"Offers intervention, personal advocacy, assistance filing crime victims’ compensation, trauma-specific counseling, and more. The Legal Advocates for Abused Women Program of CVAC helps victims of abuse in times of crisis. LAAW Program also partners directly with the legal system to provide free intervention services including crisis intervention, legal information, and safety planning. LAAW Program also offers assistance in filing Orders of Protection and can provide free legal representation for Orders of Protection. 24 hour hotline service. Provides resources, counseling, advocacy and referral for victims of crime and their families" www.slevawn.org 314-652-3623 539 N. Grand, Suite 400 63103

The Crime Victims' Compensation Program provides financial assistance to victims who have suffered physical harm as a result of violent crime. In the case of death, the Program helps the victim's dependents. The Crime Victims' Compensation Program is designed to assist victims of violent crimes through a period of financial hardship as a payor of last resort. If a victim has exhausted other collateral sources, such as health insurance, and has no other source of reimbursement, the Program can help pay for medical costs, wage loss, psychological counseling, funeral expenses and support to a maximum limit of $25,000. Services: If death was the result of a crime, contact Crime Victims’ Compensation Unit, Department of Public Safety. Up to $5,000 for funeral expenses. Applications must be submitted for compensation. See website or call to see if eligible. 573-526-6006; toll free: 1-800-347-6881 P.O. Box 1589, Jefferson City, MO 65102

The Division of Youth Services (DYS) is the state agency charged with the care and treatment of youth committed to its custody by one of the 45 Missouri juvenile courts. Children's/Adolescent Residential Treatment Facilities.

The Crime Victim Center of St. Louis (CVC) was founded in 1972 as the first victim service agency in the nation. Our mission is to empower individuals impacted by crime to move from crisis to resilience. We offer a wide range of services for individuals, communities, and other organizations and institutions seeking to improve their services to victims of crime. We provide resources, counseling, advocacy, legal assistance, and referrals for thousands of victims of crime and their families in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. Services are free of charge and the crime does not have to have been reported to law enforcement to receive services. CVC has different advocacy programs to provide direct services to victims and their families. Our advocates assist victims of intimate partner violence, homicide, sexual assault, nonfatal gun violence, and families/juveniles in crisis. Our counselors provide trauma-specific interventions including person-centered therapy, complex grief counseling, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Play Therapy, and Hypnotherapy. We see ages 6 and older. Our Legal Assistance Program addresses the needs of victims who are indigent and under-served by providing services that combine expertise in domestic violence issues, including legal advocacy, safety planning, legal referrals, and legal representation for Orders of Protection.

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