24 HOUR HOTLINE ASSISTANCE
Carbon County
1001 Mahoning Street
Lehighton, PA 18235
(610) 379-0151
Luzerne County
360 East End Centre
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
(570) 823-0765
Wyoming County
119 Warren Street
Tunkhannock, PA 18657
(570) 836-5544
Services
Victims Resource Center provides a comprehensive range of services to meet the special needs of crime victims, to address issues of violence on an individual and community level and to increase the understanding of the impact of crime on victims to improve their quality of care.
staffed by trained counselors 24 hours a day, seven days a week, each office has a hotline for victims of crime to call.
provide an opportunity for victims of crime to come together to share experiences and gain strength as part of their healing.
provides support, information and options to assess each victims needs and develop a plan to address them.
provides numerous crime prevention educational programs for young children, adolescents, college students and adults.
What is Identity Theft/Fraud?
Are you a victim?
“Identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another individual’s personal data in a way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain.” – (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)
You Can Help!
Contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations are important in helping VRC continue its mission. Memorial, Honorary and Matching Gifts are also options for donation.
Victims Have the Right
COMPENSATION
Victims of crime have the right to be compensated financially for their out of pocket losses due to emotional and physical injuries. We assist victims with properly completing the necessary paperwork to file a claim.
What Can I Expect at VRC?
“having someone to talk to and not judge”
“Very nice and supportive …helped me to realize it’s not my fault and to feel better”
“very understanding of my feelings….helped me to know I’m not crazy”
“Counselor easy to talk to ….feel safe and secure discussing the events that happened”
“that there are non-judgmental people that care enough to help people”
“helpfulness of the staff…willing to work around my schedule”
“I learned a lot about the legal system than I knew before”
Social Media
Today we celebrate the strength, resilience, accomplishments, and voices of women everywhere. Equality means creating a world where every woman and girl has the opportunity to be heard, respected, valued, and empowered to reach her full potential.Here’s to the women who broke barriers, the women who continue to lead, and the girls who will change the future.❤️
It's BACK TO SCHOOL season and that means it is time to schedule your free, no cost programs with VRC. Whether it be pre-k, kindergarten through 12th grade, or even college classes we got you covered. Call the office at 570.823.0766 ext 105 or email dtompkins@vrcnepa.org to get more information🍎✏️📗
Trauma comes in many forms. Your experience(s) are valid. If you would like to talk or are a victim reach out to our hotline 570.823.0765
#OnThisDay in 1920, the long campaign for women’s suffrage reached a historic milestone when the 19th Amendment was ratified, granting women the right to vote nationwide. The fight for women’s voting rights began decades earlier. Historians often point to the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 as the formal beginning of the women’s suffrage movement, where participants adopted the Declaration of Sentiments calling for women’s equality. Three decades later, the movement took its fight directly to Congress. The constitutional amendment that would become the 19th Amendment was first introduced in 1878 as the “Susan B. Anthony Amendment.” Thousands of suffragists petitioned Congress, but the amendment was "indefinitely postponed."By the early 20th century, the campaign had become increasingly visible and forceful. In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson publicly supported women’s suffrage following years of demonstrations and protests outside the White House led by activists including Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. When the amendment was reintroduced in Congress that year, it passed the House but fell short in the Senate. Suffragists continued their campaign, and on June 4, 1919, the amendment finally passed both chambers of Congress.Ratification then moved to the states. Although 23 of the 48 states had already granted women partial or full voting rights in state and/or national elections, 36 states were required to ratify the amendment. The final vote came down to Tennessee, where the state House was deadlocked. Representative Harry Burn cast the decisive vote in favor of ratification after receiving a note from his mother, Febb Burn, urging him to support suffrage.Although the amendment granted all women the right to vote, many were unable to exercise their right. Discriminatory policies like poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses barred many African American men and women from voting until the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1965.
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Today we celebrate the strength, resilience, accomplishments, and voices of women everywhere. Equality means creating a world where every woman and girl has the opportunity to be heard, respected, valued, and empowered to reach her full potential.Here’s to the women who broke barriers, the women who continue to lead, and the girls who will change the future.❤️
It's BACK TO SCHOOL season and that means it is time to schedule your free, no cost programs with VRC. Whether it be pre-k, kindergarten through 12th grade, or even college classes we got you covered. Call the office at 570.823.0766 ext 105 or email dtompkins@vrcnepa.org to get more information🍎✏️📗
Trauma comes in many forms. Your experience(s) are valid. If you would like to talk or are a victim reach out to our hotline 570.823.0765
#OnThisDay in 1920, the long campaign for women’s suffrage reached a historic milestone when the 19th Amendment was ratified, granting women the right to vote nationwide. The fight for women’s voting rights began decades earlier. Historians often point to the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 as the formal beginning of the women’s suffrage movement, where participants adopted the Declaration of Sentiments calling for women’s equality. Three decades later, the movement took its fight directly to Congress. The constitutional amendment that would become the 19th Amendment was first introduced in 1878 as the “Susan B. Anthony Amendment.” Thousands of suffragists petitioned Congress, but the amendment was "indefinitely postponed."By the early 20th century, the campaign had become increasingly visible and forceful. In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson publicly supported women’s suffrage following years of demonstrations and protests outside the White House led by activists including Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. When the amendment was reintroduced in Congress that year, it passed the House but fell short in the Senate. Suffragists continued their campaign, and on June 4, 1919, the amendment finally passed both chambers of Congress.Ratification then moved to the states. Although 23 of the 48 states had already granted women partial or full voting rights in state and/or national elections, 36 states were required to ratify the amendment. The final vote came down to Tennessee, where the state House was deadlocked. Representative Harry Burn cast the decisive vote in favor of ratification after receiving a note from his mother, Febb Burn, urging him to support suffrage.Although the amendment granted all women the right to vote, many were unable to exercise their right. Discriminatory policies like poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses barred many African American men and women from voting until the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1965.
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VRC services are provided at no charge and are funded in part by grants from the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, United Way of Wyoming Valley, United Way of Greater Hazleton, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and United Way of Wyoming County. The organization also receives funding from individuals and corporate contributors.
VRC is a non-profit 501 c (3) organization. The official organization and financial information for VRC may be obtained from the PA Department of State by calling 1.800.732.0999 within Pennsylvania. Registration does not imply endorsement.