provide court accompaniment, emotional support, legal information and advocacy.

In some cases, family members of the victim/witness may be sequestered (removed from the courtroom) during the testimony of the victim/witness.

The WOAR Court Advocates and the Assistant District Attorney (ADA) work together to reassure and support the child, teen, or adult survivor. Also, WOAR Court Advocates can assist with counseling referrals.

SAFE BARS Philly is a training program conducted by WOAR instructors for bar owners, employees, and interested patrons and is designed to identify and eliminate potential sexual aggression or violence

Bars, clubs, and restaurants trained by Safe Bars reap many benefits.

--Promotion: WOAR promotes our Certified SAFE BARS on our website, social media, and pamphlets. WOAR will also provide your establishment with a SAFE BARS window decal to enhance your bar’s image as a welcoming place.

--Customer + staff satisfaction: As a SAFE BAR, you actively show your customers and staff your commitment to providing a safe and welcoming environment.

--Staff preparedness: As a SAFE BAR your staff has a greater range of strategies to use in addressing unwanted sexual aggression directed at themselves or at patrons. With staff more able to notice and deal with problems early, sexual aggression can be stopped before getting to the point where you need to file an incident report.

Provides Legal Advocacy and Medical Advocacy. Legal Advocacy includes accompaniment with transportation to Court, Legal proceedings, Legal Aid Agency, Police, and Social Service Agencies; Assistance in filing Protection from Abuse Orders(PFA), Protection from Intimidation
Order(PFI) and Protections from Sexual Violence
Orders(SVO); Assistance with Crime Victim Compensation claims and support with legal issues, i.e. divorce, child custody, child support.

Medical advocacy includes assistance with making medical appointments and accompaniment with transportation to hospitals, doctors and medical professionals.

Provides age-appropriate programs to children addressing important topics, such as body safety, bullying, dating violence, and healthy relationships.
Programs are also available to colleges, community groups, educators, police, hospitals, health-care providers, churches and private citizens.

Offers confidential and supportive emergency services. Safe houses are available for families who have been displaced as a result of domestic violence. This includes survivors of domestic violence who have voluntarily left home with their children to avoid further violence. Shelter services are available to individuals of any gender who have been victims of domestic violence.

Trained advocates are available to provide support, counseling, information and referrals to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and other serious crimes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Trained advocates are available to provide support, counseling, information and referrals to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and other serious crimes.

Provides support, information, resources, and safety planning for victims experiencing domestic violence.

Provides support and services to victims of all violence including sexual assault, their families and significant others. Offers support groups for rape survivors, children, pre-adolescents, teens, parents of sexually abused children, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, male survivor's and homicide survivors. Other services include trained counselors who can accompany victims of violence to the emergency room, police departments or to court. Individual and support group counseling are available. Also provides education and resources on crime victimization and prevention for interested individuals and groups.

Provides support and services to victims of all violence including sexual assault, their families and significant others. Offers support groups for rape survivors, children, pre-adolescents, teens, parents of sexually abused children, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, male survivor's and homicide survivors. Other services include trained counselors who can accompany victims of violence to the emergency room, police departments or to court. Individual and support group counseling are available. Also provides education and resources on crime victimization and prevention for interested individuals and groups.

Provides support and services to victims of all violence including sexual assault, their families and significant others. Offers support groups for rape survivors, children, pre-adolescents, teens, parents of sexually abused children, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, male survivor's and homicide survivors. Other services include trained counselors who can accompany victims of violence to the emergency room, police departments or to court. Individual and support group counseling are available. Also provides education and resources on crime victimization and prevention for interested individuals and groups.

Provides support and services to victims of all violence including sexual assault, their families and significant others. Offers support groups for rape survivors, children, pre-adolescents, teens, parents of sexually abused children, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, male survivor's and homicide survivors. Other services include trained counselors who can accompany victims of violence to the emergency room, police departments or to court. Individual and support group counseling are available. Also provides education and resources on crime victimization and prevention for interested individuals and groups.

