Coming EVENTS
Our next fundraiser is the Survivor Resources Annual Walk-a-Thon and Picnic, to be held starting at 6pm on May 19, 2008 at Como Park in St. Paul.
See the Coming Events page for more details and to download the brochure and pledge form.
For questions on upcoming events you can also contact us.
services we provide
VIPI serves families through immediate crisis intervention.
Provides ongoing practical and emotional support.
Educates professionals who interface with victims and survivors.
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who we are
The Victim Intervention Program, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to providing immediate and long-term emotional support and practical help for the families and friends of those who have died by homicide, suicide or accident.
We walk with families through their grief, understanding the special needs created by violent death. VIPI also offers essential community service by assisting and easing relationships between police departments, county attorney's offices, and the grieving families.
VIPI reduces community anger and assists in a collaborative effort of resolve and healing.
history
The Victim Intervention Project (VIP) was developed at the request of Lt. Joe Corcoran, retired Commander of the St. Paul Police Homicide Unit. Corcoran recognized that families of homicide victims didn’t get help until their case was charged and that some cases are never charged and those families never get the help. Corcoran challenged the St. Paul Police Chaplains to develop a program that would respond to the needs of these people.
