Overall, the needs assessment found that crime victims have interconnected and complex legal needs that span civil and criminal legal systems, and they face a host of barriers to having their legal needs met. These barriers include inadequate information/knowledge about legal issues; inadequate resources and funding; inadequate trauma-informed, victim-sensitive, and victim-centered approaches to victims' needs for legal services; and inadequate system coordination. Phase one of this needs assessment involved interviews with 25 representatives from organizations that provide legal services for crime victims or work on crime-victim issues in some capacity. Phase two consisted of 15 focus groups with 88 diverse individuals exposed to crime or who knew a loved one exposed to crime. Based on an analysis of transcripts from the first two study phases, a survey instrument was developed to assess respondent perceptions of legal needs and barriers to accessing legal services for crime-related matters. In the needs assessment's third phase two questionnaires were administered. One was completed by 114 diverse individuals who were exposed to crime or who knew a crime victim well, and the other questionnaire was administered to 122 professionals who had worked with crime victims. 9 tables, 1 reference, and copies of the two questionnaires, one for crime victims and another one for professionals who worked with crime victims