State Organizations Providing Information and Advocacy: Compiled by the Office for Victims of Crime
State-level Victim Assistance Agencies
Arizona Department of Public Safetyhttp://www.state.az.us/dps/voca/
California Criminal Justice Planning http://www.ocjp.ca.gov/
Colorado Division of Criminal Justicehttp://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/cdps/dcj/ovp.htm
Delaware Criminal Justice Councilhttp://www.state.de.us/govern/agencies/cjc/victim.htm
Florida Attorney General's Office - Crime Victims Serviceshttp://legal.firn.edu/victims/index.html
llinois Criminal Justice Information Agencyhttp://www.icjia.org/about.htmI
Iowa Department of Justicehttp://www.state.ia.us/government/ag/cva.html
Kansas Attorney Generals Officehttp://lawlib.wuacc.edu/ag/victims.html
Kentucky Attorney General's Victims' Advocacy Offficehttp://www.law.state.ky.us/victims/Default.htm#Top
Maryland Office of the Attorney Generalhttp://www.oag.state.md.us/Victim/rights.htm
Massachusetts Attorney Generals Officehttp://www.state.ma.us/ag/ago7.htm
Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety Crime Victim Services [Program forms]http://156.98.194.206/cvshome.html http://www.state.mn.us/ebranch/corr/vsu/vsuforms.htm
Missouri Victim Assistance Networkhttp://mova.missouri.org/
Missouri Department of Public Safetyhttp://www.dps.state.mo.us/dps/programs/grants.htm
New Hampshire Attorney Generals Officehttp://www.state.nh.us/oag/vw.html
New Mexico Crime Victims Reparations Commissionhttp://www.state.nm.us/cvrc/
New York Attorney Generals Officehttp://www.oag.state.ny.us/crimevt.html
Ohio Attorney General's Office Crime Victim Services http://www.ag.state.oh.us/crimevic/crimevictimservices.htm
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquencyhttp://www.pccd.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/PCCD/victim/victims1.htm
South Carolina Ombudsmanhttp://www.netside.com/~ae4fa/ombtext.htm
Wisconsin Office of Crime Victim Services [Resource Directory]http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/derene http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/derene/referral.htm
State Crime Victim Compensation Programs
Natl Assoc. of Crime Victim Compensation Program Directoryhttp://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/here/compdir
Arizona Department of Public Safetyhttp://www.state.az.us/dps/voca/compensa.htm
Arkansas Attorney General's Office Outreach Divisionhttp://www.ag.state.ar.us/division.htm#outreach
California Board of Controlhttp://www.boc.cahwnet.gov/Victims.htm
Colorado Div. of Pubic Safety Office of Victims Programshttp://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/cdps/dcj/ovp.htm
Florida Attorney General's Office - Crime Victims Services [Application]http://legal.firn.edu/victims/compensation.html http://legal.firn.edu/victims/vic_comp.html
Illinois Attorney General's Officehttp://www.acsp.uic.edu/~ag/victim/vcva.htm
Idaho Industrial Commissionhttp://www.state.id.us/iic/crimevic.htm
Iowa Dept. of Justice Crime Victim Assistance Divisionhttp://www.state.ia.us/government/ag/cvcform.htm
Kansas Attorney General's Officehttp://lawlib.wuacc.edu/ag/compensation.html
Kentucky Cabinet for Public Protection and Regulationhttp://www.state.ky.us/agencies/ppc/agency.htm#claims
Massachusetts Attorney General's Officehttp://www.state.ma.us/ag/ago7.htm
Minnesota Crime Victims Reparations [Application]http://156.98.194.206/crimevic/crimevic.html http://156.98.194.206/crimevic/repclaim/repclaim.html
Mississippi Crime Victim Compensation Programhttp://www.dfa.state.ms.us/crime/letter/letter1.html
Missouri Department of Labor and Industry Relationshttp://www.dolir.state.mo.us/wc/dolir6f.htm
New Hampshire Victim's Assistance Commissionhttp://www.state.nh.us/oag/nhvac.html
New Jersey Victims of Crime Compensation Board [Application; PDF format]http://www.state.nj.us/victims/ http://www.state.nj.us/victims/vccbappl.pdf
New Mexico Crime Victims Reparations Commission [Application; PDF format]http://www.state.nm.us/cvrc/ http://www.state.nm.us/cvrc/brochure.pdf
New York Crime Victims Boardhttp://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ils/cvb1.html
North Carolina Victim and Justice Serviceshttp://www.dem.dcc.state.nc.us/vjs/cvcp0.htm
Ohio Attorney General's Office Crime Victim Services http://www.ag.oh.us/crimevic/crimevictimservices.htm
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquencyhttp://www.pccd.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/PCCD/victim/victims1.htm
Rhode Island Treasury [Application]http://www.state.ri.us/treas/vc_info.htm  
South Carolina Office of Victim Assistancehttp://www.leginfo.state.sc.us/man97/stategov/state172.html
Tennessee Claims Administration Divisionhttp://www.state.tn.us/other/dag/compfund.htm
Utah Office of Crime Victims Reparationshttp://www.justice.state.ut.us/CVRrept.htm
Texas Office of Attorney General [Application]http://www.oag.state.tx.us/WEBSITE/CRIMINAL/cvc_prog.htm http://www.oag.state.tx.us/WEBSITE/CRIMINAL/cvc_app.txt
Wisconsin Crime Victim Rights (Unofficial) [Application: PDF; MS Word]http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/derene/cvc.htm http://www.mailbag.com/users/derene/cvcapp.pdf http://www.mailbag.com/users/derene/cvcapp.doc
Washington State Department of Labor and Industrieshttp://www.wa.gov/lni/workcomp/crime.htm
Federal and State Corrections, Victim Service Units, Sex Offender Registries, Etc.
