The Network of Victim Assistance is a Bucks County Pennsylvania non-profit organization. NOVA offers personal safety educational programs to children and youth, adults, seniors and individuals with disabilities in schools, community centers and professional settings. NOVA is also an advocate for victims and victims’ rights. We provide support and accompaniment to all criminal justice proceedings. We speak in support of victims and victims’ rights on the local, state and national levels. In addition, NOVA provides absolutely free one-on-one short-term counseling to help victims, their families and significant others to identify and work through their thoughts and feelings surrounding their victimization.
Education
We offer personal safety educational programs to children and youth, adults, seniors and individuals with disabilities in schools, community centers and professional settings in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Advocacy
NOVA is an advocate for victims and victims’ rights. We provide support and accompaniment to all criminal justice proceedings. We speak in support of victims and victims’ rights on the local, state and national levels.
Counseling
Free one-on-one short-term counseling to help victims & their families work through their thoughts & feelings surrounding their victimization. Services provided in English, Spanish (Español), Korean (한국어), Mandarin (普通话), Romanian (Română) and Portuguese (Português).
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News, Events & Training
Vintage Jewelry Event
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One day only at NOVA’s Thrift Shop! Unique vintage pieces carefully collected for resale.
Date: Saturday, September 29, 2018
Time: 10 am to 5pm
Place: NOVA Thrift Shop, 2116 Broad St, Perkasie, PA
Visit the NOVA Thrift Shop Facebook page for more information on the sale and other events.
Free Training on Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
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Are you interested in being trained in the child sexual abuse prevention training Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children? NOVA has several open trainings coming up (dates and locations below).* Call Grace at (215) 343-6543 or email at grace@novabucks.org to register for this FREE training or register online.
Quakertown Library – 401… Continue reading
Bingo – Coach for a Cause
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Help Support the Bucks County Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC):
DATE: Friday, September 28, 2018
TIME: 5:15 pm to 10:00 pm
PLACE: St. Anne’s Ukrainian Church Bingo Hall
1545 Easton Road, Warrington, PA 18976
SOLD OUT
Follow the Event: https://www.facebook.com/coachforacause/
SPONSORSHIP:
The success of this event will… Continue reading
NO BULLying Run – Was a Success!
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Thank you to all our sponsors, volunteers, runners and walkers! Without you the day would not have been a success!
2018 Year’s Results: 5 Mile & 1 Mile Results for 2018
Thank you to our 2018 TITLE Sponsor:
Penn Community Bank
Join NOVA’s Speaker’s Bureau
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NOVA invites you to join with our staff and volunteers to help spread the word about our programs and services so that everyone in the Bucks community knows where to get the help they need to exercise their rights in the criminal justice system and to recover from the physical, emotional and financial trauma of… Continue reading
Fostering a Culture Where Victims Can Speak Out
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NOVA’s Executive Director, Penny Ettinger, wrote an Opinion piece to the Bucks County Courier Times.
We would like to hear your opinion! Please go to the article and leave a comment on the bottom:
http://buckscountycouriertimes.com/opinion/20180105/guest-opinion-lets-foster-culture-where-victims-feel-they-can-speak-out
Guest Opinion: Let’s foster a culture where victims feel they can speak out
So many of… Continue reading
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