This confidential, professionally facilitated group offers support for women age 18 or older who have one or both problems: 1)  they have been victims of stranger or acquaintance rape or who have been raped by their husbands and/or 2) they are survivors of childhood sexual abuse.  For more information, contact the Rape Crisis center at United Family Services by calling their 24-hour hotline: 704-375-9900. If you call after regular business hours, you will be asked to leave a confidential message and a staff member will promptly follow-up with you at a safe time.  (Click for overview of Victims of Crime resources)

This confidential, professionally facilitated group designed only for students, faculty, and staff at UNC-C focuses on helping women who are survivors of abuse during childhood or adulthood develop coping skills and share support in a safe environment.   For more, call the UNC-C Counseling Center at 704/687-2105 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Click for overview of Victims of Crime resources)

This ongoing monthly group is open to homicide survivors aged 18 years or older; it provides a safe and understanding environment where participants can share experiences, information, support, and hope.  It meets the first Tuesday in the early evening in uptown Charlotte with free parking.  Please call before attending the first time.  For more information, click here to see their detailed web site or call a leader of the group Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 704/336-2364.  (Click for overview of Victims of Crime resources)

A group of mothers and fathers of murdered offpsring who are banding together to support each other and make a difference in reducing violence in our community.   They help families find resources any time after the loss of a loved one.   Amongst other services, MOM-O has special get togethers twice a year for those who have lost a child to murder.  For more information, click here to check out their new website or call Judy at 704/376-9986 any day 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. (Click for overview of Victims of Crime resources)

CCT provides a wide variety of services for people who have been previously incarcerated and for their  families as of the time of this update, two support groups.  The first is a group (Families Doing Time) helping people who have a loved one who is incarcerated to deal with issues such as 1) what do I tell my child/friends/relatives/etc.; 2) how can I be supportive when I'm so angry; 3) how can I make it from day to day and any other related issues. The second group (Men's Empowerment)  is for those previously incarcerated looking for support during their transition.  To learn about their monthly evening meetings, call them at 704/494-8601 x14 weekdays 8-4.  (Click for overview of Victims of Crime resources)

A support group for victims of drunk driving crashes as well as their parents, other relatives, friends, and concerned others.  For info about their local meetings, call the NC office at 800/248-6233.  Basic information about MADD is available by clicking here to see their state web site.  (Click for overview of Victims of Crime resources)

Families of Prisoners Together (1996) (see alternative above)
Support of Survivors (of Rape) (2002)  (1594) -- see Adults Recovering From Rape above
Support of Survivors (2008) (no alternative group known -- please phone us if you have interest) 
Teen Victims of Assault (2008) (no alternative group known -- please phone us if you have interest)
United Family Services Homicide Survivors (original group) (2010 merged with CMPD group noted above)

This service provides comprehensive data and referral assistance for nonprofit and government resources in the NC counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties and in or near the city of Mooresville, NC.  If you are calling on a landline or residential phone in one of those counties, dial 2-1-1.  If that fails, if you are calling on a cell phone, or if you are calling from anywhere else in NC, call 866/744-7778.  For calls from out of NC, use their local number of 704/377-1100. Although they are open 24 hours a day, you may wish to call weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for non-emergency questions.

The friendly staff at this full service library can help you research any medical topic using their up-to-date computers, databases, journals and books.  No previous research experience or medical knowledge is required. Click here for details or call them at 704-384-6393.

The National Victim Center  of 4

Click here to view this nonprofit organization's site which contains a striking variety of useful information about a wide range of crime related issues.  These issues include general information on a long list of crimes from stalking to incest, legislative information, crime related statistics, extensive links to related sites, an annotated on-line and off-line bookstore, safety information, etc.  Pretty impressive!  Last checked 7/28/08; originally posted here 5/30/98  (Click for overview of Victims of Crimes resources)

Want to find more links?  Click below to find Medical information on the web Methods to search the entire web

Click to link to any of these lists of national groups: 

The Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine Index
The Genetic Alliance
NORD (National Organization for Rare Diseases) Database

Click here to branch to the American Self-Help Clearinghouse listing of toll-free phone numbers for a wide variety of topics.