VCARS

The VCARS program is a community response program providing immediate on-site service to victims of crime or disaster, 24 hours, seven days a week. With the consent of a victim, emergency services request a team of trained VCARS volunteers to provide on-site, short-term assistance to victims and offer referrals to community agencies for longer-term assistance.

VCARS volunteers are supporting victims in co-operation with Police Services and Fire and Rescue Services in the Thunder Bay and immediate rural area.

Such support would be provided for situations such as:

• Sexual Assault

• Domestic Violence

• Assault

• Property Crime

• Robbery

• Homicide

• Suicide

• Motor Vehicle Collisions

• Multi-Casualty Occurrence

• Fire

• Elder Abuse

• Grief and Bereavement

This support includes:

• Immediate On-site support

• Telephone Support (this is not a crisis line)

• Referral information

• Gender Specific (if requested)

For more information go to www.tbayvictimservices.com