Creating a community of empowerment and healing.

Volare's mission is to equitable healing and dignified experiences for survivors of crime. We provide free, trauma-informed advocacy, therapeutic, and legal services in conjunction with strategic litigation, policy advocacy, and education to transform existing responses to harm.

Volare was founded in 2012 as Network of Victim Recovery of DC (NVRDC). Volare aimed to fill a gap to expand, support, and defend crime victims’ rights. In addition to providing legal and advocacy services, Volare provided crisis hospital response to sexual assault and rape survivors, maintaining a 100% response rate year one—advocating for survivors 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.