| **Community                 Crisis Response****August 1999 (format               updated April 2002)**

**Contents**

**Introduction**                          OVC is helping states and communities prepare community-based                           crisis response plans that include counseling and services                           for victims and surviving family members. Full                           Fact Sheet

**OVC's Strategy**                          Many states have devised and implemented centralized                           crisis response plans, so OVC encourages communities                           in crisis to first contact their State VOCA administrator.                           OVC also plans to conduct a series of regional seminars                           and training courses so local crisis response teams                           learn how to respond to need in their communities.

**For More Information**OVC                               Resource Center:                               301-519-5500                              Toll-Free: 1-800-851-3420                              TTY: 1-877-712-9279The Office                         for Victims of Crime is a component of the Office of Justice                         Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Assistance,                         Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of                         Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency                         Prevention. 
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**FS 000148**                 This document was last updated on March 03, 2004 |
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