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HOTLINE, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES | CLARINA HOWARD NICHOLS CENTER

Provides confidential support and information. 24-hour hotline. Survivor-directed services may include safety planning, emotional support, assistance in obtaining emergency relief from abuse orders, hospital emergency room support, assistance in finding emergency shelter, advocacy for legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, and community resource referrals.

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Stalking/Harassment Orders
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Individual Advocacy
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Human Trafficking Hotlines

CAR WINDOW AND TIRE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM | BARRE COMMUNITY JUSTICE CENTER

Administers a victims of crime compensation program for individuals whose car windows and/or tires have been damaged by crime.

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Crime Victim Compensation

HOTLINE, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES | WOMEN'S FREEDOM CENTER

Provides confidential support and information. 24-hour hotline. Survivor-directed services may include safety planning, emotional support, assistance in obtaining emergency relief from abuse orders, hospital emergency room support, assistance in finding emergency shelter, advocacy for legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, and community resource referrals. Cell phone donations are accepted.

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Human Trafficking Hotlines
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Stalking/Harassment Orders
Cell Phone Donation Programs
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Individual Advocacy

VICTIM COMPENSATION PROGRAM | VERMONT CENTER FOR CRIME VICTIM SERVICES

Provides financial assistance of up to $10,000 to eligible crime victims who have experienced a financial loss as the direct result of a crime, as long as the loss is not reimbursable through other sources, such as insurance. When appropriate, money is available to pay for the following expenses: medical and dental care, counseling for victims and family members, funeral expenses, lost wages due to time missed from work, other expenses such as prescriptions, eyeglasses, and limited transportation costs. If death occurs as a result of the crime, legal dependents may receive temporary living expenses. All services are ONLY available via telephone. Individuals may request in person meetings in advance with CCVS staff. Eligibility for victims of sexual assault is different and specific to that crime. Victims of sexual assault are encouraged to contact CCVS. Applications are available at local police departments, at each State Attorney's office and on the VCCVS website.

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Crime Victim Compensation

VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAMS | VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Provides services and programs for victims of crime, which includes informing victims about their rights, offender status, safety planning, and wrap-around services. Offers assistance to victims participating in the offender release process or parole board hearings, reviews requests for victims concerning offender contact, and referrals to community support resources such as support groups and counseling. Programs include the Victim-Offender Dialogue Program, providing the opportunity for victims who are interested, to meet with the offender and the Apology/Accountability Letter Bank, where all apology letters by offenders to victims are held until the victim requests them.

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Individual Advocacy
General Crime Victim Assistance
Parole Related Crime Victim Services

HOTLINE, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES | WISE

Provides confidential support and information. 24-hour hotline. Survivor-directed services may include safety planning, emotional support, assistance in obtaining emergency relief from abuse orders, hospital emergency room support, assistance in finding emergency shelter, advocacy for legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, and community resource referrals. WISE Advocates can meet in person at the WISE Program Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, on the Dartmouth College campus, and at other locations within the Upper Valley such as health care facilities, courts, police stations, schools, and community organizations.

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Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Human Trafficking Hotlines
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Stalking/Harassment Orders
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Individual Advocacy

VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES | HARTFORD COMMUNITY RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CENTER

Provides outreach to victims of crime with community-based emotional support and resource navigation .Offers outreach to victims of low-level crimes for a restorative response. Victims in these cases are contacted and offered ways to participate in whatever way is comfortable for them. Offers options for victims to meet with those who have offended against them to ask questions and talk about the impact of the incident on themselves and others.

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General Crime Victim Assistance
Victim/Offender Mediation Programs

VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES | SOUTH BURLINGTON COMMUNITY JUSTICE CENTER

Provides outreach to victims of crime with community-based emotional support and resource navigation in partnership with the Saint Johnsbury Police Department. Offers outreach to victims of low-level crimes for a restorative response. Victims in these cases are contacted and offered ways to participate in whatever way is comfortable for them. Offers options for victim to meet with those who have offended against them to ask questions and talk about the impact of the incident on themselves and others.

