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2009 NCVRW Theme Video - 25 Years of Rebuilding Lives: Celebrating the Victims of Crime Act

April 2009

Series

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

This video serves as a tribute to crime victims and the advocates and public servants who work with them, and discusses the advances made in crime victims' rights and services since the passage of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.

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Remarks as Prepared for Delivery From OVC Director Kristina Rose: NOVA’s 50th Annual Training Event

Director Rose speaks about the future of victim advocacy and recognized the inaugural cohort of the first-ever Victim Advocacy Corps.

Message From the Director: OVC Funding Opportunities

Director Rose talks about two solicitations OVC is offering in 2024.

2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Resource Guide: Theme Videos

Date Published

April 2024

Agencies

OVC

OVC FY24 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Projects (2025–2027)

Closing Date

July 8, 2024

Grants.gov Deadline

June 24, 2024

Application JustGrants Deadline

July 8, 2024

Remarks From OVC Director Kristina Rose: 2024 NCVRW Candlelight Vigil

Director Rose honors victims, survivors, and those who have made it their your life’s work to improve access, options, and rights for crime victims.

Message From the Director: National Crime Victims’ Rights Week 2024

Director Rose calls upon us all to create safe environments for crime victims to share what happened to them.

2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Theme Video 2

April 2024

Series

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

This 2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) theme video is a call-to-action for us all to create safe environments for crime victims to share what happened to them. By doing so, we’re able to offer support, options for life-saving services, and, most importantly, hope. Use this video during your 2024 NCVRW events or share it throughout the year on your website and social media channels, or at public awareness, education, and training events to advance victims’ rights and services.

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2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Theme Video 1

April 2024

Series

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

This 2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) theme video is a call-to-action for us all to create safe environments for crime victims to share what happened to them. By doing so, we’re able to offer support, options for life-saving services, and, most importantly, hope. Use this video during your 2024 NCVRW events or share it throughout the year on your website and social media channels, or at public awareness, education, and training events to advance victims’ rights and services.

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Watch and Share the 2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Theme Videos

Use these videos during your 2024 NCVRW events or share them throughout the year.

2024 National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) Resource Guide

Date Published

March 2024

Agencies

OVC

Publication Type

Instructional Material

Now Online: 2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Resource Guide

Use the guide to raise awareness in your community about victims’ rights and services prior to and during NCVRW (April 21–27, 2024).

2024 National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Ceremony

Event Dates

April 25, 2024, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern

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Location

National Mall (Panel closest to the Capitol Building between 3rd and 4th Streets NW) or Online

Washington,

Event Type

Ceremonies

2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Candlelight Vigil

Event Dates

April 24, 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern

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Location

National Mall (Panel closest to the Capitol Building between 3rd and 4th Streets NW) or Online

Washington,

Event Type

Ceremonies

Understanding Victim Rights

Location

Online

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Event Type

Web

Artwork

2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Resource Guide

A Conceptual Model of Help-Seeking by Black Americans After Violent Injury: Implications for Reducing Inequities in Access to Care

Journal

Prevention Science

Date Published

August 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OVC-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

OVC FY 2023 Invited to Apply - National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Projects (2024)

Closing Date

August 22, 2023

OVC FY 2023 Invited to Apply - National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Resource Guide (2024)

Closing Date

August 24, 2023

Remarks by OVC Director Kristina Rose During the 2023 NCVRW Candlelight Vigil

Read OVC Director Kristina Rose’s remarks from the 2023 National Crime Victims' Rights Week Candlelight Vigil.

NCVRW Message From OVC Director Kristina Rose

Director Rose calls upon communities to amplify the voices of survivors and commit to creating an environment where survivors have the confidence that they will be heard, believed, and supported.

Youth Advocacy Corps Town Hall

Event Dates

April 24, 2023, 9:30 am – 11:30 am Mountain

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Location

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque,

Event Type

Workshop

Blog Highlights Victims’ Rights Clinics During NCVRW 2023

Read a blog post about OVC-funded victims’ rights enforcement efforts by the National Crime Victim Law Institute

It’s National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW)!

Join communities across the Nation in raising awareness for victims’ rights and services.