facility in their area, I would also encourage you to contact the National Treatment Referral Line at 1-800-662-4357. They have treatment referrals around the country. Consider volunteering with MADD! This is an important issue and we would love to have individuals like you to help us stop these 100% preventable crimes from happening. Thank you for reaching out - I am so very sorry your cousin was killed in an alcohol related crash. I realize there are no words to ease your pain and grief, but please know that you are in our thoughts. We have trained advocates across the country to provide services. MADD advocates provide a variety of free services including, but not limited to grief and loss support for those who are bereaved or injured, support through the criminal and civil justice systems, assistance in writing Victim Impact Statements to the courts, referrals for Crime Victim Compensation and other financial programs, support groups, and a variety of honor and memorial programs. To be connected to an advocate at no cost, call our Helpline at 1-877-623-3435. My cousin was recently killed in a drunk driving crash. How can MADD help?
What is MADD doing to stop these crimes?
So many things! Let me give you a few examples: MADD staff and volunteers work tirelessly to change legislation focused on research-based outcomes we believe will make the most impact to prevent these crimes from happening. We spend time educating youth and parents about the dangers of underage drinking (which research shows will also impact and lower the number of drunk driving crashes). We bring awareness to communities and even offenders of DUI through events and things like Victim Impact Panels, where victims and survivors share how crashes personally impact them. We engage in court monitoring to have a good understanding of how cases are moving through the systems. We support equitable law enforcement and prosecution of DUI crimes.
MADD does all of this and so much more, to learn more about what MADD does, please visit www.madd.org
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