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ACTION ALERT: Urge Congress to pass the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act
ROAR Staff
September 12, 2024
Critical funding for victim services (including ROAR) is in jeopardy, which could endanger millions of victims if Congress doesn’t act…
Disrupting cycles of violence with civil legal aid partnerships
Lydia Watts
September 4, 2024
Homicide is the leading cause of death for young African-American men (ages 15-34) in the United States; they are six…
ROAR aids in legal victory requiring Baltimore Police Department to stop illegal property seizures from crime victims
ROAR Staff
August 1, 2024
Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, alongside co-counsel at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, announced the settlement…
Transformational reform to victim compensation program signed into law
ROAR Staff
May 24, 2024
On Thursday, May 16, Lydia Watts of ROAR, along with colleagues from many of our area’s victim’s services organizations, were…
Maryland lawmakers pass ‘transformational reform’ to compensation for crime victims
Dylan Segelbaum / The Baltimore Banner
April 9, 2024
By Dylan Segelbaum, reprinted by permission from The Baltimore Banner. Photo by Kylie Cooper for The Baltimore Banner. Maryland lawmakers…