County to observe victims rights week

NEWTON — Specially trained Victim Advocates at the Sussex County Office of Victim Witness Advocacy provide services to help victims of crime.
Specially trained Victim Advocates at the Sussex County Office of Victim Witness Advocacy provide services to help victims of crime. If you have been the victim of a crime these services can provide the information and support you need, completely free of charge.
Every year in April, the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) helps lead communities throughout the country in their annual observances of National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW), which will be observed in 2019 on April 7-13.
This year's theme "Honoring Our Past. Creating Hope for the Future'", celebrates the progress made by those before us as we look to a future of crime victim services that is even more inclusive, accessible, and trauma-informed.