Resources & Services

General Crime Victims' Websites

National Center for Victims of Crimes (NCVC): NCVC provides victims of crime with information and resources that include hotlines and a directory to locate crime victim assistance in New York and throughout the country.

Office for Victims of Crime (OVC): OVC provides information on local programs, helplines, compensation programs, victims' rights, and additional resources for all crime victims.

National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA): NCEA provides information regarding research, training, best practices, news, and resources on elder abuse, neglect and exploitation.

SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline: SAMHSA Disaster Distress provides crisis counseling for people experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters, including incidents of mass violence.

New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault: The NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault provides victims of sexual assault and their families with information on medical and counseling services, rape crisis programs, child and adolescent programs, and victims' legal rights.

New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA): NYSCASA provides general information and resources about sexual violence in New York State.

Sex Offender Registry: The Division of Criminal Justice Services maintains New York's Sex Offender Registry, which provides New Yorkers with information about sex offenders living in their communities. Under the law, only Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders are listed in the public directory.

New York City Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence: The NYC Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence provides victims and survivors of domestic and gender-based violence, such as intimate partner and family violence, elder abuse, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking, with NYC HOPE an online resource directory to emergency shelter and permanent housing, financial assistance, counseling, healthcare, civil legal assistance, self-sufficiency, and other resources.

New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NYSCADV): NYSCADV provides community outreach, training, technical assistance, policy development, as well as information for victims of domestic violence.

National Human Trafficking Resource Center: The National Human Trafficking Resource Center provides human trafficking victims with information, support, and referrals to services in their communities.

A city directory of organizations provides a listing of services for trafficking victims.

Health Information Tool for Empowerment (HITE): HITE is an online directory offering information about health and social services available to low-income, uninsured, and underinsured individuals in the Greater New York area.