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Individual Advocacy
General Crime Victim Assistance

CONFLICT ASSISTANCE SERVICES | HARTFORD COMMUNITY RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CENTER

Provides mediation services through which disputes are resolved with the help of a mediator in an effort to avoid resorting to court intervention. Situations that may benefit from mediation are disputes with neighbors, such as noise, vandalism, animal complaints, and parking issues; landlord tenant disputes; school discipline and truancy matters; and problems related to business or workplace conflicts.

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Victim/Offender Mediation Programs
Conflict Resolution Training
Mediation
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution

VICTIM SERVICES | FRANKLIN GRAND ISLE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CENTER

Offers emotional support, victims' rights information, help in finding needed reources, and assistance in filling out crime victim related forms.

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General Crime Victim Assistance

HOTLINE, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES | PAVE

Provides confidential support and information. 24-hour hotline. Survivor-directed services may include safety planning, emotional support, assistance in obtaining emergency relief from abuse orders, hospital emergency room support, assistance in finding emergency shelter, advocacy for legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, and community resource referrals.

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Individual Advocacy
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Stalking/Harassment Orders
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Cell Phone Donation Programs
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Human Trafficking Hotlines
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders

HOTLINE, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES | MOSAIC VERMONT

Provides confidential 24-hour telephone support. Person-directed services may include safety planning, emotional support, hospital emergency room support, and community resource referrals.

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Sexual Assault Hotlines
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Individual Advocacy
Human Trafficking Hotlines
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders

HOTLINE, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES | NEWSTORY CENTER

Provides confidential support and information. 24-hour hotline. Survivor-directed services may include safety planning, emotional support, assistance in obtaining emergency relief from abuse orders, hospital emergency room support, assistance in finding emergency shelter, advocacy for legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, and community resource referrals. Cell phone donations are accepted.

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Sexual Assault Hotlines
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Human Trafficking Hotlines
Individual Advocacy
Stalking/Harassment Orders
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Cell Phone Donation Programs
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services

SAFE AT HOME ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM | VERMONT SECRETARY OF STATE

Provides the use of a Montpelier post office box address. The substitute address has no relation to the participant's actual address. First-class mail and service of process are then forwarded, at no cost, to the participant's actual location. Participants can vote, get a driver's license, get married, register births, etc. without fear of being located by their perpetrator. Must be willing to designate the Secretary of State as their agent to receive legal documents and first-class mail and manage a 2-5 day mail delay to allow for mail forwarding.

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Confidential Address Protection Programs

VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES | GREATER FALLS COMMUNITY JUSTICE CENTER

Provides outreach to victims of crime with community-based emotional support and resource navigation .Offers outreach to victims of low-level crimes for a restorative response. Victims in these cases are contacted and offered ways to participate in whatever way is comfortable for them. Offers options for victims to meet with those who have offended against them to ask questions and talk about the impact of the incident on themselves and others.

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Victim/Offender Mediation Programs

SAFESPACE ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAM | PRIDE CENTER OF VERMONT

Provides free and confidential emotional support, advocacy, and referrals to 2STLGBQIA+ Vermonters who have experienced violence, including domestic, sexual, or hate violence, bias, workplace or housing harassment or discrimination, trafficking, or stalking. The SafeSpace Anti-Violence Program works in trauma-sensitive ways with 2STLGBQIA+ survivors of violence & harm and 2STLGBQ+ people who cause violence and harm. 2STLGBQIA+ means Two Spirit, Trans, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, HIV+. Two-Spirit refers to specific gender roles, not sexual orientations, of many Native American and Alaska Native peoples that don't fall into a gender binary. It is a specifically North American Indigenous identity, and not to be used by non Indigenous people. Intersex is an umbrella term for differences in sex traits or reproductive anatomy.

