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County of Lancaster - Victim/Witness Services

Services include: Educating victims and witnesses of crimes about their rights and the proper procedures to follow Assistance with completing applications to Crime Victims Compensation Fund. Expenses that may be paid include: Medical, Counseling, Loss of Earnings or Support, Stolen Cash Benefits and Funeral Expenses. Provides information and referral to victims and witnesses for services such as emergency housing, transportation and child care Gives pre-trial tours of the Courthouse Provides emotional support to victims and witnesses Promotes public awareness of the need for victim services and the need for recognition of the rights of victims of crime

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Crime Victim/Witness Counseling
Crime Witness Support
General Crime Victim Assistance

Berks County District Attorney's Victim/Witness Assistance Unit - Court Accompaniment

Provides accompaniment to any type of criminal case proceeding.

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

Crime Victims' Center of Chester County - Crime Victim's Compensation

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.

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Crime Victim Support

Safe Journey - Protection From Abuse (PFA)

Provides protection from abuse assistance, accompaniment and transportation to court hearings.

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Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders

EMIR Healing Center - Victim and Witness Services

Provides support to individuals, families, and groups/communities who are victims or witnesses of violent crime and homicide.

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General Crime Victim Assistance
Crime Witness Support
Bereavement and Grief Counseling

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency - Government Agency

Enhances the quality, coordination, and planning within the criminal and juvenile justice systems to facilitate the delivery of services to victims of crime and to increase the safety of communities. Offers grants to organizations through a wide variety of programs. Provides victims' compensation for individual victims of crime.

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Criminal Justice/Legal System Reform Groups
Crime Victim Compensation
Funding
Charities/Grantmaking Organizations
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.

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

Berks County District Attorney's Victim/Witness Assistance Unit - Supportive Counseling

Assist victims with emotional needs as a result of victimization

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General Crime Victim Assistance

Victim Services - Supportive Services

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

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Adult Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Counseling
Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence
Sexual Assault Counseling
Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
Crime Victim/Witness Counseling
Child Abuse Counseling
Specialized Crime Victim Assistance
General Crime Victim Assistance
Adult Child Abuse Survivor Counseling

Berks County District Attorney's Victim/Witness Assistance Unit - Case Information and Notification

Provides case status and notification of upcoming court proceedings.

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General Crime Victim Assistance

Dauphin County Victim/Witness Assistance Program - Crime Victim Support

Empowers and assists 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.

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Specialized Crime Victim Assistance
General Crime Victim Assistance

Women's Services - Legal Advocacy

Assists and supports victims as they go through the criminal or civil legal system. Provides information that will help survivors make informed decisions about the court process.

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Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
General Crime Victim Assistance

Venango County Human Services - Court Supervision Services

Provides assistance with court supervision services: DUI, shoplifters, juvenile probation, urine analysis, community services, victim services.

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Probation
Community Service Work Programs
General Crime Victim Assistance

HAVEN - Helping Abuse and Violence End Now - Accompaniment Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence

Legal advocate available to accompany victims to the police station and court hearings, and provide support during difficult times. The medical advocate, available 24 hours a day, can accompany a victim to the Emergency Room, as well as to doctor's appointments or hospital visits.

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Crime Victim Accompaniment 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
Local Officials Offices
General Crime Victim Assistance

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.

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General Crime Victim Assistance
Crime Victim Compensation
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services

Adams County Victim Witness Assistance Program - Victim Witness Assistance Program

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.

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Crime Witness Support
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
General Crime Victim Assistance

Blackburn Center - Medical Advocacy

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

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Crime Victim Accompaniment Services

Your Safe Haven - Crime Victim Support

Assists 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.

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Crime Victim Support

Women's Resource Center - Accompaniment

Provides accompaniment to medical, police, and court proceedings related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and/or stalking.

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Transportation for Endangered People
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services

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

NOVA - Crime Victim Advocacy

Provides advocacy, victim's rights groups, 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.

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General Crime Victim Assistance
Advocacy
Victims' Rights Groups

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.

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