In 2010 NCAVP and the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) released the report Why It Matters: Rethinking Victim Assistance for LGBTQ Victims of Hate Violence and Intimate Partner Violence.   

As demonstrated by the findings in this report, the National Center and NCAVP found that, in 2009, LGBTQ victims of crime still did not have consistent access to culturally competent services to prevent and address the violence against them. Too often, mainstream victim assistance agencies cannot meet the needs of LGBTQ crime victims in culturally sensitive ways, while LGBTQ-specific anti-violence programs either lack the resources to do so or do not exist.  Without access to culturally competent advocacy, intervention, and other critical services, LGBTQ victims will continue to suffer disproportionately from violence and the after-effects of victimization.

 Read Why It Matters:  Rethinking Victim Assistance for LGBTQ Victims of Hate Violence and Intimate Partner VIolence.