Victims Assistance Center of Jefferson County

Residential program services: 24-hour safe shelter - emergency safe housing for Victims of crisis and their dependent children. Shelter is handicapped accessible. The Victims Assistance Center of Jefferson County, inc.is also the homeless shelter for women and their dependent children, who are not experiencing family violence or sexual assault but are in a housing crisis situation.

Non-residential program services: 1) 24-hour telephone hotline - crisis intervention,emotional support, advocacy, shelter admission, and information/referral.2) advocacy - 24-hour Assistance to Victims of violence that includes safety planning, criminal justice system, medical, housing, and social services.3) counseling- counseling to Victims and secondary Victims of violence and crime. Services are provided in both individual and group settings.4)immediate response team - response team advocates respond to the scene of a domestic or sexual assault with law enforcement to provide immediate advocacy, crisis intervention, and information/referral services.5) child advocacy Center of northern ny - this program provides direct services to child Victims of sexual assault and physical abuse and non-offending family members, using a multidisciplinary team approach at a single point of contact. Services are provided by law enforcement,the district attorney's office, the Victims Assistance Center, child protective services and one local medical facility.