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Pennsylvania Legislative Websites

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes - CRIMES AND OFFENSES (TITLE 18) - CHAPTER 31. SEXUAL OFFENSES www.members.aol.com/StatutesP1/18.Cp.31.html

Find Your Legislator: www2.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/findyourlegislator/find.cfm

Electronic Billroom: www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/billroom.htm

House Republicans: www.pahousegop.com
House Democrats: www.pahouse.net
Senate Republicans: www.pasenategop.com
Senate Democrats: www.pasenate.com

Federal Websites

U.S. Senate Republicans: www.senate.gov/~rpc
U.S. Senate Democrats: www.senate.gov/~dpc
U.S. House Republicans: policy.house.gov
U.S. House Democrats: dcaucusweb.house.gov

Federal Legislation Website: thomas.loc.gov

Medical Advocacy

The SANE Development and Operation Guide is a free manual available via the Office for Victims of Crime. Look it up on the web at www.sane-sart.com.

The International Association of Forensic Nurses - call 410-626-7805. Look them up at www.iafn.org.

For more information on emergency contraception, check out the websites:

http://ec.Princeton.edu
http://www.arhp.org/ec
http://www.acog.org

Allied Organizations

The Campaign to Rescue and Restore Victims of Human Trafficking, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/

DreamSinger
http://www.keepingthedream.com

Keeping the Dream: DreamSinger's site dedicated to networking artists, the power of creativity, activism and healing through the arts, music and writing.

h-e-a-r-t Hope Exists After Rape Trauma
http://www.h-e-a-r-t.info/

The mission of H-E-A-R-T is to provide HOPE for victims of sexual assault through the provision of essential and therapeutic support, by affecting positive change in laws influencing their lives, and by educating both the public and professionals commissioned to serve victims. A vital issue in this matter involves the use of DNA.

Address Confidentiality Program (Office of the Victim Advocate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)
http://www.pbpp.state.pa.us/ova/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=154325

The ACP provides a substitute address for victims who have moved to a new location unknown to their perpetrator. The second part of the program provides participants with a free first-class confidential mail forwarding service.

Partners in Justice
http://www.paeastpij.org

The purpose is to establish a National Academy for Equal Justice so that people with developmental disabilities have reduced risk of becoming victims and offenders of crimes, and receive "equal justice" when they encounter the justice system as either victims, witnesses, or alleged perpetrators of crime. This will be accomplished through local, state, and national training, policy relevant research, policy development and public awareness.

Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
http:// www.drnpa.org

Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania is a federally funded, nonprofit agency responsible for providing protection and advocacy services to people with disabilities. If you are experiencing discrimination related to your disability or have questions regarding the rights and services related to your disability, please contact DRN.

Pennsylvania Victim Assistance Academy (PVAA)
http://pvaa.scranton.edu/default.asp

PVAA Goals

* To promote critical thinking and to broaden perspectives on victimization and victims' services' responses.
* To expand and enhance the level of professionalism within the victim services field.
* To provide an opportunity to network with other victims' service and allied professionals.
* To increase participants' knowledge of national, state, and local resources.

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