Resources

Here you will find various resources available at the Center for Crime Victim Services and elsewhere. These include brochures, forms, various types of media, as well as links to other organizations and partners.

We recommend that you utilize the Vermont 211 service for referrals and contact information for other agencies and services.

You may also find our Resource Directory useful as a collection of information and resources for crime victims.

To begin browsing the available resources, please select one of the the following categories:


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Documents

Vermont Victim Resource Directory

The Vermont Victim Services Resource Directory was designed to be a tool to help victims of crime find appropriate resources.
The Resource Directory is available from the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services.

Form

Compensation Application

Are you a victim of a reported crime? Financial assistance may be available to pay for your crime related losses.

To apply to our Program for financial assistance use the links listed below to download the Victims Compensation Program Application. Please be sure to sign and date the application and include any crime related bills that you have received. *Available in English, Bosnian, French, Somali and Vietnamese.

Brochure

Restitution Information for Crime Victims

Restitution: What it is & how it works. An informational brochure for victims of crime.

Documents

VCCVS Annual Report 2010

 

View a pdf of our Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2010 here. We include financial & statistical information about our programs, such as Victims Compensation, Restitution and Grantee programs.

New Neighbors, a new program to inform and empower refugee and immigrant communities about their rights as victims of crime, is highlighted.

Organization

Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

The programs of the Vermont Network provide services and referrals to victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, including:

http://www.vtnetwork.org

Documents

Fiscal Year 2012 Legislative Budget Presentation

Below is a list of the documents used in the presentation of the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services 2012 budget

Organization

Safe at Home Address Confidentiality Program

Vermont Secretary of State’s Office

The goal of the Safe at Home program is to help victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, who have relocated or are about to relocate, in their effort to keep their perpetrators from finding them. 

For information about the Safe at Home Program , contact:

http://www.sec.state.vt.us/otherprg/safeathome/safeathome.html

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VT Department of Corrections Victim Services Program

This Victim Services Program provides assistance to crime victims with concerns related to offenders under the Department’s supervision or incarceration, information regarding the status of the offender, safety planning, accompaniment to parole board hearings, and assistance in preparing for offender reentry.

Visit our website or contact Victim Services at:

http://www.doc.state.vt.us/victim-services

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Sex Offender Registry

The Vermont Department of Public Safety maintains the public Internet Sex Offender Registry.

If you have been the victim of sexual violence and your offender has been convicted and sentenced for the crime, you have the right to be notified by the Vermont Sex Offender Registry in writing of that offender’s current address. This notification is to be made promptly, both when the offender initially registers with the Vermont Sex Offender Registry and anytime the offender changes his/her address.

https://secure.vermont.gov/DPS/sor/

Pages

Your Rights as a Victim of Crime

You have the right to be treated with dignity and respect by everyone in the criminal justice system. 
 
Click the brochure for more information.

Vermont 211

An Information and Referral service available to everyone in Vermont.

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Click on their logo or dial 2-1-1

Resource Directory

The Vermont Victim Services Resource Directory is a tool to help victims of crime find appropriate resources.

Also available in hard copy.

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Vermont Victim Assistance Academy Logo New Neighbors Project Logo Crime Victim Advisors logo Courage In Bloom garden logo