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Direct Services |
Short-Term Counseling - Provide individual, family and group therapy by a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor.
A 24-hour Hotline Service - Provide emotional support, information and referrals to callers. Hotline: (330) 452-1111
Hospital Support - An advocate can accompany the individual to the hospital and stay with them throughout the medical examination or have the hospital call us for an advocate to come and be with the survivor.
Court Support - An advocate can provide support throughout the court system.
Police Support - An advocate can accompany the individual during the police questioning.
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Education & Training |
Prevention education programs are available for a wide variety of audiences. The programs are age appropriate and may deal with various issues relating to the crime of rape.
Children's Programs:
Careful Kids
Free To Be Me Self-Esteem
Junior & High School Students:
Abduction Prevention
Self-Esteem
Date Rape
Sexual Harassment
Sexual Abuse Prevention
Older Audiences, Service Providers & Professionals:
Rape Overview
Date Rape
Sexual Harassment
Contact the office for more details or to schedule a presentation.
All services are free and confidential.
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Sweatsuit Project |
Rape Crisis advocates provide new sweatsuits to survivors at the hospital when their clothes are taken for evidence. Being provided with new sweats is one more way to empower these individuals who have been degraded and humiliated through their vicitimization.
Because we assist a large number of survivors, our supply of sweats is rapidly depleted. The Sweatsuit Project is a program that receives new sweats through generous community donations. It enables our advocates to continue providing this important service.
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Comfort Kits |
In addition to sweatsuits, we also provide "Comfort Kits." These kits contain personal care items that individuals may use after the examintation at the hospital or when they return home.
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Rape Crisis Survivor's Advocate
Volunteer Training |
Responsibilities:
Volunteers will assist with a 24 hour Rape Crisis Hotline after hours when the Chapter office is closed, 4:30 PM-8:30AM weekdays and 24 hours on weekends and holidays.
Volunteers respond to crisis calls at area hospitals to provide support and information to survivor and his/her family.
Volunteers will be contacted by after hours workers with needed information. You may be contacted by pager, borrowed from chapter, cell phone, or home phone. You do not have to sit home and wait for the phone to ring.
Volunteers are asked to attend quarterly infomational meetings for Rape Crisis Services.
Qualifications:
Ability to be a compassionate listener, willingness to handle sensitive issues involved with sexual assault in a mature, professional manner. Must be able to maintain complete confidentiality.
Length of Commitment-Number of Hours:
Suggested 2 shifts per month, but Red Cross is flexible depending on volunteer's availability. Shifts are; 8:30 AM-4:30 PM and 4:30 PM-8:30 AM, 7 days a week including weekends and holidays.
Training to be completed:
10 hours of training provided by Rape Crisis staff.
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Links: Ohio Attorney General’s Office
National Center for Victims of Crime
Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network
National Runaway Switchboard
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Office for Victims of Crime
American Bar Association, pro bono attorneys
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (S.A.N.E.)/Sexual Assault Response Team
Office on Violence Against Women
National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center
National Organization for Women
Feminist Majority Foundation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Center on Elder Abuse
Bureau of Justice Statistics |
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