REMEMBER, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.  MADD CAN HELP

What MADD Does
MADD offers support, guidance, and information for people in crashes involving impaired drivers and for people whose loved ones were injured or killed by impaired drivers.

How MADD Can Help You Now

• A MADD victim advocate can offer emotional support and provide information by phone or in person.  Many of our advocates are victims of crashes themselves.
• MADD has a wide selection of free publications for victims of crashes.  You may call MADD and ask an advocate to bring them to you, or you may ask that they be mailed.
• If financial assistance is needed, an advocate can assist you in obtaining and filling out an application for Crime Victims Compensation.

How MADD Can Help You In The Justice System

The criminal and civil justice systems can be frustrating, confusing and burdensome.  While they may not be a priority for you now, you have little choice but to participate if the offender has been charged.  Drunk driving is a crime.  Therefore, it is in your best interest to learn all you can about your rights in the justice system.  Your acquired knowledge and participation can make a difference in the outcome of your case.

• Your MADD victim advocate can tell you how to obtain the crash report and the offender’s driving record.
• Your advocate can inform you about drunk driving laws and victim rights in Oregon.
• Your advocate can assist you ion preparing a Victim Impact Statement to present at the sentencing of the offender.
• An advocate can accompany you to court to offer support and to inform you about legal procedures.
• An advocate can inform you of your rights to assist with the development of conditions of probation if the offender does not go to prison.  Your advocate can also assist you in preparing statements for parole hearings.