VAAC's Mission
To enhance and expand victims' rights through community collaboration and awareness.

The Mayor's Victim Assistance Advisory Council is the official agency of the consolidated Government created by executive order to coordinate, study, recommend and promote cooperation concerning victim assistance activities within the Consolidated City of Jacksonville. The Council is composed of a chair and 26 members appointed by the mayor to serve a term of three years each. 

VAAC's efforts to accomplish its mission of expanding victims' rights through community collaboration and awareness are compiled in its annual report. This report is an overview of the council's activities in 2005.
2005 VAAC Annual Report. (136 kb pdf / 4 pages)

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Duties and Responsibilities
To coordinate and encourage cooperative efforts among social services, criminal justice, mental health and other agencies and persons (public and private) whose purpose is to provide assistance to crime victims, their families and/or their significant others.

To be a forum for discussing, studying, reviewing and considering from time to time, the community's needs; to make recommendations for improvements to existing city and/or other community services for crime victims, or for the establishment of essential, necessary and comprehensive services or service linkages where none yet exist.

To plan, sponsor and conduct conferences, seminars and other special events concerning victim rights, crime prevention, child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, survivors of homicide and the victimization of others, including the elderly and minorities.

2008 VAAC Monthly Meeting Calendar (PDF)

 VAAC Membership Application (PDF)

To contact VAAC, call (904) 630-6300.