Provides senior victim services to seniors who have been a victim of crime in Delaware County by providing counseling, accompaniment to medical and court appointments, assistance in filing for State Crime Victims Compensation claims, and referrals for other appropriate community services.

Services include Options/Crisis Counseling involving safety planning, domestic violence education, and connection to community resources; Short-term Counseling (6 to 12 sessions) addressing psychoeducation, safety planning, crisis support, emotion regulation, making meaning of trauma, and processing associated emotions; support groups; financial literary training and personal financial counseling to address any financial aspects of abuse; and parent support workshops.

Services include Options/Crisis Counseling involving safety planning, domestic violence education, and connection to community resources; Short-term Counseling (6 to 12 sessions) addressing psychoeducation, safety planning, crisis support, emotion regulation, making meaning of trauma, and processing associated emotions; support groups; financial literary training and personal financial counseling to address any financial aspects of abuse; and parent support workshops.

Services include Options/Crisis Counseling involving safety planning, domestic violence education, and connection to community resources; Short-term Counseling (6 to 12 sessions) addressing psychoeducation, safety planning, crisis support, emotion regulation, making meaning of trauma, and processing associated emotions; support groups; financial literary training and personal financial counseling to address any financial aspects of abuse; and parent support workshops.

Provides access to legal information on topics related to victims of crime.

Provides a toll-free crisis hotline, emergency shelter, individual and/or group counseling, and support groups for adults and children. Offers legal advocacy (including obtaining a Protection From Abuse Order), systems advocacy, children's program, information and referral, and accompaniment to court-related proceedings.

Provides an emergency shelter, toll-free hotline, individual and/or group counseling, and support groups for adults and children. Offers legal advocacy (including obtaining a Protection From Abuse Order), systems advocacy, children's program, information and referral, and accompaniment to court-related proceedings.

Provides advocacy and accompaniment through the criminal and civil court system.

Offers a wide range of support services to older Lancaster County residents with the goal of allowing them to maintain their independence and self-sufficiency. Most services available to persons ages 60 and over, except for the 55+ Job Bank, Job Bank Workshop and Senior Community Services Employment Program which begins at age 55 and older. Domiciliary Care, Long Term Care Assessments, Ombudsman and Caregiver Support Program available for persons 18 years and older.

Educates the community about child abuse prevention and drug and alcohol awareness/prevention. Provides court ordered supervised visitation services.

Recruits, screens, trains, and supervises volunteer advocates who are then appointed by the Juvenile Judge to advocate for the best interests of abused and/or neglected children. Offers services that may include: Advocating for abused and/or neglected children involved in dependency court proceedings; Independently investigating facts of the case for the court; Making recommendations to the court based on case facts and information gathered; Monitors court orders to ensure services are provided to and utilized by the child and family; Attending all meetings and court proceedings.

Provides financial assistance. Offers medical expenses, loss of earnings, stolen benefit cash, funeral expenses, loss of support (homicide cases only), crime-scene cleanup expenses, relocation expenses and counseling expenses.

National resource that can be accessed by phone or the internet. Offer real-time one-on-one support from trained Peer Advocates. Peer Advocates are trained to offer support, information and advocacy to those involved in dating abuse relationships as well as concerned parents, teachers, clergy, law enforcement, and service provides.

Serves as a victim assistance program that provides services to older adults that are related to elder crime. Services provided include court accompaniment to the Criminal Justice Center (CJC); facilitation of transportation to court; assistance with filing Crime Victim's Compensation (CVC); information on criminal justice and aging; community education and presentations; assistance with preparing Victim Impact Statements (VIS); and restitution assistance.

Provides information about services for older adults, makes referrals to community resources, and offers problem solving assistance and help in accessing complicated programs. Provides direct advocacy as well as special assistance to victims of crime and elder abuse.

Provides victims of domestic violence with counseling and options for accessing the legal system as well as other social services. Services include:
Advocacy options within the legal system, safety planning, individualized in-person and telephone counseling, peer counseling, support groups, elder abuse advocacy and counseling, and referrals to community and other Domestic Violence resources including (therapists, lawyers and other social service providers).

