Victim Services Links and Addresses

Bettie Knoll, Victim Advocate

Victim Services Links & Addresses

Many agencies provide various types of services and help to crime victims. The following is a list of addresses, telephone numbers, and, where available, web sites:

Safe House for Women

Business Phone: (573) 335-7745

24-Hour Hotline: (573) 651-1614

Toll Free Hotline: 1-800-341-1830

Services: Emergency shelter and meals for women and minor children from homes of abuse. Counselor on staff. Court Advocate on staff for help obtaining orders of protection.

Crime Victim Services

Cape Girardeau Police Department

40 S. Sprigg St.

Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

(573) 335-6621, Ext. 25

 

National Organization for Victim Assistance

1730 Park Road, NW

Washington, DC 20010

Phone: (202) 232-6682

Fax: (202) 462-2255

National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children, Inc.

100 East Eighth St., Suite B-41

Cincinnati, OH 45202

Phone: (513) 721-5683

Fax: (513) 345-4489

Toll Free: (888) 818-POMC

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

1007 Ficklen Rd

Fredericksburg, VA 22405

Phone: (703) 274-3900

Fax: (703) 274-2220

24-Hour-Hotline: 1-800-THE-LOST

Legal Services of Southern Missouri

116 N. Main

Charleston, MO 63834

1-800-748-7456

Services: Low-cost services of attorney.

Missouri Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund

P.O. Box 58

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0058

1-800-347-6881

Salvation Army

701 Good Hope

Cape Girardeau, MO 63703

(573) 335-7000

Services: Offers assistance with food, lodging, counseling, and attempts to help where there is need. Meal program the last week of the month. Assists during times of disaster.

Safeline Telephone Assistance Program (St. Francis Medical Center)

(573) 331-3000

Services: If a person is concerned about returning home after an evening event, she may call and leave her name/address/phone number and time she anticipates arriving home. If she does not call at that time, the St. Francis operator will call the police department immediately. They will dispatch a squad car to the home.

Gibson Center

1112 Linden

Cape Girardeau, MO 63703

(573) 334-5513

Services: 30-day chemical and alcohol treatment program, with offices in Cape Girardeau, Sikeston and Perryville. Residential program for men only. Outpatients programs for both men and women.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Info

C/O Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20857

Phone: (301) 443-0365

Services: Provides public assistance benefits, investigates child abuse and neglect, provides adoptive and foster child placement, cash and medical assistance supplemented by food stamps and referral services, energy assistance.

Services: To improve the quality of life and promote the independence of people with disabilities; to provide education concerning awareness and prevention of disabilities.

 

Community Counseling Center

402 S. Silver Springs Rd.

Cape Girardeau, MO 63703

(573) 334-1100

24-Hour Crisis Hotline: 1-800-356-5395

 

 

Headstart

East Missouri Action Agency

111 Linden, P.O. Box 658

Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

(573) 334-5533

Services: Provides service for preschool children, 3-5.

 

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

40 S. Sprigg

Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

(573) 335-7908

Services: Gives support and advocacy to family members or victims of drunk drivers.

Services: Live-in quarters for drug abusers, drug addicts, delinquent youth.

 

Juvenile Office

Cape Girardeau County

44 N. Lorimier

Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

(573) 334-6001

 

 

Birth Right

134 S. Park Ave.

Cape Girardeau, MO 63703

(573) 335-0750

 

 

East Missouri Action Agency

1111 Linden

Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

(573) 334-5533

Services: Service low income; helps to job train and find employment; child development for children 3-5 years old; helps to insulate homes; helps with energy assistance; helps with family planning and helps to subsidize rent.

Child Abuse Hot Line

1-800-392-3738

 

National Runaway Switchboard

1-800-621-4000

Services: Crisis intervention for teenagers and & families; confidential; referrals; messages between teenagers & parents; "Home free" program if eligible.