• Victim Advocacy and Public Awareness
• Responding to Victims of Crime
• Support for Grassroots Organizations
• OVC Grants and Funding Initiatives

Victim Advocacy and Public Awareness

National Crime Victims' Rights Week 2008 Resource Guide (January 2008)
This guide (NCJ 220102) was developed to help communities and victim assistance providers promote awareness of crime victim issues and help commemorate National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW), held each year in April. The guide features tips for working with the media, customizable public awareness materials, a theme DVD, and more.

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Responding to Victims of Crime

Faith-Based Responses to Crime Victims (April 2008)
This 30-minute DVD (NCJ 216616) provides the faith community and the victim services field with examples of successful partnerships that are making a difference in victims' lives throughout the Nation. These promising practices are intended to inspire the two communities to collaborate effectively to expand their victim service networks.

First Response to Victims of Crime (April 2008)
This educational multimedia package, produced by the National Sheriffs' Association, looks at the impact of crime on victims and describes steps that law enforcement can take, as first responders, to meet victims' needs. Among the types of victimizations covered are sexual assault, drunk driving, homicide, human trafficking, and mass casualties. The special needs of older victims, child victims, immigrants, and victims with disabilities are addressed as well. This 30-minute video is available in DVD (NCJ 211619) and VHS (NCJ 211618). A companion guidebook (NCJ 217272) is also available.

Resource Guide for Serving U.S. Citizens Victimized Abroad (April 2008)
Victim service providers in the United States have a tremendous opportunity to enhance the services that U.S. citizens who are victimized abroad receive. This online resource guide can help victim service providers develop strategic plans and carry out constructive activities to ensure that key personnel, resources, and protocols are in place for effective assistance.

Responding to Victims of Human Trafficking-A Training Video for Victim Service Providers (April 2008)
This 20-minute DVD (NCJ 219179), produced with the assistance of Safe Horizon, addresses the need for the victim services field to work in partnership with those who provide services to immigrants and with other allied practitioners to better serve victims of human trafficking. It was designed to help traditional victim service providers expand their skills and resources to meet the needs of trafficking victims. A component of this DVD is a guide that provides resources for information about what defines human trafficking and the response to this crime by the U.S. Government, the international community, and nongovernmental entities.

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Support for Grassroots Organizations

Building a State Victim Assistance Academy-Vermont's Experience (April 2008)
This online bulletin (NCJ 221684) describes Vermont 's experience in developing a State Victim Assistance Academy , providing information about useful strategies for designing, pilot testing, and implementing the academy.

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OVC Grants and Funding Initiatives

Antiterrorism Emergency Assistance Program (July 2007)
This updated brochure (BC 000744) describes the OVC Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program, which provides federal funds to support crisis response, consequence management, criminal justice support, crime victim compensation, and training and technical assistance during crisis aftermath. PDF (341 kb)

Helping Outreach Programs to Expand (April 2007)
This OVC brochure (BC 000742) describes the Helping Outreach Programs to Expand grant program developed to help grassroots, nonprofit, community- and faith-based organizations and coalitions that are not linked to mainstream victim service programs to expand and enhance their crime victim services and outreach efforts. Funds may be used to develop programs, aid networking, build coalitions, and deliver services. Printed copies of this brochure will be available later in May. (PDF 335 kb)

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Some of these documents may be ordered online through the Publications/ Products menu of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader to read all PDF documents. Foreign Language Translator (Babel Fish)