Provides victims of domestic violence with counseling and options for accessing the legal system as well as other social services. Services include:
Advocacy options within the legal system, safety planning, individualized in-person and telephone counseling, peer counseling, support groups, elder abuse advocacy and counseling, and referrals to community and other Domestic Violence resources including (therapists, lawyers and other social service providers).

Provides victims of domestic violence with counseling and options for accessing the legal system as well as other social services. Services include:
Advocacy options within the legal system, safety planning, individualized in-person and telephone counseling, peer counseling, support groups, elder abuse advocacy and counseling, and referrals to community and other Domestic Violence resources including (therapists, lawyers and other social service providers).

Provides victims of domestic violence with counseling and options for accessing the legal system as well as other social services. Services include:
Advocacy options within the legal system, safety planning, individualized in-person and telephone counseling, peer counseling, support groups, elder abuse advocacy and counseling, and referrals to community and other Domestic Violence resources including (therapists, lawyers and other social service providers).

Provides victims of domestic violence with counseling and options for accessing the legal system as well as other social services. Services include:
Advocacy options within the legal system, safety planning, individualized in-person and telephone counseling, peer counseling, support groups, elder abuse advocacy and counseling, and referrals to community and other Domestic Violence resources including (therapists, lawyers and other social service providers).

Provides victims of domestic violence with counseling and options for accessing the legal system as well as other social services. Services include:
Advocacy options within the legal system, safety planning, individualized in-person and telephone counseling, peer counseling, support groups, elder abuse advocacy and counseling, and referrals to community and other Domestic Violence resources including (therapists, lawyers and other social service providers).

An eight-bed, short-term residential program for adults in Carbon, Monroe and Pike counties. Provides supervised mental health stabilization services as an alternative to psychiatric hospitalization for individuals who are in psychiatric crisis, or who may need to be removed from a stressful environment while supports are identified to ensure stability.

Provides telephone and mobile crisis intervention assessment, crisis counseling, crisis stabilization, referral and linkage with other services, and assessment of the need for emergency hospitalization.

Provides a 24-hour hotline that serves as a point of access for crisis counseling, safety planning, resources, referrals, and intake to Safe Havens.

Acts as a liaison within the criminal justice system to provide support, encouragement, information and assistance to victims of crime and their significant others.

Educates victim/survivor's of their rights. Provides accompaniment to court, hospital, and police offices. Assists with Victim Impact Statements, filing for Victims Compensation, and Crime Victim Notification Program. Provides crisis intervention and information and referrals to appropriate legal and community resources.

Provides free and confidential counseling services for victims of crime, their family members and friends. Counseling options available include Individual Counseling, Support Group Counseling, Child Abuse Treatment, and Family Therapy Program.

Provides educational programs for students, parents and professionals at schools, workplaces, community centers, etc.
Programs include:

• Risk reduction/safety education programs for children from pre-k to college age
• Safety Rangers, a 10 week after school safety education program
• College, community and professional training to law enforcement, medical personnel, community centers, teachers, etc.
• Mandated Reporter Training approved for schools by the PA Department of Education to meet ACT 126 Mandatory Reporter Training Requirements for educators.

Assistance with requesting Temporary Protection orders; Police interview and court accompaniment; Campus advocate; Assistance with Victims Compensation Assistance Program (VCAP) applications

On-site advocates at all local hospitals; On-site response to medical advocacy calls 24/7/365; access to Safe Berks services, info, advocacy, safety planning and shelter; specialized education to healthcare providers

Offers a Help Line for those feeling anxious, in need of reassurance. Staffed by trained certified peer specialists and call specialists who have been there.

Provides forensic chid interviews, medical exams, and services to reduce the trauma children experience during the investigation of abuse allegations.

