Vegas Strong Resiliency Center - Supporting Victims of Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting

The Vegas Strong Resiliency Center offers a range of services and support to victims, families, survivors, and responders of the Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting in Las Vegas. Funded through a grant, this center provides assistance with lodging, transportation, legal matters, healthcare, and mental wellness. Partnered with various agencies, it aims to address the needs of the community for healing and recovery. Services include victim advocacy, counseling, legal aid, and transitional support.

• Route 91 Harvest Festival
• Victim Advocacy
• Mental Wellness
• Community Support

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1. Vegas Strong Resiliency Center

2. Terri Keener, LCSW Behavioral Health Coordinator 702-455-7746 tkeener@dcfs.nv.gov

3. Victim Advocacy Lodging Air Travel Ground Transportation Consulate Services Counseling/Spiritual Care Legal Assistance Securing Identification Documents Health Insurance Workers Compensation Health Care Assistance Recovery of Belongings Family Family Assistance Assistance Center Center (10-2 to 10-20-17)

4. Funded through a supplemental Victim of Crime Act appropriation called Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP). 36 month grant intended to compensate the agencies in the state that responded to the Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting Victim Compensation Support community wellness/healing Victims families Survivors Responders Medical Providers Community Support state capacity building Established October 23, 2017

5. Multi-Agency Partnership Clark County Social Service, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services & Department of Justice-Office for Victims of Crime Referral & Resource Hub Transitional Support Address Behavioral Health & Wellness Needs Survivors Responders Community

6. COMMUNITY PARTNERS Clark County Social Services Clark County Department of Family Services Metro Victim Advocate Victims of Crime Program Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Legal Aid of Southern Nevada Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child and Family Services, Division of Public and Behavioral Health

7. REFERRAL & RESOURCES Reception & Call Center Register Callers with VSRC Navigation Services Assistance with VOCP Applications LVMPD Victim Advocacy Legal Issues Crisis Intervention Counseling & Spiritual Care Referrals

8. OCTOBER 1, 2018 OCTOBER 1, 2018 Deadline for Victims of Crime Applications

9. Opportunity for State Capacity Building Crisis Behavioral Health Infrastructure The provider vetting currently underway by DHHS and VSRC staff will serve as the building block for a database of providers to be called upon in the instance of another mass victim incident. Community Capacity Building Federal grant funds will support training, i.e. mental health first aid, PTSD training, State and VSRC staff are working to identify training needs and plan trainings to take place over the term of the grant

10. Opportunity for State Capacity Building Victim s Services Establish a centralized agency or location to send victims. State and AEAP subgrant agencies will identify how to streamline available funding and other resources Serve all victims, those of mass causality or otherwise.

11. Hours: 10am-5pm Monday-Friday Excluding Holidays Additional appointments scheduled as needed Lied Building, 2nd Floor 1524 Pinto Lane 702-455-2433 833-299-2433 vegasstrongresiliencycenter@clarkcountynv.gov www.vegasstrongrc.org