{"id":222,"date":"2015-09-28T18:11:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T18:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chapmancomputing.com\/safefinal\/?page_id=222"},"modified":"2015-10-07T18:09:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T18:09:25","slug":"sexual-assault-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.safeofhc.org\/?page_id=222","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rape Victims Assistance Program <\/strong>:\u00a0 North Carolina policy now allows victims to obtain forensic medical examinations free of charge.\u00a0 Whenever a forensic medical examination is conducted as a result of a sexual assault or an attempted sexual assault that occurred in the state, the program shall pay for the examination.\u00a0 A medical facility or medical professional that performs a forensic medical examination on the victim of a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault shall not seek payment for the examination except from the program.\u00a0 Please visit this site for more information about the crimes covered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>North Carolina Crime Victims Compensation Services<\/strong> :\u00a0 Victims Compensation Services reimburses citizens who suffer medical expenses and lost wages as a result of being an innocent victim of crime committed in North Carolina.\u00a0 Victims of rape, assault, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, and drunk driving, as well as the families of homicide victims are eligible to apply for financial help.\u00a0 Please visit this site for more information and an application for the program.\u00a0 SAFE staff can assist victims with completing the application and gathering supporting documentation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdps.gov\/index2.cfm?a=000003,002144,001978\" target=\"_blank\">NC SAVAN: North Carolina Statewide Automated Victim Assistance and Notification<\/a><\/strong> :\u00a0 NC SAVAN is a criminal justice information-sharing system that supports automated victim notification.\u00a0 Individuals may call the toll-free number, 1-877-627-2826, to learn about an offender\u2019s status, to register for offender notification or to learn about victim assistance resources in their area.\u00a0 Please visit the site for more information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nc-van.org\/vra.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NC Crime Victims Rights Act<\/strong><\/a> :\u00a0 Federal and State laws offer rights to victims of crime including those inflicted with pain, suffering, property loss and physical loss due to domestic violence, sexual assault, drunk driving, elder abuse, robbery, physical abuse and other crimes.\u00a0 Both federal and state law provides a definition of a victim.\u00a0 Click <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/benchbook.sog.unc.edu\/criminal\/crime-victims-rights-act-covered-crimes\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>for information on whether you are a victim of VRA covered crimes in NC.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nc-van.org\/victim.html\" target=\"_blank\">NC Victim Assistance Network<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 is a statewide organization that provides support and organization for crime victims across North Carolina.\u00a0 Their website includes a variety of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nc-van.org\/victim.html\" target=\"_blank\">publications<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 for victims of crime and their survivors.\u00a0 Please visit the site for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rape Victims Assistance Program :\u00a0 North Carolina policy now allows victims to obtain forensic medical examinations free of charge.\u00a0 Whenever a forensic medical examination is conducted as a result of a sexual assault or an attempted sexual assault that occurred in the state, the program shall pay for the examination.\u00a0 A medical facility or medical&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safeofhc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safeofhc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safeofhc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safeofhc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safeofhc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.safeofhc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"https:\/\/www.safeofhc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safeofhc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}