Family Resources
Crime Victim Rights
Crime Victim Rights Information Sheet
From the Office of Justice Programs, Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
Fathers’ Resource Program
The MAHUBE-OTWA Fathers’ Resource program exists to provide support to parents so that children will feel secure, loved and connected to their parents.
Minnesota Fathers & Families Network
Promoting healthy father-child-family relationships through informed practice, public policy and system change.
Minnesota Haven
Minnesota Haven is service that has been developed by the Department of Corrections (DOC) as a resource for victims of offenders sentenced to the Commissioner of Corrections.
Notification to victims of offenders in DOC facilities is not automatic. Victims of offenders in a DOC facility must take steps to request notification.
To register to be notified of the offender’s release through the Minnesota Haven service (formerly Minnesota CHOICE), complete the request form on the Minnesota Haven website or contact the DOC Victim Assistance Program.
Minnesota VINE
VINE is an automated notification service that victims and others can use to get notified when the custody status of a person in jail has changed.
Someplace Safe
Someplace Safe is a nonprofit agency offering a myriad of services to victims and survivors of crime, families, and communities in a nine-county region in West Central Minnesota
Victim Impact Statements
A victim impact statement provides victims with an opportunity to address the court at the sentencing or juvenile dispositional hearing to express the impact the crime has had on them and their families.
Tips on Testifying
Tips on testifying in criminal court. From the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Justice Programs.