BECOME AN ACVS MEMBER!
Who We Are
Established in 1999, ACVS is a nonprofit network of individuals, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations that provide direct services to crime victims and/or technical assistance to direct service providers
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The purpose of ACVS is to:
facilitate communication between agencies that provide services to crime victims
improve the quality of services provided to crime victims through education, training and advocacy
educate and advocate on all governmental levels regarding issues that affect victims and providers of victim services
We encourage you to join us and be part of this dynamic group of individuals and agencies working to promote and protect victims’ rights while ensuring that victims are provided the best professional advocacy services possible.
Email updates with information on the victims’ rights movement including national, state and local programs, events, and policy issues, trainings and conferences, grant updates and funding opportunities, job announcements, and legislative updates
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
Discounts on training, including AZ Victim Assistance Academy (AVAA) training (unless otherwise discounted with grant funding)
Continuous learning and networking opportunities
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MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES
There are Two categories of membership for ACVS support. The membership categories are:
Agency Membership-$150/year
Agency membership shall be open to agencies that provide direct victim assistance, mandated victim notification and/or victim compensation services to crime victims.
Other individuals who do not meet these criteria but who support the purpose of ACVS may be granted membership. The individual must indicate why they want to be a member and their membership application will need to be approved by the majority of the quorum at any meeting.
Individual memberships are open to individuals (not more than one person per membership) who provide direct services to crime victims, survivors of crime and lawful representatives of crime victims as defined by Arizona Revised Statute § 13-4401.
In order to qualify as a direct service provider, an agency must provide at least one of the following core victim services
- 24-hour hotline for crime victims
- 24-hour shelter or safe house for crime victims
- Legal, medical, financial or housing advocacy referrals and/or services for victims and their families
- Crisis intervention and/or counseling for adult or child crime victims
- Community education and/or prevention services directed at issues on domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse, DUI, and/or hate crimes
- Prosecutorial based advocacy services for misdemeanor and/or felony crime victims
- Mandated victim notification