Court Accompaniment, Courtroom Orientation, Court tours for the children, Preparation for Court Testimony, Supportive Counseling and Notifications during the criminal process, assistance with Victim Impact Statements, claims for restitution, filing for the Victim Compensation Assistance Program, and Enrollment in the Inmate Status Notification Program.

Offers support services to victims and witnesses of crime. Provides information on the criminal justice system, follows up with the Philadelphia Police and District Attorney, provides referrals to government and private agencies, and assists with applications to a federally-funded Crime Victim Compensation program.

Assists victims and witnesses of crime. Services include supportive counseling, case status information, accompaniment to court proceedings, referrals to social service agencies, and assistance with filing for crime victim's compensation.

Supports co-victims of homicide--family and friends who have lost a loved one to murder--by providing an array of services, including criminal justice information, emotional support, and trial accompaniment.

Offers supportive counseling, referrals, and assistance with the legal system to victims of crime. Assists with the processes for obtaining crime victim's compensation and protection orders. Services offered include emotional & crisis support, Information on police and court proceedings, court accompaniment at the preliminary hearing, assistance in obtaining protection orders, and referrals to other agencies for additional services such as emergency food, shelter, home repairs, and more.

Services include informing victims and witnesses about the criminal justice process, providing information on victim legal rights and protections, reporting any victim-witness intimidation and/or retaliation, emergency relocation services, emergency funds, support groups, and victim awareness education.

Assistance may in the form of bus tokens or other transportation options when directly related to the abuse. Safety is first and foremost and services may look different for each client needing assistance.

Advocates and counselors are trained and ready to assist victims and their families with issues related to the legal system, the medical system, public benefits, and housing issues. Systems may include, the legal and medical systems, public benefits, and housing.

Provides comprehensive victim services ranging from emergency shelter for survivors and their children fleeing violence, to community based services, advocacy, and support.

Provides counseling to victims and survivors of nazi persecution

Provides accompaniment, notifications, and support to victims of crime, assists with VCAP claims and advocates for restitution on behalf of crime victims, also acts as a liaison with the prosecution to ensure that the victim’s input is considered.

Provides accompaniment to any type of criminal case proceeding.

Provides case status and notification of upcoming court proceedings.

Provides assistance with enrolling in the state/county prisoner release notification program

Assist victims with emotional needs as a result of victimization

Provides basic orientation of criminal justice system and court room tours.

Assists with safety planning and ensures victim's basic needs are being met

Provides restitution forms, assists in completion of forms and calculates restitution

Provides assistance with written and oral victim impact statements to assist victims in explaining how the crime has impacted their life.

Documents complaints of intimidation and forwards them to a detective. Also discusses safety planning.

Provides applications for compensation to eligible victims and assistance to complete these applications.

Provides assistance to victims and witnesses of crime during their involvement with the criminal justice system.

Provides assistance to victims and witnesses of crime during their involvement with the criminal justice system.

Identify and protect the rights of crime victims and witnesses rights by ensuring that the victims are treated with dignity, compassion, and respect during criminal proceedings.

Provides the following programs:
- A state funded Bilingual Spanish/English Drug and Alcohol outpatient program, licensed by the Department of Health, Office of Drug and Alcohol Programs (ODAP), that provides therapeutic services to Hispanic clients and their families who suffer from problems of substance abuse. Services include assessments and evaluations; culturally relevant Latino and American outpatient drug and alcohol treatment for individuals, families and groups; medical referrals when appropriate; chemical abuse support groups; consultation services offering substance abuse education and prevention to families, schools, businesses, medical professionals, social services and community groups; and intervention programs for youth and adults involved in the program.

- A Mental Health Outpatient Center offering assessments and evaluations of mental health disorders, as well as culturally relevant mental health treatment for individuals and their families. This is NOT a crisis center; it is an ou

A confidential and secure shelter provides a temporary safe place for victims of domestic violence and their children who are forced to flee their home for safety reasons.
Advocates are on-site 24/7 to provide support, education and counseling, as well as information and referral to community resources.
Services provided during the stay help to stabilize the victim’s immediate crisis as well as support long term goal planning.

