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Northeast Victim Service - Crime Victim and Witness Assistance

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

What's Here

Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
Victims' Rights Groups
General Crime Victim Assistance
Crime Witness Support

YWCA Hanover - Safe Home

Provides a 24-hour confidential, domestic violence support hotline. Makes referrals for temporary or emergency safe shelter. Offers legal advocacy, including assistance with filing a Protection From Abuse Order. Coordinates with other social service agencies that provide assistance with health, finances, housing, drug/alcohol treatment, support groups, children's services, employment/training, food, furniture, clothing, and more. Provides referral and support services, child therapy, and the W.E.A.V.E. (Women's Empowerment Against Violent Environments) adult support group, which includes free childcare during group sessions. Delivers community education for all groups, including educational speakers and age-appropriate outreach materials. Provides accompaniment and/or transportation to appointments/hearings, including civil and criminal hearings. Also offers options for counseling and crisis response, with free childcare provided when necessary. Offers volunteer opportunities.

What's Here

General Crime Victim Assistance
Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Volunteer Opportunities
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Issues
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
General Abuse Prevention
Advocacy

Crime Victims Council of the Lehigh Valley - Crime Victims Support Services

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.

What's Here

Sexual Assault Counseling
Crime Victims
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
Crime Victim/Witness Counseling
Sexual Assault Hotlines
General Crime Victim Assistance
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Crime Victim Support Groups
Sexual Assault Prevention

Victim Services Center of Montgomery County - Advocacy Services

Provides general crime victim support, crisis intervention hotlines, in-person intervention, encouragement, information, and assistance to victims of crime and their significant others. This includes helping victims navigate the legal system or explore their reporting options. Offers crisis intervention, as well as information and referrals to appropriate legal and community resources.

What's Here

General Crime Victim Assistance
General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
In Person Crisis Intervention
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Court Ordered Victim Restitution Services

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.

What's Here

Domestic Violence Support Groups
General Crime Victim Assistance
Individual Counseling
Domestic Violence Issues
Sexual Assault Counseling
Group Counseling

Bradford County Court Administration - Victim Services

Offers 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.

What's Here

Crime Victim Compensation
General Crime Victim Assistance
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services

The Open Link - Domestic Violence Advocacy and Court Accompaniment

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.

What's Here

Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
General Crime Victim Assistance

Dauphin County District Attorney - Crime Victim Compensation Act

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

What's Here

Crime Victim Compensation

Women's Center of Beaver County - Medical and Legal Advocacy

Provides 24 hour helpline, counseling, emergency shelter, court and hospital accompaniment, support groups, adult, professionals and children's educational programs, children's counseling and therapy services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. No cost services.

What's Here

Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Crime Victim/Witness Related No Contact Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Shelters

A Way Out Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services - Support Groups and Therapy

Provides Crime victim accompaniment services to doctor's office or hospital.

What's Here

Crime Victim Accompaniment Services

Concilio - Victim and Witness Services

Informs victims and witnesses about the criminal justice process, provides information on victim legal rights and protections, and reports any victim-witness intimidation and/or retaliation. Also provides emergency relocation services, emergency funds, support groups, and victim awareness education.

What's Here

Relocation Assistance
General Crime Victim Assistance
Crime Witness Support

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.

What's Here

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

Office of the Victim Advocate - Crime Victims Rights Violation Reporting

Provides an overview of crime victims' right in Pennsylvania and how to address violations of those rights through the courts or by filing a complaint.

What's Here

Legal Information Services
Victims' Rights Groups
General Crime Victim Assistance

Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County - Counseling Services

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

What's Here

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

NOVA - Hotline

Provides assistance and support to trauma victims and their families.

What's Here

General Crime Victim Assistance
Sexual Assault Hotlines

Cumberland County Victim Services Division - Victim Services

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

What's Here

General Crime Victim Assistance

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.

What's Here

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

A Woman's Place - Victim Response Team

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

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General Crime Victim Assistance
Lawyer Referral Services
Domestic Violence Issues

Alice Paul House - Victim Advocacy

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), Sexual Violence Protection Order (SVPO)/Protection from Intimidation (PFI) Order, and Medical Advocacy.

What's Here

General Crime Victim Assistance

Pittsburgh Action Against Rape - Helpline

Provides 24/7/365 crisis intervention and brief supportive counseling services to victims of sexual assault and trafficking through the Helpline, including emergency medical and legal accompaniment in Allegheny County.

What's Here

Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Specialized Crime Victim Assistance
Human Trafficking Hotlines

Center for Victims - Offender Release Notification

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.

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Crime Victim Notification Services

Northampton County Government Center - Government Services

Oversees Northampton County operations, including administration/human resources, economic development, corrections, court services, fiscal affairs, human services, public works, and the offices of the Coroner, Public Defender, Sheriff.

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Land Deeds/Titles
Small Claims Courts
Court Filing Offices
General Crime Victim Assistance
Divorce Records
Planning/Coordinating/Advisory Groups
Name/Personal Information Modification Assistance
Death Related Records/Permits
Local Officials Offices
Land Records
Concealed Weapons Permits
Correctional Facilities
Land Use Planning and Regulation Services
Crime Victim/Witness Counseling
Passports
Law Enforcement Records/Files
Marriage Licenses
Court Records
Property Tax Information
Tax Collection Agencies
COVID-19 Control
Law Enforcement Agencies
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Adoption Courts
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Home Rehabilitation Loans
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Fire Stations
Government Services Issues
Land Development Services
Probate Courts
County Government Departments/Offices
Disaster Management Organizations
Land Use Planning and Regulation Bodies
Crime Witness Support
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Child Custody Orders
County Government Information Services
Consumer Complaints

Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect - Sexual Assault Victim Services

Works to create sexual violence awareness and prevention education within communities.

What's Here

Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Legal Counseling
Crime Victim Support Groups
Sexual Assault Counseling
Legal Information Services
Sexual Assault Prevention
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Lawyer Referral Services
Legal Representation
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
General Crime Victim Assistance

Crime Victims' Center of Chester County - Accompaniment and Advocacy

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.

What's Here

Crime Victim Support

Schuylkill County Government Information - County Government

Consists of the County Council, which is the governing legislative body, and the County Executive, who oversees county operations, including administration/ human resources, economic development, corrections, court services, fiscal affairs, human services, public works, and the offices of the Coroner, Public Defender, Sheriff, and Solicitor.

What's Here

Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Name/Personal Information Modification Assistance
Concealed Weapons Permits
Criminal State Trial Courts
Adoption Courts
Disaster Management Organizations
Civil State Trial Courts
Crime Victim/Witness Counseling
Marriage Licenses
Crime Witness Support
Correctional Facilities
Court Filing Offices
Death Related Records/Permits
Consumer Complaints
Divorce Records
Property Tax Information
Local Officials Offices
Tax Collection Agencies
Child Custody Orders
Court Records
Law Enforcement Records/Files
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Probate Courts
County Government Information Services
Passports
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
General Crime Victim Assistance
Land Use Planning and Regulation Services
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance