Crime Victim Assistance Services

Organization Details

Address:
1001 Prince George's Blvd. ,
Suite 750,
Upper Marlboro,
MD,
20774
Phone
301-952-0063
Email:
mdcrimevictims.org
Program uses Language Line (Y/N)
Yes
Program staff provide services in other lanuages
Spanish
Office days/hours
8:30-5 Monday through Friday
Intake days/hours (walk-in)
8:30-5 Monday through Friday
Intake days/hours (by phone)
8:30-5 Monday through Friday
Cost or fee (describe)
Free services to all victims of crime
Eligibility-residence-county
Statewide
Eligibility-other
Victims of crime in Maryland
Program Description

The Maryland Crime Victims’ Resource Center, Inc.  will help you by providing you with information, assistance, and support throughout your case proceedings. They help during all phases of the criminal and juvenile justice systems.

MCRCV can provide you with: 

  • Assistance with using all victims’ rights that apply to you (Victims’ Rights in the Criminal Justice System), including information on Victim Notification: VINE (VINE fact sheet) and DNA Notification (FORM) (Spanish), and Victim Impact Statements
  • Assistance with Financial Issues (Financial Remedies), including Restitution (Restitution Fact Sheet) and Criminal Injuries Compensation
  • Education, resources and training related to victims’ rights laws
  • Legal assistance for victims
  • A court companion during trial
  • Assistance with Financial Issues (Financial Remedies), including Restitution (Restitution Fact Sheet) and Criminal Injuries Compensation
  • Support services including a Peer Support Group for Families and Friends of Homicide Victims, therapeutic counseling and referrals for other related programs and services

To take the first step toward crime victim help, ask a victim advocate about services by calling 301-952-0063. 

Other Topics
Brief advice/Help with forms/Clinics
Se habla Español
Brief advice/Help with forms/Clinics
Is this legal advice?

This site offers legal information, not legal advice.  We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information and to clearly explain your options.  However we do not provide legal advice - the application of the law to your individual circumstances. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.  The Maryland Thurgood Marshall State Law Library, a court-related agency of the Maryland Judiciary, sponsors this site.  In the absence of file-specific attribution or copyright, the Maryland Thurgood Marshall State Law Library may hold the copyright to parts of this website. You are free to copy the information for your own use or for other non-commercial purposes with the following language “Source: Maryland's People’s Law Library – www.peoples-law.org. © Maryland Thurgood Marshall State Law Library, 2024.”