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Provides free and confidential services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, child abuse, and all other forms of abuse. Services include counseling, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, and assistance with legal filings such as Orders of Protection and Stalking No Contact Orders. Offers guidance in forming safety plans, temporary emergency safe shelter, and transportation when needed. Operates hotlines that provide immediate assistance, emotional support, and information for individuals experiencing dating abuse, domestic violence, or sexual assault.

Hotline staff are accessible via telephone, email, chat, and text to ensure safety, provide referrals for medical, legal, and emotional needs, and offer advocacy and other related services. Additionally, youth and adult education programs are available with age-appropriate presentations on consent, body autonomy, sexual harassment, and bullying.

​RSAC Prevention Educators are available to present professional trainings to organizations, companies, agencies, and schools. Educators have curriculum for many presentations but are open to new topics.

Professional Trainings Offered Regularly:

- RSAC Services & Referral

- How to Respond to Disclosure

- Childhood Abuse

- Typical Sexual Development vs. Red Flag Behavior

- Responding to Sexual Harassment

- Sexual Assault and Abuse

- Play Therapy and Sandtray Therapy

- Trauma and The Window of Tolerance

- Self Care: Boundaries for You and Your Client

Provides free and confidential sexual assault/abuse and crime victim services to anyone that has been sexually assaulted/abused. Off-site/out-of-office services provided include trauma-informed services, counseling/therapy, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, social services and basic needs advocacy/case management, safety planning, 24/7 crisis helplines, and 24/7 crisis intervention at hospitals/law enforcement. Service plans based upon services client wants to receive.

Also provides community trainings in Professional settings and offers Information about Services.

Telehealth is provided for those that need, or would like it.

Provides free training and education about sexual assault prevention to clients' faculty and/or students. Presentations on the following topics are provided to meet the needs of the group requesting services:

- Personal Safety: Children and teens learn important safety rules about home safety, good and bad strangers, good touch/bad touch, tricky people, and safety when traveling.

- Sexual Harassment (adapted to age level): Topics include "What is it?", "What can I do to stop it?", and "Sexual Harassment: It's Hurting People" (Grades 5-8).

- Bullying: K-1st "It's Not OK to Bully", 2nd-5th "I Was Just Kidding!", 6th-8th "Bullying 101", 8th-12th "Bullies and Harassment on Campus", Teachers and Staff "Strategies for Dealing with Bullies"

- Dating Violence and Healthy Relationships: Recognize warning signs of an unhealthy relationship.

- Sexual Assault and Abuse: Learn common myths, prevalence and effects of sexual assault.

- Mandated Reporting: Learn when to report and how to report.

- RAD Self Defense: Learn self defense skills. For boys and girls (5-11) and women ages 12 and up.

Confidential helpline to prevent child sexual abuse before a child is harmed.

Helpline staff provide guidance so adults can learn about sexual abuse; identify specialized treatment options and resources for themselves or someone they care about; develop prevention and safety plan strategies; find language for an effective conversation when they have concerns; and learn how to report concerns to authorities when appropriate.

Assists anyone who is experiencing or has experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking. Operates a 24/7 crisis hotline to assist in a crisis. Also offers an inclusive, safe, and welcoming space where survivors can access a range of services in one location, including crisis intervention and long-term supportive care.

- ADVOCACY: Skilled guidance in the aftermath of a crisis to aid in safety planning, assessing immediate needs, identifying

resources, and navigating the various systems survivors may encounter.

- SELF-SUFFICIENCY: Specialized case management to assist with planning, monitoring, and achieving goals leading to independence, empowerment, and safety.

- HOUSING: Support locating emergency housing for immediate safety and relocation to permanent, stable housing.

- LEGAL: Professional advice and assistance with legal matters related to a survivor’s experience of abuse.

- CLINICAL: Crisis counseling, direct therapeutic assistance, and support in processing emotions and experiences in the aftermath of a crisis.

- PEER SUPPORT: Facilitated group dialogue for exploring experiences, receiving support, and working through the stigma of victimization among peers.

Crisis intervention and support for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Crisis line available 24 hours.

Emergency shelter, food, transportation, and limited financial assistance.

Advocacy for medical, legal, and economic needs.

Information and referrals.

Public awareness and community education programs.

Resource library.

Video taped forensic interviews of children who are victims of sexual and physical abuse and neglect or witnesses to violence.

Child advocacy.

Community education and outreach.

Provides direct services to victims/survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, dating violence, sexual harassment, and human trafficking in the Asian Pacific Islander communities in Iowa. Services include domestic violence and sexual assault hotlines, adult and youth domestic violence and sexual assault prevention and intervention programs, spouse and intimate partner abuse prevention, and child sexual assault prevention programs that educate children about personal safety, recognizing inappropriate behavior, and reporting abuse.