Provides advocacy and guidance to return to their pre-crime status. Assists criminal case proceed. Accompanies clients to any and all interviews with law enforcement, and meetings with prosecuting district attorneys. Advocates with employers, creditors, schools, and much more.

Provides services to victims and witnesses of crimes, including case notification, case management, crisis and supportive counseling, impact statement development and assistance, restitution assistance, victim compensation assistance, legal advocacy, liasion with district attorney and law enforcement for criminal proceedings, and registration for notification of offenders release, escape, or transfer from prison.

ARD Program: The ARD Program (Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition) is a pre-trial diversionary program administered by the District Attorney's Office. After the preliminary hearing is held or waived a defendant may file an application in the District Attorney's Office.

Private Complaints: With the exception of private bad check complaints, the District Attorney's office must approve all Private Complaints involving either a misdemeanor or felony. A private complaint is one brought by a citizen either without police involvement or where the police declined to get involved. Private Summary citations (minor offenses such as harassment) which are not accepted by a Magisterial District Justice also require approval by the District Attorney.

Victim/Witness Assistance: It is the responsibility of the Victim/Witness Unit to ensure that victims are provided the rights as defined under the Prosecutor's Responsibilities of the Crime Victims Bill of Rights (Act 111 of 1998).

PA SAVIN:

Raises community consciousness of sexual violence, initiates action against sexual violence, supports and empowers victims of sexual violence and their significant others, works towards the prevention of sexual violence through education, and advocates for the rights of fair or equitable treatment of survivors of sexual violence.

Raises community consciousness of sexual violence, initiates action against sexual violence, supports and empowers victims of sexual violence and their significant others, works towards the prevention of sexual violence through education, and advocates for the rights of fair or equitable treatment of survivors of sexual violence.

Raises community consciousness of sexual violence, initiates action against sexual violence, supports and empowers victims of sexual violence and their significant others, works towards the prevention of sexual violence through education, and advocates for the rights of fair or equitable treatment of survivors of sexual violence.

Raises community consciousness of sexual violence, initiates action against sexual violence, supports and empowers victims of sexual violence and their significant others, works towards the prevention of sexual violence through education, and advocates for the rights of fair or equitable treatment of survivors of sexual violence.

Variety of programs that help victims of crimes and their families recover from the trauma of their experience.

Provides victims of domestic violence with assistance navigating through the legal system.

Advocates provide the following services:
assistance with legal options for domestic violence victims, court accompaniment to preliminary hearings (district court level), and systems advocacy to effect social change.

Empowering and assisting crime victims, witnesses, and significant others in reconstructing their lives through advocacy, support, information, and referrals. Includes services such as accompanying the victim to court and assisting with the crime victim compensation filing process.

Provides safe house for abused persons who are in immediate danger; case management; service and safety plan development; clothing; individual counseling; support groups; life skills and information workshops; and referrals to and advocacy with other providers.

Offers a hospital and community-based violence intervention program that provides an integrated care model of trauma-focused healing services (counseling, supportive case management, and peer services) to victims of violent injury (stabbings, shootings, and assaults) between the ages of 8 and 35, as well as to those who may have been a witness to such violence.

Assists victims and witnesses of crime. Services include case status information, accompaniment to preliminary hearings and trials, assistance with filing for crime victim's compensation and referrals to social service agencies for counseling and other services.

Assists victims and witnesses of crime. Services include case status information, accompaniment to preliminary hearings and trials, assistance with filing for crime victim's compensation and referrals to social service agencies for counseling and other services.

Provides advocates who perform a variety of functions, including: offering comfort to patients in the trauma bay, updating families about their loved ones’ conditions, providing grief support to families of homicide victims, linking survivors to crime victim services, and offering emotional support to patients after they’ve been discharged from the hospital.

Offers a support group for women that educates, supports, and provides awareness for patterns that maintain psychologically abusive behavior.

