Survivors Outreach Ministries (SOM)-Service & Fee Notice

Survivors Outreach Ministries (SOM) is a Christ-centered 501(c)(3) victims' rights advocacy organization. SOM provides non-crisis advocacy, peer support, documentation organization, court and systems navigation, resource linkage, and public-interest accountability work. Some services are free and some specialized or extended services may carry a program fee for advocate time, administrative work, research, travel, technology, or documentation support.

SOM does not sell or issue court orders, criminal charges, bond decisions, electronic monitoring, victim-compensation benefits, shelter placement, or other government services. Any fee paid to SOM is for an optional service provided by SOM and is not payment to a court, clerk, sheriff, law-enforcement agency, prosecutor, State Attorney, District Attorney, Family Justice Center, victim-witness office, or other government agency.

SOM is not a law firm. SOM does not provide legal representation, legal opinions, or legal advice; does not guarantee court or agency outcomes; does not operate a 24-hour crisis hotline or emergency shelter; and does not provide licensed mental-health treatment.

SCAM PREVENTION

SOM will never tell a survivor that payment to SOM is required to obtain a North Carolina 50B or 50C order, a Florida injunction for protection, keep criminal charges active, post an offender's bond, prevent an offender's release, obtain electronic monitoring, or receive a government victim service.

If anyone makes that claim using the SOM name, do not send money. Verify the communication directly with SOM and, when appropriate, with the court or government agency using a trusted phone number.