VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that October 1, 2020, marks the third anniversary of the Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting.
Approximately 65 percent of the more than 24,000 attendees of the 2017 Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival were from California, with the majority residing in Southern California.
The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office and the Ventura County Family Justice Center are partnering with the California Victim Compensation Board (CalVCB) and Give an Hour®, a national nonprofit that specializes in mental health and emotional wellness, to provide long-term NO COST support services to victims and families of the Route 91 residing in Southern California through the program So Cal Route 91 Heals.
In observance of the third anniversary, the Vegas Strong Resiliency Center has planned an array of virtual live-streamed and pre-recorded events to honor and remember those affected by this tragedy.
For more information please visit https://www.vegasstrongrc.org/1-october-2020-anniversary-events/. Additionally, Vegas PBS will air a special #VegasStrong: Connecting During Covid-19, on October 1, 2020, at 7:30 pm. For viewing information please visit https://www.vegaspbs.org/blogs/newsroom-2020/newsroom-vegas-pbs-to-air-1-october-special-focused-on-connecting-during-pandemic/.
Funding for So Cal Route 91 Heals is provided by a federal grant from the Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP) in the federal Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded to the California Victim Compensation Board (CalVCB). The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office is a subrecipient of the grant.
To learn more about So Cal Route 91 Heals and available services, the District Attorney encourages survivors to contact Give an Hour® by visiting the website: www.giveanhour.org/route91.
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