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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

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

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

Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect - Sexual Assault Victim Services

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

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

Berks County District Attorney's Victim/Witness Assistance Unit - Assistance with Restitution

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Crime Victim Accompaniment Services

Franklin County Government - Victim Witness Services

Helps make the entire juvenile justice process more understandable and less stressful for the victims and witnesses of juvenile crime. Connects individuals with a Victim Service Coordinator, who is the advocate and guide for victims and witnesses as their case makes its way through the Juvenile Justice System. Provides services including accompaniment to court, orientation to the juvenile justice system, court preparation, advocacy, notification of all phases of the case, assistance with completing victim's assistance compensation program (VCAP) forms, and assistance with preparing a victim impact statement.

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Crime Witness Support
General Crime Victim Assistance
Probation

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

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 Accompaniment Services
Crime Victim Compensation

A Safe Place - Accompaniment

Accompaniment to the hospital, legal services, police or other helping agencies.

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Crime Victim Accompaniment Services

Clinton County Government - Victim/Witness Program

Provides information, assistance and advocacy to all victims and witnesses. Ensures the rights of crime victims are protected and that the criminal justice system treats crime victims and witnesses with fairness, compassion, dignity, and respect. The Victim/Witness Coordinator willl assist you in your understanding of the criminal justice process and your rights and responsibilities as a crime victim.

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General Crime Victim Assistance

WOAR - Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence - SAFE BARS Philly

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

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Workplace Violence Prevention
Workplace Safety Education
General Crime Victim Assistance

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.

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

Citizens Against Physical, Sexual and Emotional Abuse - PA SAVIN

Provides an innovative, confidential and automated service that helps individuals and/or families track the status of an offender, housed in a COUNTY jail within the Commonwealth. Allows Pennsylvania residents to receive real-time information about an offender's custody status, such as an inmate's release, transfer or escape.

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General Crime Victim Assistance

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
Domestic Violence Issues
Lawyer Referral Services

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
Charities/Grantmaking Organizations
Funding
General Crime Victim Assistance
Crime Victim Compensation

Temple Safety Net - Trauma Victim Support Advocates

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.

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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

The Abuse Network, Inc. - Abuse Prevention and Services

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

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LGBTQ2+ Helplines
General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
Child Abuse Counseling
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Human Trafficking Hotlines
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Specialized Information and Referral
Domestic Violence Shelters
Older Adults
General Legal Aid
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Adult Child Abuse Survivor Counseling
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
In Person Crisis Intervention
Domestic Violence Issues
Bullying Helplines
Anger/Violence Issues
Advocacy
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services