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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Crime Victims Hotline

717-783-5153

Homicide Support Group

Goals/Purpose: To support survivors of a homicide victim.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
(412) 261-5363

Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia (AVP)

633 West Rittenhouse Street
Philadelphia, PA 19144
(215) 438-9070
Fax tel: (215) 438-9096
Email
Comprised of Families of Murder Victims (FMV) and Student Anti-Violence Education (SAVE), Offers support to survivors of homicide victims and conducts other programs such as anti-violence education for school children.

Families Of Murder Victims

1421 Arch Street, 7th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 686-8078 686-8033

Victim's Service Unit

(helps prepare victim impact statements)
121 North Broad Street, Suite 309
Philadelphia PA 19107
(215) 686-7743

Center for Victims of Violent Crime

900 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 392-8582 - 24 Hour Hotline
(412) 350-1975
E-mail
Our mission is to serve victims of violent crime in Allegheny County, by providing supportive services, such as education, counseling and court accompaniment at no charge. We serve victims of all ages and provide training programs to communities and professional organizations. Our trained Advocates provide Crisis Intervention to victims and survivors of trauma.

Unlike crime victims in thirty-one other states, crime victims in Pennsylvania have no constitutional rights.

As of April, 2000, the National Center for Victims of Crime has not received any information regarding the introduction of a victims' rights constitutional amendment in the Pennsylvania legislature.