Alaska Sex Offender Registry California Youth Authority, Prevention and Victim Services http://www.dps.state.ak.us/Sorcr/Index.asp http://www.cya.ca.gov
Florida Department of Law Enforcement [links to Sex Predator Locator and Missing Children] Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Informationhttp://www.fdle.state.fl.us/index.asp http://www.bop.gov/inmate.html
Florida Dept. of Corrections Victim Assistance Pagehttp://www.dos.state.fl.us/corrections/security/admission/victasst.html
Illinois Department of Corrections Victim Services Unithttp://www.idoc.state.il.us/pubs/press/970421.htm
Indiana Sex Offender Registryhttp://www.ai.org/cji/index.html
Maine Department of Corrections Victim Serviceshttp://www.state.me.us/corrections/victim.htm
Maryland Department of Corrections Victim Notification Programhttp://www.dpscs.state.md.us/doc/victnot.htm
North Carolina Department of Corrections Victim Advocacy Serviceshttp://www.doc.state.nc.us/DAPP/victim.htm
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correctionshttp://www.drc.ohio.gov/
Washington State Department of Corrections Division of Community Corrections (victim/witness notification program)http://www.wa.gov/doc/dcc/dccoverview.htm#Victims
Wisconsin Sex Offender Registryhttp://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/doc/html/sexoffender.html
State Coalitions and Related Resources
Idaho: MADDhttp://www.lesbois.com/madd/maddid~1.htm
Iowa: Iowa Organization for Victim Assistance (IOVA)http://www.netins.net/showcase/i_weaver/iova/
Michigan: Victim's Rights (State Sen. Wm. Van Regenmorter)http://www.gop.senate.state.mi.us/cvr/default.html
New York: Victim Services Agencyhttp://www.victimservices.org
North Carolina: Citizens Against Violent Crime (CAVE)http://www.webserve.net/iandi/org/cave
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rapehttp://www.pcar.org/
South Carolina: South Carolina Victim Assistancehttp://www.netside.com/~ae4fa/
Tennessee: Knowledge is Power (KIP)http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Victim
Texas: Texans for Equal Justicehttp://www.flex.net/~judge/
Texas: Texas Association Against Sexual Assaulthttp://www.tsgweb.com/tdcaa/links.htm
Washington State: Wash. Coalition of Crime Victim Advocateshttp://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/
Other Victim Resources
Action Without Borders - Nonprofit Directoryhttp://www.idealist.org
APA - American Psychological Association Trauma-related Stress

http://www.apa.org/
http://www.apa.org/ptsd.html
Cecil Greek's Criminal Justice Page Communities Against Violence Network (CAVNET)http://www.apa.org/kids.html http://www.fsu.edu/~crimdo/law.html http://www.asksam.com/cavnet/
Dignity for Victims Everywhere (DOVE)http://www.eskimo.com/~yaqui
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studieshttp://www.istss.com/
Jewish Domestic Abusehttp://users.aol.com/Agunah
Jewish Women International Domestic Violence Pagehttp://www.jewishwomen.org/awaken.htm
Justice for Allhttp://www2.jfa.net/jfa/
Microsoft Justice Homepagehttp://www.microsoft.com/industry/justice/
MSU Victims and Media Projecthttp://www.journalism.msu.edu/victmed/
National Crime Victim's Research and Treatment Centerhttp://www.musc.edu/cvc/
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)http://www.soconline.org/ASSISTANCE
Rape Recovery Help and Informationhttp://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/2402/
Rule of Law Foundationhttp://www.rol.org
Search Yahoo for Victims' Rightshttp://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Crime/Victims__ Rights/
Security on Campus, Inc.http://www.soconline.org/
Sexual Assault Information Pagehttp://www.cs.utk.edu/~bartley/saInfoPage.html
The Stalking Victim's Sanctuaryhttp://www.ccon.com/stalkvictim
The Victim Assistance Page Subscribe to the Victim Assistance Mailinghttp://www.mnsi.net/~rmccall/homepage.html http://www.mnsi.net/~rmccall/vaform.html
The VINE Companyhttp://www.vineco.com
Violence Policy Centerhttp://www.vpc.org
Legal Research/Resources
Findlawhttp://www.findlaw.com/
State Law and Legislative Informationhttp://lawlib.wuacc.edu/washlaw/uslaw/statelaw.html
U.S. Supreme Court Decisionshttp://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
News Resources
Am. Journalism Review Newslinkhttp://www.newslink.org/
News Workshttp://www.newsworks.com
News Indexhttp://newsindex.com
Newspapers Onlinehttp://www.newspapers.com
Special thanks is extended to Steve Derene, Program Manger for the Office of Crime Victim Services at the Wisconsin Department of Justice, and Promising Strategies and Practices in Using Technology to Benefit Crime Victims, sponsored by the National Center for Victims of Crime with support from the Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice, for providing much of the web site information included in this section.
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