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Domestic Violence Hotlines
General Crime Victim Assistance
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Individual Advocacy
Crime Victim Support Groups
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups

HOTLINE, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES | HOPE WORKS

Provides confidential 24-hour telephone support. Person-directed services may include safety planning, emotional support, assistance in obtaining emergency relief from abuse orders, hospital emergency room support, assistance in finding emergency shelter, therapeutic treatment planning assistance, advocacy for legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, and community resource referrals. The Chat Line is available Monday through Friday from 9:00am-12:00pm.

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Human Trafficking Hotlines
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Individual Advocacy
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Stalking/Harassment Orders
Sexual Assault Hotlines

HOTLINE, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM | VOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE

Provides a confidential support and information 24-hour hotline. Survivor-directed services may include safety planning, emotional support, assistance in obtaining emergency relief from abuse orders, hospital emergency room support, assistance in finding emergency shelter, advocacy for legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, and community resource referrals. Cell phone donations are accepted.

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Domestic Violence Hotlines
Cell Phone Donation Programs
Stalking/Harassment Orders
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Human Trafficking Hotlines
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Individual Advocacy

VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAM | WILLISTON COMMUNITY JUSTICE CENTER

Provides an opportunity for dialogue, understanding, accountability and amend making with direct participation of the people who have been affected and other community members. This court diversion program offers low level offenders an alternative to the formal court process and gives them a second chance to make amends to those affected and the community. Provides information, assistance, and support to victims of crime. The program also assists any victims who choose to participate in restorative panels or dialogues with offenders through a safe, victim-initiated and victim-centered process

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Victim/Offender Mediation Programs

SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM | VERMONT CENTER FOR CRIME VICTIM SERVICES

Offers services to victims that include trained trauma informed forensic nurses at hospitals, testing, treatment, support services, HIV infection prevention, financial assistance, and a limited amount of counseling. The crime does not need to be reported to law enforcement to receives these services. All services are provided by phone only. If a physical meeting is required, an appointment must be arranged in advance with a staff person. Forensic Nurses at the hospital will assist with explaining the process and filling out and signing forms.

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Crime Victim Compensation

HOTLINE, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY | CIRCLE

Provides a confidential support and information hotline. Person-directed services may include safety planning, emotional support, assistance in obtaining emergency relief from abuse orders, hospital emergency room support, assistance in finding emergency shelter, advocacy for legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, and community resource referrals.

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Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Human Trafficking Hotlines
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Stalking/Harassment Orders
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Individual Advocacy
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Sexual Assault Hotlines

CRIME VICTIM SERVICES | DISABILITY RIGHTS VERMONT

Provides confidential advocacy and, when appropriate, legal representation for people with disabilities who are victims of crime. Investigates reports of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, and domestic violence. Assists with police and court processes, Relief From Abuse Orders, and securing disability-related accommodations such as interpreters. Offers counseling and referrals to local agencies for further support. Provides free publication, "A Guide for Crime Victims with Disabilities." Available for download from the website.

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Individual Advocacy
General Crime Victim Assistance

DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE PROGRAM | MAQUAM BAY OF MISSISQUOI

Provides a confidential support and information hotline. Survivor-directed services may include safety planning, emotional support, assistance in obtaining emergency relief from abuse orders, hospital emergency room support, assistance in finding emergency shelter, advocacy for legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, and community resource referrals.

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Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Individual Advocacy
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Stalking/Harassment Orders
Sexual Assault Hotlines

VERMONT AUTOMATED NOTIFICATION SERVICE | VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Provides current information about offenders to crime victims and the general public, including offender status information and whether the offender is being held in a facility or being supervised in the community. Once registered, interested individuals will be notified immediately of any changes to an offender's custody status.

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Crime Victim Notification Services

HOTLINE, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES | STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Provides confidential support and information. 24-hour hotline. Survivor-directed services may include safety planning, emotional support, assistance in obtaining emergency relief from abuse orders, hospital emergency room support, assistance in finding emergency shelter, advocacy for legal, financial, medical, and housing issues, and community resource referrals. Chat Line is available Monday-Friday: 8:00am-5:00pm. Cell phone donations are accepted.

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Stalking/Harassment Orders
Cell Phone Donation Programs
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Individual Advocacy