- Description
- Funds and supports victim serving organizations that provide support, information, and referral to victims of crime.
Service provides:
- administration of the Victims of Crime and Public Safety Act and Victims of Crime and Public Safety Fund
- information and support to victims, dependents, and agencies that provide services to victims of crime
Includes:
- Victim Impact Statements
- how to make a request for restitution
- court preparation and accompaniment
- grants for groups and organizations that provide programs or services benefiting victims
- Victims of Crime Assistance Program - financial assistance for victims of crime to assist with emergency safety and security expenses, court attendance expenses, and access to psychological supports for injuries suffered from the crime, as well as serious injury benefits for victims who are seriously injured as a direct result of crime, and reimbursement of funeral costs for victims who died as a result of violent crime
- Eligibility
- Yes, Service targeted to
- victims of criminal code offences
- minor witnesses to violence
- families of homicide victims
- police-based and community-based agencies that provide services to victims of crime
- Application Process
- Service Access: See below, To access service:
- contact local police to report a crime
- contact information for local Victim Service Unit on website
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: No,
- Toll Free
- 310-0000 then 780-427-3460 (Victims Services)
- Toll Free
- 310-0000 then 780-427-7217 (Victims of Crime Assistance Program)
- Telephone
- 780-427-3460 (Victims Services)
- Telephone
- 780-427-7217 (Victims of Crime Assistance Program)
- Fax
- 780-422-4213
- Web Site
- https://www.alberta.ca/help-for-victims-of-crime.aspx
- Languages
- English; Tele-Interpreter / Language Lines - Other languages may be accommodated via CanTalk.
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: No
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: Yes - Main entrance and main floor washrooms are accessible.
Other disabled access: No - - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
- View Agency Profile
- Last Verified On
- April 24, 2024
- Address
- 10365 97 Street
Edmonton, AB, T5J 3W7
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon08:15 AM to 04:30 PMTue08:15 AM to 04:30 PMWed08:15 AM to 04:30 PMThu08:15 AM to 04:30 PMFri08:15 AM to 04:30 PM
Closed statutory holidays.
