If you are a victim in need of immediate assitance,call our 24 hour hotline at1-877-MADD-HELP

Otherwise, you may call your local MADD affiliate or the state office at 1(800) 446-MADD.  Or, email the State Victims Services Advocate, Jan Withers, at janwithers123@yahoo.com

If you or a loved one are a victim of drunk driving, MADD can help.
MADD can help you by:

• Offering emotional support and providing information by phone or in person.
• Providing free publications for victims of alcohol-related crashes.
• Explaining how to obtain the crash report and the offender’s driving record.
• Informing you about drunk driving laws and victim rights in Maryland.
• Assisting you in obtaining and filling out an application for Crime Victims’  Compensation.
• Offering victim support groups where you can meet other families who share your experience.
• Accompanying you to court to offer support and to inform you about legal procedures.
• Assisting you in preparing a Victim Impact Statement to present at the sentencing of the offender.
• Informing you of your rights to assist with the development of conditions of probation if the offender does not go to prison.
• Assisting you in preparing statements for parole hearings.                          

Other things you can do:
•Contact the State's Attorney and tell him/her of your commitment to see the criminal prosecuted to the fullest extent.
•Actively participate in your case.
•As a victim, be aware of your rights.

All MADD services are free of charge.

This is a poem written in honor of Alisa Celentano

For My Sister  

There is a place few have found

One is my sister, who's heaven bound

The cuts on her face shown so much pain

But where she is won't be thought of again

The real victims aren't hard to find

My life now surreal and memories fill my mind

You can't spot me that easy 'cause I wear my disguise so well

From the pain I bring home to dwell

You can't know what I'm feeling 'cause the pain runs too deep

And only wet pillows show you were I sleep

Memories I can't ever have to tell

Because one man decided I should live in hell

I'll never ride passenger with my sister at the wheel

I have no sister to cry with when my heart a boy will steal

No best woman at my wedding day

Only a grave where my sister lay

No child of my sister's will I ever see

Once I had a sister, now it's only me

In this mental jail I live in each day

Wondering why a stranger took so much away

If you ever wanted to know what it's like, look into my eyes and you'll see an empty soul

For the loss of a sister, that a careless man stole.

                                                      ~Alaura Celentano

*****The mission of Mothers Against Drunk Driving is to stop drunk driving, support the victims of this violent crime and prevent underage drinking. 
*****La misión de MADD es evitar el conducir en estado de ebriedad, apoyar a las víctimas de este crimen violento y la de prevenir que los menores de edad ingieran bebidas alcohólicas.

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