Crime Victim Assistance Division
The Attorney General's Crime Victim Assistance Division (CVAD) was established in 1989 to provide services and assistance to victims of violent crimes. The division administers programs that directly benefit victims of crime, including those that assist victims with the financial burden resulting from injuries of crime, that assist local crime victim service programs, and that assist the criminal justice system in holding offenders responsible for the effects of their crimes. All crime victims and survivors will be treated with dignity and respect. Funds for these programs come primarily from fines and penalties assessed on state and federal criminals.
Our Mission
The mission of the Crime Victim Assistance Division and the Crime Victim Assistance Board is to advocate for the rights and the needs of crime victims and ensure that all victims and survivors will be treated with dignity and respect.
Crime Victim Assistance Programs
The following programs are offered by the Crime Victim Assistance Division. To request training on any, or all of the programs listed below, please call our toll free number or email our Victim Rights Coordinator Jennifer Stimson.
Provides financial
resources for victims of crime and helps victims with certain out-of-pocket
costs from crime-related injuries.
Crime
Victim Compensation Application
- Click here
to download a PDF format application in English.
- Click here
to download a PDF format application in Spanish.
- Click here
to download a PDF format Homicide Survivor Application in English.
- Click here
to download a PDF format Secondary Victim Application in English.
- Can be taken over the telephone at 800-373-5044 from 8:00
to 4:30 Monday through Friday.
Administers state and federal
funding to programs that offer advocacy and counseling to victims.
Provides funded programs with technical assistance on management,
finance, and programmatic best practices.
Pays for medical
examinations that gather evidence of sex crimes and assure the physical
health of the sex crime victim.
A statewide automated
victim information and notification system that provides victims
of crime with information and notification on the status of an incarcerated
offender in all Iowa prison and jail facilities.
Register
for IowaVINE
- Click here to register for automated notification about an offender from IowaVINE,
or visit www.vinelink.com.
- Call
1-888-7-IAVINE to speak to a trained operator regarding IowaVINE.
A statewide automated
victim information and notification system that provides domestic violence, sexual assault, harassment and stalking victims
with information and notification on the service status of their protective or no contact orders, as well as notification when a protective or no contact order is about to expire.
Register
for IPONDA
- Click here to register for automated notification when a protective order is served or about to expire,
or visit www.registervpo.com.
- Call
1-888-7-IAVINE to speak to a trained operator regarding IPONDA.
Provides victims of identity
theft with an ID Passport that verifies a law enforcement report
of Identity Theft has been filed and law enforcement officials deem
that an ID Passport is warranted. A victim of identity theft may
use the ID Passport to corroborate that their identity has been
stolen to creditors and law enforcement.
Identity
Theft Passport Program Forms
- Click here to download a PDF Application for an Identity Theft Passport.
- Click here to download a PDF Law Enforcement Verification form.
**These forms are not to be reproduced by any individual
other than law enforcement.**
Provides assistance to a community
in a time of crisis when invited to assist by local
officials.
Publications
Click here to look through publications and brochures addressing the rights and needs of crime victims.
Annual Reports
Click here to view the Crime Victim Assistance Division annual fiscal year reports.
Victim Service Links
Click here to view links to many other crime victim related sites, as well as links to compensation program homepages for other states.
Contact
To contact the Crime Victim Assistance Division, please call the toll free number, or email our Victim Advocate Mary Kay Bartine.
Iowa Attorney General's Office
Crime Victim Assistance Division
Lucas State Office Building
321 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: 515-281-5044
Toll-Free: 800-373-5044
FAX: 515-281-8199
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