Posts Tagged ‘VictimsofCrime’
Fourth of July: Triggers
Written by: Kimi Nolte, MPH, MSW, Lead Victim Services Coordinator On the fourth of July, most people look forward to the BBQs, firework displays and spending time with their loved…
Read MoreNational Night Out Against Crime
National Night Out is an annual event where communities across the country connect with law enforcement. The focus of National Night Out is to get neighborhoods actively involved in preventing…
Read MoreJoin VSS for our King County Missing and Unidentified Persons awareness event on May 24th
Every missing person is someone’s son or daughter, father or mother, brother or sister, husband or wife. There are hundreds of families in the State of Washington dealing with the profound…
Read MoreThe Myths & Facts of Stalking
Written by: Maia McCoy, MSW, Victim Services Coordinator Myth #1: Stalking happens only between intimate partners. Fact: It is true that overwhelmingly, stalking victims are stalked by an intimate partner.…
Read MoreManaging Triggers
Written by: Maia McCoy, Victim Services Coordinator The word “trigger” has become so ubiquitous in our vernacular that it has lost meaning. “Trigger” is used when one’s buttons are pushed,…
Read MoreEmployee of the Year
Congratulations to Brigitta Ellwein, King County Victim Service Coordinator, for being nominated by her peers, as the Victim Support Services Employee of the Year, 2017! This is an award that is…
Read More2018 VSS Furry Friends Calendar
VSS is launching their first ever calendar for 2018! The calendar is filled with pictures of the VSS staff’s pets. As well, the calendar has VSS events and National Days…
Read MoreJune 2nd is National Gun Violence Awareness Day
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”#WearOrange on June 2nd!” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23f79838″ google_fonts=”font_family:Dosis%3A200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row] On January 21st, 2013, Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old high school student from the south side of Chicago, marched in President Obama’s 2nd inaugural…
Read MoreVSS is offering a free informational class on identity theft!
Unfortunately we had to cancel this free informational workshop. If you would like to receive information still, we would be more than happy to meet with you. Please call us at…
Read MoreThe New Statewide Hotline is up and running!
Did you know that as of February 1st, Victim Support Services now runs and manages the new statewide hotline for general crime victims? We are very excited for this opportunity…
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