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Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network - Victim Assistance

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

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Identity Theft Prevention
Crime Issues
General Crime Victim Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral

Franklin County Government - Help For Victims

Provides victims with the following: An Orientation to the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems; Accompaniment to Court Proceedings; Assistance with Filing a Crime Victims Compensation Claim; Assistance with Preparing a Victim Impact Statement; Notification of Case Status; Enrollment in the State and Local Correctional Release Notification Programs; Prior Comment on Possibility of Reducing or Dropping Charges; and Community Referrals.

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Crime Witness Support
General Crime Victim Assistance

Victims Intervention Program - Legal Advocacy and Medical Advocacy

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.

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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
General Crime Victim Assistance
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services

Blackburn Center - Legal Advocacy

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

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Specialized Crime Victim Assistance
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services

Center for Victims - General Victims' Services

Helps 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.

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General Crime Victim Assistance

TRUST - Hope for the Hurting - Crisis Responder

Assists law enforcement, support agencies, individuals and the community during the first few hours of a crime, traumatic incident or community disaster.

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General Crime Victim Assistance

Crime Victims' Center of Chester County - Victim Notification Services

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.

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Crime Victim Support

YWCA York - YWCA

Offers a variety of services: a 24-hour hotline, a 24-hour accompaniment to hospital, Police interview accompaniment, Legal advocacy, Individual and group counseling, Art therapy, Crime prevention education programs, Information & referral, Homicide support group, Homicide advocate rapid response team, York County Alliance Against Sexual Violence, Adult survivors of incest support group, Suicide survivors support group, Teens on the move (T.O.M.) teens doing education and prevention of sexual violence for teens, Suicide survivors support group-call Lexi Livelsberger for location.

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Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
Sexual Assault Counseling
Sexual Assault Prevention
Adult Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Counseling
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Child Abuse Support Groups
Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
Suicide Loss Survivors Support Groups
General Crime Victim Assistance
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services

AWARE - Mercer Legal Advocacy Offices

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.

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General Crime Victim Assistance
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders

Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County - Counseling Services

Offers a variety of strengths-based confidential counseling services for survivors of domestic violence.

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In Person Crisis Intervention
General Crime Victim Assistance
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Domestic Violence Support Groups

Women's Resource Center - Advocacy

Advocacy for the rights of all victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking to be free from harm in their homes, at their work, and on the streets. This includes both legal and economic advocacy.

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General Crime Victim Assistance

Victim Services Center of Montgomery County - Counseling and Therapy Services

Provides counseling, support groups, and assistance services for victims of crime, as well as their family members and friends.

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Child Abuse Support Groups
Crime Victim/Witness Counseling
Family Counseling
General Crime Victim Assistance
General Counseling Services

Victims Resource Center - Accompaniment and Assistance

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.

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Sexual Assault Hotlines
Escort Programs
General Crime Victim Assistance
Human Trafficking Hotlines
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Domestic Violence Hotlines

Office of Victims' Services - Victims Compensation Assistance Program

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.

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Crime Victim Compensation

Abuse and Rape Crisis Center - Transportation

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.

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General Crime Victim Assistance

Victims Resource Center - Victims Compensation Assistance Program

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.

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General Crime Victim Assistance

Office of the Victim Advocate - Victim Advocacy

Provides advocacy and facilitates the process of submitting comments for potential parole release and clemency hearings.

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Advocacy
Parole Related Crime Victim Services

Citizens Against Physical, Sexual and Emotional Abuse - Sexual Assault Services

Provides crisis and ongoing counseling and support for victims of sexual assault. Offers accompaniment to hospital, police, and court.

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Sexual Assault Counseling
Sexual Assault Hotlines
General Crime Victim Assistance

Victims Resource Center - Victims Compensation Assistance Program

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.

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General Crime Victim Assistance

Victims Resource Center - Victims Compensation Assistance Program

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.

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General Crime Victim Assistance

Institute for the Development of African-American Youth - Community Crisis Intervention Program

Uses a credible messenger model to prevent and reduce gun violence in Philadelphia’s most violent neighborhoods. Provides teams of crisis workers / credible messengers who ride and walk-through assigned Police Service Areas, mediate conflicts, and build meaningful relationships in the community to help prevent violence. Also provides outreach and referrals to resources to victims of violence crime.

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Gun Violence Issues
Gang Programs
Youth Violence Prevention
General Crime Victim Assistance
Outreach Programs
Neighborhood Dispute Resolution Services

Northampton County District Attorney - District Attorney

Prosecutes criminal matters at all stages of the process, including preliminary hearings, pre-trial conferences, guilty pleas, trials, appeals, and collateral proceedings.

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District Attorney
General Crime Victim Assistance
Local Officials Offices

Abuse and Rape Crisis Center - Advocacy and Accompaniment

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.

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General Crime Victim Assistance

Women's Resource Center - Support Services

Provides ongoing empowerment counseling, tailored to individual needs, to victims, children and significant others. This includes crisis, economic and educative counseling. Additionally, support groups are held regularly for adults or teens who are survivors of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment. The Barbara J. Hart Justice Center provides legal assistance to program participants, including representation, consultation and court preparation. Services include safety planning, Protection From Abuse orders, child custody, child support, divorce, nuisance ordinances from landlords, evictions, consumer debt, banking and tax issues, immigration issues, and employment cases.

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General Crime Victim Assistance
Domestic Violence Issues
Advocacy
Domestic Violence Support Groups

Crime Victim Center of Erie County - Victim Services

Provides adult and juvenile court accompaniment, restitution assistance, and crime victim compensation assistance.

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Court Ordered Victim Restitution Services
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
General Crime Victim Assistance
Crime Victim Compensation