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National Crime Victims' Rights Week
Planning Online: OVC offers the National Calendar of Crime Victim Assistance-Related Events to help you coordinate your NCVRW activities with other national victim-related observances planned for April. Use it to plan ahead or to submit field events.
Leading up to the national commemoration, OVC held two prelude events in the Nation's Capital.
Featured Speaker: Dominick Dunne, accomplished author, investigative journalist, host of TruTV's Power, Privilege, and Justice, and covictim and homicide survivor of his beloved daughter, actress Dominique Dunne.
View the 2008 NCVRW Award Recipient's Bios and Photos. Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Accessibility: Designated seating area near video presentation with captioning and ASL interpreters will be provided.
NCVRW Registrar The following resources are available to help communities and victim assistance providers promote awareness of crime victim issues and help commemorate NCVRW:
The NCVRW Resource Guide will help you promote community awareness of crime victim issues. OVC offers the guide in both hardcopy and electronic formats. Order a copy of the guide and theme poster, or view it online. The 2008 Resource Guide for National Crime Victims' Rights Week includes—
The 2008 Resource Guide theme DVD provides an introduction to crime victims' rights. You can view the 5-minute video in its entirety or preview the 30-second clip (PSA length). PSAs from previous years can also be viewed online. NCVRW Community Awareness Projects OVC helps communities conduct public awareness initiatives during NCVRW with funding support for Community Awareness Projects (CAPs). For 2007, the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) has competitively selected the 64 communities to receive CAP support from OVC. The 64 communities selected are public agencies, nonprofit programs, community-based victim service organizations, faith-based organizations, and community coalitions. For more information on this initiative, projects supported in previous years, and tips for promoting community awareness, visit Community Awareness Projects: Raising Public Awareness of NCVRW. Find ideas for your own commemorative activities by viewing the 2007 CAP Project summaries. Attorney General's Crime Victims' Service Awards OVC annually recognizes individuals and organizations that demonstrate outstanding service in supporting victims and victim services. The award recipients, who are selected from public nominations in eight categories, are extraordinary individuals and programs that provide services to victims of crime. The honorees are announced just before National Crime Victims' Rights Week commences. The 2008 award recipients were announced on April 11, 2008. View the award recipients' photos and biographies, and pictures from the awards ceremony. The new Crime Victims' Service Award Web site. In 2007, OVC launched an online service to make it easier for the public to nominate individuals and organizations for the awards. With the service award Web site, you may complete and submit nominations entirely online. Visit the Web site to find—
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