Programs & Services
- Bridge Recovery Homes
- Crime Victim Advocates List
- Crime Victim Compensation
- Domestic Violence
- Address Confidentiality
- Encourage to Arrest Project
- Fatality Review Commission
- Orders of Protection
- REMEDIES Grant
- Forensic Rape Examination Payment
- Identity Theft
- Restorative Justice
- Contact
- Forms & Other Documents
Other Resources
- Correctional Offender Network (CON)
- Sexual or Violent Offender Registry (SVOR)
- Victim Information & Notification Everyday (VINE)
Victim Services
The Office of Victim Services (OVS):
- seeks to elevate the status of victims and their rights
- serves as a central reference point for victims of crime, and offers information and referrals
- provides training and information for those who work with victims, including law enforcement, victim advocates, probation and parole workers and local community organizations
The laws protecting victims are found in Title 40, Chapter 15 of the Montana Code Annotated.
Advocate of the Year Awards
Each April the Attorney General's Office honors one or more outstanding victim advocates from around the state. Recipients are recognized with a plaque presented by the Attorney General in a ceremony in their hometown.
- 2007 Honorees
- Connie Huffman, executive director of Hi-Line's Help for Abused Spouses, Conrad
- Leslie McClintock, supervisor of the Office of Planning and Grants' City/County Crime Victim Advocate Program for Missoula County, Missoula
- Kelly Morand and the Link Crew, Capital High School advisor and student mentors, Helena
- Previous Honorees - list for 1993 to the present
Bridge Program
Through the Office of Victim Services, the Bridge Program—a partnership between Justice and the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS)—provides funding to help support four residential recovery homes for parents in recovery from methamphetamine addiction and their children.
The recovery homes, located in Billings, Great Falls, Livingston and Missoula, are administered by the Addictive and Mental Disorder Division of DPHHS. The homes were created to provide a healthy, nurturing, drug-free recovery environment. Treatment for methamphetamine addiction is a long-term process and families in recovery have many needs not covered by public assistance. The Bridge Program funds many of these needs including dental work, neurological examinations, transportation and the unique needs of children living in the homes.
This effort to improve the lives of Montana families disrupted by methamphetamine addiction is one of the department's initiatives to counter methamphetamine abuse.
Contact the Office of Victim Services
For more information about services for crime victims in Montana, contact:
Matthew Dale, Executive Director
Office of Victim Services
Department of Justice
2225 11th Avenue
P.O. Box 201410
Helena, MT 59620-1410
Phone: (406) 444-1907
Fax: (406) 444-9680
E-mail: dojovs@mt.gov