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Project #Supportforyou unites resources of 3 partner organizations from Kaunas, Vilnius, Kretinga to increase awareness, accessibility, quality, transparency, efficiency of Support Services and state guaranteed support. Although the Law on Support to Victims of Crime was adopted in 2021 aimed at securing that the victims of crime received support according to individual needs, the Support Services were accredited, the victims'' rights to get necessary information and support are not guaranteed de facto. There is no funding for the publicity of the services, so most victims do not seek help; there are no regulations on organization of Support Services and their delivery process; there is no funding for the improvement of support officers'' competencies. The project aims at increasing public awareness on possibility of state-guaranteed support to victims of crime and creating a support delivery system by publicizing support services, increasing accessibility, efficiency, transparency of the support, improving specialists’ competences, submitting proposals to the authorities on practical implementation of the legislation. The target groups are victims of crime, first contact institutions, the public - information about the support possibilities; staff providing services. The project will carry out an information campaign aimed at the public and the first contact institutions; it will also develop description of the support process and recommendations for implementation of the legislation; prepare teaching material for training and conduct training.
It is expectd that information campaign will raise public awareness of about support services by 5% and by at least 10% in the first contact authorities; number of customers of support services among partner organizations will increase by at least 50%.