Victim Resource Center of the Finger Lakes, Inc.

It is the mission of the Victim Resource Center (VRC) to forge a community-wide commitment to end violence and to provide assistance to victims in a sensitive, respectful, and confidential manner, bringing community resources to the victim and the victim's family.

The Victim Resource Center - celebrating 29 years of

service to victims in 2012!

Twenty-nine years ago, a group of concerned community members started Rape Crisis of Wayne County, with the expansion of services a few years later to include domestic violence and a name change to Victim Resource Center of Wayne County. In 2001 the VRC extended its services to migrant farmworker family victims in twelve counties in Upstate New York, while providing the only domestic violence crisis shelter in the counties of Wayne, Ontario, Seneca, and Yates, with the name change to Victim Resource Center of the Finger Lakes, Inc.

The VRC provides domestic, sexual, stalking, dating violence and child abuse services including:

24/7 bilingual (Spanish/English) confidential, toll-free hotline at: 1-866-343-8808 or 1-800-456-1172
crisis intervention
Domestic Violence Shelter for the counties of Wayne, Ontario, Seneca, and Yates. The VRC also accepts all New York State shelter referrals from surrounding counties.
personal, community, criminal justice, medical and legal advocacy
short-term counseling
information and referrals
NYS Office of Victim Services (formerly CVB) application assistance
school prevention education programs
trainings for area police, DA offices, local magistrates, churches, agencies, EMT's, 911 Operators, etc.
Girls Groups in area schools (VRC - certified facilitator agency)
Women's Empowerment Group
Allstate "Financial Freedom" Empowerment Group
P.A.C.T. (Parents And Children Together)
legal referrals for migrant and dairy farmworker victims of domestic and sexual violence in eight counties in Upstate New York
Cultural and Linguistic Competency Training for eight counties
bilingual hotline coverage for four counties for migrant and dairy farmworker victims, Hispanic/Latino victims and their children
advocacy and assistance with Family Offense and Custody Petitions
Sexual Assault Children's Programming
comprehensive prevention education and community outreach program
"Stand-up Guy" Men's Group - "Are you a member of the Silent Majority?"
Wayne County Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence

The VRC depends on grants, foundations,
the United Way of Wayne County,
and community donors to provide these vital and
life-saving services.
Our special thanks to these donors and organizations
for their ongoing support of victim services and the VRC.