New Hazelton Community Based Victim Assistance

New Hazelton Community Based Victim Assistance Program offers supportive services to victims of domestic assault, sexual assault and criminal harassment with the intent to lessen the impact of crime and trauma for the victims and their families as well as assist in their recovery. The emotional support provided employs aboriginal and non aboriginal approaches to healing support for victims. Victims may be any age, female or male.

This program provides a combination of Specialized Victim Assistance services and RCMP Based Victim Assistance services because it is the only victim services program in the service area. Some of the services provided are:

• critical incident response
• criminal justice information and support
• safety planning
• information and referrals
• emotional and practical support 

For more information on this program, please call Marilyn Brown at 778-210-0283.

For confidential emergency support, contact these hotlines:

• Passage Transition House: 250-847-2595
• VictimLink: 1-800-563-0808
• Adult Crisis Line: 1-888-562-1214
• AIDS / STD Information:1-800-661-4337
• Alcohol & Drug Information and Referral:- 1-800-663-1441
• BC Health Guide Nurse Line: 1-866-215-4700
• Eating Disorder Resource Centre: 1-800-665-1822
• Emergency Shelter Services: 250-847-9515
• Help Line for Children: 310-1234
• Kids Help Line: 1-800-668-6868
• Teen Crisis Line:1-888-564-8336
• Suicide Crisis Line: 1-800-784-2433
• Northern Society for Domestic Peace: toll free in BC 1-877-633-9933