### Question
Can you define what victim services means?


### Answer
**Victim services** is defined as the following in *20 U.S.C. § 1152*:

> a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization or a public, nonprofit organization acting in a nongovernmental capacity that assists domestic violence, dating violence or sexual assault victims, including campus women's centers, rape crisis centers, battered women's shelters, and other sexual assault, domestic violence or dating violence programs, including campus counseling support and victim advocate organizations with domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault programs, whether or not organized and staffed by students

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 1152*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 28-HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE > SUBCHAPTER VIII-MISCELLANEOUS**

