Recognizing that volunteers can perform many services and functions of paid staff and frequently offer their services because of genuine concern for crime victims and witnesses, a multimedia kit known as Community Involvement in Victim Assistance (CIVA) was developed to help communities plan and operate their own victim-witness assistance programs. CIVA is designed to motivate and guide communities in program development, fund-raising, and volunteer utilization. The CIVA kit contains three units: (1) problems and needs of crime victims and witnesses; (2) how to organize a victim-witness assistance program; and (3) budget preparation and fund-raising. The CIVA kit also includes a videotape presentation and a slide/cassette show, as well as a resource listing and a glossary. Tables and forms