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Crime Victim Assistance Program
The goals of the Crime Victim Assistance Program are to reduce the trauma and insensitive treatment victims and witnesses experience in the wake of a crime, to increase victim and witness participation in the justice system by giving full recognition and protection to the rights of these individuals, and to avoid inflicting "secondary victimization" that has often characterized much of the plight of the victims of crime.
Services
Services provided by the Crime Victim Assistance Program:
- On-scene crisis intervention - to 24 hours a day
- Accompaniment to hospitals or other service agencies
- Referrals to support agencies as necessary
- Emergency transportation (Women’s Center, etc.)
- Notification and assistance in filing Crime Victim Compensation Claims
- Assistance in obtaining a Protective Order
- Serve as a liaison between victims and law enforcement
- Serve as a liaison between victims and social service agencies
- Assists by telephone or office visit any victim requiring assistance following the crime, such as
- Liaison with detectives
- Information concerning status of the case
- Accompaniment through the Criminal Justice System as requested
- Special help to children involved as primary or secondary victims of crime
- Assistance in delivering death notifications and assisting police at death scenes
- Intensive family violence and sexual assault victim assistance
Crime Victim Resources
- Friendswood Police Department
1600 Whitaker Dr. Friendswood, TX 77546
Phone: 281-996-3300 - Crime Victim Assistance Program
Gina Hunt, Crime Victim Liaison
Email Gina Hunt
Phone: 281-996-3349
- Galveston County District Attorney's Office (Protective Order)
Phone: 409-770-5463 - Harris County District Attorney's Office Family Criminal Law Division (Protective Order)
Phone: 713-755-5888
- Bay Area Turning Point (Webster, TX)
Counseling, Shelter, Legal Advocacy
Crisis Hotline: 281-286-2525 - Resource and Crisis Center (Galveston, TX)
Counseling, Shelter, Legal Advocacy
Phone: 409-765-7233 - AVDA - Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse (Harris County)
Phone: 713-224-9911 - DAYA - Serving South Asian Families
Phone: 713-981-7645
- 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
9-8-8 - Child and Elder Abuse
Phone: 800-252-5400 - National Domestic Violence Hotline
Phone: 800-799-7233 - Office of the Attorney General Crime Victims' Compensation Program
Phone: 800-983-9933 - Texas Association Against Sexual Assault
Phone: 512-474-7190 - Texas Council on Family Violence
Phone: 800-525-1978 - Texas Department of Criminal Justice Victim Services
Phone: 800-848-4284 - National Human Trafficking Resource Center
Phone: 888-373-7888 - Vine 24/7/365
Phone: 877-894-8463
Other Links
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Victim Assistance