National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) will be commemorated April 23–29, 2023. This year’s NCVRW theme—Survivor Voices: Elevate. Engage. Effect Change.—calls upon communities to amplify the voices of survivors and create environments where survivors have the confidence that they will be heard, believed, and supported. Since 1981, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) has challenged…
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) will be commemorated April 24–30, 2022. The 2022 NCVRW theme is Rights, access, equity, for all victims. This year’s theme underscores the importance of helping crime survivors find their justice by— enforcing victims’ rights, expanding access to services, and ensuring equity and inclusion for all. Since 1981, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week…
Since 1981, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) is a time to renew our commitment to serving all victims of crime, to acknowledge the achievements in victim services and allied professions, to honor those who have gone above and beyond in their service to others, and to remember crime victims and survivors. Every April, the…
HEART4Victims is sharing multiple resources made available by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) for the month of April. In the midst of these challenging times, there are many online resources available to those who assist victims of crime. National Crime Victims’ Rights Week OVC TTAC offers several resources for National Crime Victims’ Rights…
Dating abuse is a pattern of destructive behaviors used to exert power and control over a dating partner. While we define dating violence as a pattern, that doesn’t mean the first instance of abuse is not dating violence. It just recognizes that dating violence usually involves a series of abusive behaviors over a course of…
Relationship Spectrum | Loveisrespect.org All relationships exist on a spectrum from healthy to abusive with unhealthy somewhere in the middle. Check out the Relationship Spectrum to see where your relationship falls. >> www.loveisrespect.org
If you are in immediate danger, please: Call 911.Call your local hotline.Call a national hotline. Call the U.S. National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or TTY 1-800-787-3224. Call, text or chat Love Is Respect—The National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline: 1-866-331-9474 or TTY 1-866-331-8453, text “loveis” to 22522 or live chat at http://www.loveisrespect.org. Call the U.S. National…
Need Immediate Help? – NOMORE.org – NO MORE: Together We Can End Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault If you see, hear, or suspect someone you know is in immediate danger, please call 911. For assistance, counseling, and referrals to local advocacy centers, please call the appropriate hotline below.nomore.org
The What, Why, and How of DVAM | The National Domestic Violence Hotline Domestic violence (also called intimate partner violence, domestic abuse, or relationship abuse) is a pattern of behaviors used by one partner to maintain power and control over another partner in an intimate relationship. It can happen to anyone at any point in…
HEART4Victims supports all victims of domestic violence. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) and HEART4Victims is sharing helpful information and resources this month. DVAM evolved from the “Day of Unity” held in October 1981 and was conceived by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.