National Resources

Government

United States Department of Justice - The Department of Justice Hate Crimes Enforcement and Prevention Website includes many resources and information including: how to report a hate crime, learn about hate crimes, prevent hate crimes in your community, apply for hate crime grant opportunities, and discover hate crime laws and policies.

Legal Services (Victims’ Rights Enforcement)

National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI) - NCVLI actively promotes comprehensive and enforceable legal rights for crime victims and access to knowledgeable attorneys to help protect those rights in every case, through victim centered legal advocacy, education, and resources.

The National Alliance of Victims' Rights Attorneys & Advocates (NAVRA) - NAVRA is a membership alliance committed to the protection, enforcement, and advancement of crime victims' rights nationwide.

Legal Services (Civil)

National Center for Victims of Crime - The National Center for Victims of Crime is an advocacy organization committed to - and working on behalf of - crime victims and their families.

General Victim Support

VictimConnect Resource Center - The VictimConnect Resource Center (VCRC) is a weekday phone, chat, and text-based referral helpline operated by the National Center for Victims of Crime. Services are available for all victims of crime in the United States and its territories. Visitors to the hotline receive strength-based and trauma-informed services and referrals in over 200 languages.

Victim Resources Database - NCVLI’s Victim Resources Database is a tool for individuals seeking agencies and organizations that provide aid, information, and support directly to victims of crime. Searchable by crime type, victim population, and location, the database contains links to national and state programs.

Mental Health

Mental Health America - Mental Health America advances the mental health and well-being of all people living in the U.S. through public education, research, advocacy and public policy, and direct service.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - FindTreatment.gov is run by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and is a confidential and anonymous resource for persons seeking treatment for mental and substance use disorders in the United States and its territories.

The Trevor Project - The Trevor Project provides information & support to LGBTQ+ young people 24/7, all year round.

Advocacy

Human Rights Campaign - The goal of the Human Rights Campaign goal is to ensure that all LGBTQ+ people and particularly those individuals who are trans, people of color and HIV+ are treated as full and equal citizens within their movement, across the country, and around the world.

Life After Hate - Life After Hate builds a safer society by making it possible for people to break free from lives of violent hate and extremism through evidence-based interventions.

NAACP - The NAACP engages in grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice. They advocate, agitate, and litigate for the civil rights of Black America.

Southern Poverty Law Center - The Southern Poverty Law Center is a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people.

Research

The Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism - The Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino is a nonpartisan research and policy center that examines the ways that Bigotry, advocacy of extreme methods, or Terrorism, both Domestically and Internationally deny civil or Human Rights to people on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or other relevant status characteristics.