Offers a national network of mental health professionals who pledge to “give an hour” of their time each week to support individuals who are victims of crime and survivors of abuse and assault, natural disasters, survivors of gun violence and their families. In addition, counseling for Active Military, Veterans and families of Military.

Provides accompaniment and assistance with a variety of paperwork and proceedings. A counselor/advocate is available to accompany and provide support to a victim when they go to the hospital to receive emergency treatment, when reporting the crime to the police, when completing victim impact statements or when appearing for legal proceedings. Additionally, an advocate can assist with filing an order for Protection from Abuse (PFA), Protection from Intimidation (PFI), and Protection of Victims of Sexual Assault (PSVI), restitution claims, and victim compensation claims.

Provides a range of counseling services to victims during any crisis that may occur in the aftermath of a crime in order to assist a victim in managing the crisis. Also, provides access to group counseling utilizing both support and psycho-educational formats. Support groups provide an opportunity for victims of crime to come together to share experiences and gain strength as part of their healing.

Offers assistance in applying for the Victims Compensation Assistance Program. The Victims Compensation Assistance Program helps victims and their families through the emotional and physical aftermath of a crime by easing the financial impact placed upon them by the crime.

Provides accompaniment and assistance with a variety of paperwork and proceedings. A counselor/advocate is available to accompany and provide support to a victim when they go to the hospital to receive emergency treatment, when reporting the crime to the police, when completing victim impact statements or when appearing for legal proceedings. Additionally, an advocate can assist with filing an order for Protection from Abuse (PFA), Protection from Intimidation (PFI), and Protection of Victims of Sexual Assault (PSVI), restitution claims, and victim compensation claims.

Provides a range of counseling services to victims during any crisis that may occur in the aftermath of a crime in order to assist a victim in managing the crisis. Also, provides access to group counseling utilizing both support and psycho-educational formats. Support groups provide an opportunity for victims of crime to come together to share experiences and gain strength as part of their healing.

Offers assistance in applying for the Victims Compensation Assistance Program. The Victims Compensation Assistance Program helps victims and their families through the emotional and physical aftermath of a crime by easing the financial impact placed upon them by the crime.

Provides accompaniment and assistance with a variety of paperwork and proceedings. A counselor/advocate is available to accompany and provide support to a victim when they go to the hospital to receive emergency treatment, when reporting the crime to the police, when completing victim impact statements or when appearing for legal proceedings. Additionally, an advocate can assist with filing an order for Protection from Abuse (PFA), Protection from Intimidation (PFI), and Protection of Victims of Sexual Assault (PSVI), restitution claims, and victim compensation claims.

Provides a range of counseling services to victims during any crisis that may occur in the aftermath of a crime in order to assist a victim in managing the crisis. Also, provides access to group counseling utilizing both support and psycho-educational formats. Support groups provide an opportunity for victims of crime to come together to share experiences and gain strength as part of their healing.

Offers assistance in applying for the Victims Compensation Assistance Program. The Victims Compensation Assistance Program helps victims and their families through the emotional and physical aftermath of a crime by easing the financial impact placed upon them by the crime.

Provides trauma informed, culturally relevant services to victims of crime residing in the East Division in Philadelphia. Services include telephone and in-person crisis counseling, ongoing case management, information and assistance in filing victims compensation claims, court accompaniment, legal advocacy, relocation support, and linkage to community resources.

Mother's Home offers: Temporary shelter and transitional housing for women in crisis or emergencies. Monitoring prenatal and postnatal care Nutrition and health management Childbirth and parenting education Individual and family counseling Vocational education and employment preparation Identification and referrals to community support and medical services

Offers assistance with filing claims for monetary victim compensation and medical expenses, etc.

Ensures victims and witnesses of crimes receive all the services afforded under the Bill of Rights. Services include help with filing, detailing important information throughout the process, and referrals. Compensation assistance may also cover any non-reimbursable medical costs, loss of wages, loss of ability to earn wages, funeral expenses, relocation expenses, and crime scene clean-up cost.