Victim Services Resource Directory

Automated Victim Notification Services

VINE Link
P: 888-263-8463

Domestic Violence Advocacy/Safe Housing

Share, Inc.
970-867-4444

Help for Abused Partners
970-522-2307

National Domestic Violence Hotline
 www.thehotline.org
1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788

Sexual Assault

Sara, Inc
970-867-2121

Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CCASA)
https://www.ccasa.org/

RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline
 www.rainn.org
1-800-656-4673

Food/Clothing/Rental Assistance

Rising Up
970-370-8880

Morgan County

Department of Human Services
800 East Beaver Avenue
Fort Morgan, CO 80701
970-542-3500

Mental Health

CHATA
Center for Healing Trauma & Attachment
206 Clayton Street
Brush, CO 80723
P: 970-397-4609

Centennial Mental Health
910 Railroad Ave.
Fort Morgan, CO 80701
P: 970-867-4924

Miscellaneous

CO Crisis Services
1-844-493-8255 or text TALK to 38255
https://coloradocrisisservices.org/

CO Legal Services
https://www.coloradolegalservices.org

Veteran’s Crisis Line
https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/
Dial 988, Press 1 or text 838255

Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center
https://www.rmvictimlaw.org

Address Confidentiality Program (ACP)
https://dcs.colorado.gov/acp

Violence Free CO
https://www.violencefreecolorado.org

Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ):
Office for Victims Programs (OVP)
https://dcj.colorado.gov/

File a Formal Victim Rights Act Complaint
https://dcj.colorado.gov/file-a-formal-complaint-victims-rights-act

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
www.988lifeline.org
Dial 988

Law Enforcement Agencies

Brush Police Department
600 Edison Street
Brush, CO 80723
Dispatch
970-842-5021

Administration
970-842-5074

Fax
970-842-5909

Fort Morgan Police Department
901 E. Beaver Ave
Fort Morgan, CO 80701
Dispatch
970-867-5678
Administration
970-542-3946

Log Lane Village Police Department
109 Main Street
Log Lane Village, CO 80705
Dispatch
970-867-2461
Administration
970-867-8027

Wiggins Police Department
304 E. Central Ave.
Wiggins, CO 80654

Dispatch
970-867-2461

Administration
970-483-6161
Fax
970-483-7364

Colorado State Patrol
1336011-76 Frontage Rd.
Fort Morgan, CO 80701
P: 970-867-6657
Dispatch: 303-239-4501
F: 970-867-0289

13^th Judicial District Attorney's Office 
400 Warner Street
Fort Morgan, CO 80701

Victim Advocate

Jill Olsen

jo1sen@13thda.com
P: 970-542-3420

Morgan County Combined Courts
400 Warner Street
Fort Morgan, CO 80701
P: 970-542-5200
F: 970-542-7091

Law Enforcement Victim Advocates
Morgan County
970-542-3449
Kit Carson County
719-346-8876
Logan County
970-522-2578
Phillips County
970-854-3644
Sedgwick County
970-474-3355
Washington County
970-345-2244
Yuma County
970-332-4805
Colorado State Patrol
303-273-1618

13^th Judicial District Probation
Fort Morgan
970-542-3465
Sterling
970-522-4303
Wray
970-332-5213
Burlington
719-346-5938

Morgan County
400 Warner Street
Fort Morgan, CO 80701
970-542-3420

Kit Carson, Logan
Phillips, Sedgwick,
Washington &
Yuma County
110 N. Riverview Road, Rm 105
Sterling, CO 80751
970-522-2973 

Crime  Victim Compensation Fund
400 Warner Street
Fort Morgan, CO 80701
970-542-3473
https://dcj.colorado.gov/dcj-offices/victims-programs/crime-victim-compensation

Who Qualifies for Victim Compensation?

You may be eligible to receive crime victim compensation if:

• You or your family are victims of a violent crime in Colorado, or
• You or your family are residents of Colorado who have been victimized in a state or country that does not have a victim compensation program or will not cover your loss.

To be eligible for victim compensation in Colorado, you must meet certain criteria from the Crime Victim Compensation Statute:

• The victim sustains mental or bodily injury, dies, or suffers property damage to locks, windows, or doors to residential property as a result of the crime.
• The victim cooperates with law enforcement officials.
• The police were notified within 72 hours after the crime occurred.
• The injury or death of the victim was not the result of the victim's own wrongdoing or substantial provocation.
• The victimization occurred on or after July 1, 1982.
• The application for compensation was submitted within one year from the date of the crime or within six months for property damage claims.

The local victim compensation board may waive some of these requirements for good cause or in the interest of justice. This includes application deadlines.

What Losses Are Eligible for Victim Compensation?

Losses directly related to the compensable crime are eligible for reimbursement, and may include:

• Medical Expenses
• Mental Health Expenses
• Lost wages
• Loss of support to dependents
• Residential Property Damage to Exterior Windows
• Locks and Doors
• Funeral Expenses

Advisement: Court hearing where the defendant is notified of his or her rights and potential charges against them. 

Arraignment: Court hearing where a defendant pleads guilty or not guilty. Witnesses do not testify at this hearing. 

Arrest: The taking into custody of a person by a law enforcement agency. 

Bond Hearing: A hearing by the Court to determine how much bail is required to be posted before the defendant can be released from custody. 

Continuance: When a court hearing is continued. 

Cold Case: A term used to describe unresolved cases. This happens when all leads have been exhausted and resulted in no suspects. 

Critical Stages: Events in a case when victims’ rights must be considered as explained in this booklet. 

Defendant: A person who is accused of committing a crime. 

Disposition: When a case is resolved without a trial. 

Filing of Charges: Presentation of written charges to the Clerk of Court. The document is also called a complaint and information or an indictment. 

Motions Hearing: A hearing where a Judge decides what evidence will be allowed at trial. A victim may be called to testify in this hearing. 

No Contact: A condition of bond that means that a defendant cannot have contact with a victim by phone, letter, through a third person or in person. 

Plea Agreement: A defendant pleads guilty to a charge or a lesser charge in return for a sentence that may be less than if convicted of all charges at trial. 

Preliminary Hearing: A hearing to determine if there is probable cause to believe that a crime was committed by the defendant. This is the first hearing when witnesses may have to testify. 

Probation: The release, under specific conditions, of a person convicted of a crime as an alternative to imprisonment. 

Restitution: After conviction, a defendant can be ordered to pay the victim for financial losses caused by criminal conduct. This is different from Victim Compensation. 

Sentence: The penalty that is given by a Judge to a defendant upon conviction of a crime. 

Subpoena: A court order to appear in court, which is mailed to the witness or personally delivered. 

Trial: An examination of issues of fact and law before a Judge or Jury. Evidence is presented to determine whether or not the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of committing the charged crime(s).