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…
FACTS ABOUT STALKING What is Stalking? While legal definitions of stalking vary from one jurisdiction to another, a good working definition of stalking is: a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. Who are the Victims of Stalking? An estimated 6-7.5 million people are stalked…
The first DVAM was held in October of 1987, the same year that the first national toll-free domestic violence hotline was launched. US Congress designated DVAM by law two years later. Domestic violence is violence or abuse that happens in a domestic setting. It’s a serious problem that affects many families and does not only…
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…
November 16-24 is National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week Homelessness is not just about real estate. It’s about vulnerability. According to the National Law Center on Homelessness, every year alone over 3.5 million Americans experience homelessness, and well over 1 million of them are children. DomesticShelters.org reports that domestic violence is often a contributor or cause of homelessness. …
November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. Every year, hundreds of thousands of American families become homeless, including more than 1.6 million children. An estimated 700,000 are unaccompanied youth under the age of 18. The number of homeless youth is likely much higher than reported. Homeless youth tend to be a hidden population and have a harder…
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.
Heart4Victims’ volunteers would like to thank the many families and supporters for visiting our booth at this year’s March on the Capitol. A very special thanks to Crime Victims United for again hosting the rally of Crime Victim’s Right Week. I would also like to thank the many nonprofits that support victim families and their…