Provides the following services for sexual assault victims and survivors:
- Individual, family, and group counseling
- Medical and legal advocacy
- Assistance in obtaining Orders of Protection
- Case management to assist with additional needs, such as food needs, changing locks, and more
- 24 hour sexual assault hotline
- Sexual assault prevention education

Provides free and confidential sexual assault/abuse and crime victim services to anyone that has been sexually assaulted/abused. Off-site/out-of-office services provided include trauma-informed services, counseling/therapy, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, social services and basic needs advocacy/case management, safety planning, 24/7 crisis helplines, and 24/7 crisis intervention at hospitals/law enforcement. Service plans based upon services client wants to receive.

Also provides community trainings in Professional settings and offers Information about Services.

Telehealth is provided for those that need, or would like it.

Provides a safe, child focused setting for investigations of child abuse, ensure victims and their families receive quality services, and raise awareness in the community to combat child abuse.

The victim advocates provide services to victims and their non-offending family members from the time the case is opened through disposition. They also assess needed service referrals, provide medical and court advocacy, and keep the victim and family members up to date on the status of the case.

Some of the services provided by advocates are:

- Assistance filing an order of protection.

- Setting up a follow up medical exam.

- Court accompaniment.

- Case updates.

- Assistance finding counseling.

Provides sexual assault prevention programs for school settings for youth and general community education for both youth and adults.

Provides free and confidential sexual assault/abuse and crime victim services to anyone that has been sexually assaulted/abused. Off-site/out-of-office services provided include trauma-informed services, counseling/therapy, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, social services and basic needs advocacy/case management, safety planning, 24/7 crisis helplines, and 24/7 crisis intervention at hospitals/law enforcement. Service plans based upon services client wants to receive.

Also provides community trainings in Professional settings and offers Information about Services.

Telehealth is provided for those that need, or would like it.

Educates community members, students and professionals on how domestic violence and sexual abuse impacts victims. Services may also offer school advocacy, tutoring, support groups, counseling, individual intake, crisis intervention services and a 24-hour crisis line. 

Provides prevention activities and training to help build effective prevention efforts in the community.

School Based Prevention Programs, Kindergarten through 12th Grade, Body safety lessons are intended to teach valuable safety skills, in an age-appropriate format and fulfill the Erin's Law mandate.

College preventionists are available to speak at college campuses - at club meetings, events, and during lectures.

Student Advisory Committee a student-led group that is committed to ending sexual violence and changing social norms within high schools. The committee is composed of students from different high school across the county who meet and plan social events for their peers to raise awareness about sexual harm. Committees are active in both Kankakee and Iroquois counties.

Training for Educators, Body Safety Training

Provides training for educators who work with children from grades PreK to 3rd grade. Training will help fulfill the Erin's Law mandate. Participants learn tips and tr

Provides free training and education about sexual assault prevention to clients' faculty and/or students. Presentations on the following topics are provided to meet the needs of the group requesting services:

- Personal Safety: Children and teens learn important safety rules about home safety, good and bad strangers, good touch/bad touch, tricky people, and safety when traveling.

- Sexual Harassment (adapted to age level): Topics include "What is it?", "What can I do to stop it?", and "Sexual Harassment: It's Hurting People" (Grades 5-8).

- Bullying: K-1st "It's Not OK to Bully", 2nd-5th "I Was Just Kidding!", 6th-8th "Bullying 101", 8th-12th "Bullies and Harassment on Campus", Teachers and Staff "Strategies for Dealing with Bullies"

- Dating Violence and Healthy Relationships: Recognize warning signs of an unhealthy relationship.

- Sexual Assault and Abuse: Learn common myths, prevalence and effects of sexual assault.

- Mandated Reporting: Learn when to report and how to report.

- RAD Self Defense: Learn self defense skills. For boys and girls (5-11) and women ages 12 and up.

Provides sexual assault prevention programs for school settings for youth and general community education for both youth and adults.

Provides crisis intervention and services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and human trafficking. Services include a 24-hour crisis line, advocacy for individuals and families, legal advocacy, shelter, and referrals to community supports.

Temporary emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence and accompanying children. Emergency needs such as food and clothing can be provided while in shelter, if needed.24 hour crisis line provides support, info and confidential emergency services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Client advocacy is available to help support individuals through crisis, such as assistance in applying for Department of Health and Human Services economic assistance programs, finding a new place to live, or for emotional support and talking through options.

Legal advocacy provides assistance with filing domestic violence and harassment protection orders, legal referrals, help in finding legal representation, and court accompaniment.

Medical advocacy offers referrals and accompaniment as needed.

Bilingual advocacy provides immigration information for victims of domestic violence or sexual assault. To reach a Spanish-speaking advocate, contact the Spanish line or stop in at the Crete office to speak with a Spanish-speaking advocate.

Information and referrals provided regarding assistance outside of Hope Crisis Center.

Community education programs offered free of charge on topics such as: domestic violence, sexual assault, bullying, good touch/bad touch/secret touch, teen dating violence, date rape, violence in the media, sexting, domestic violence and the effects on children, sexual assault and the effect on children, and others.

Provides crisis intervention and services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and human trafficking. Services include a 24-hour crisis line, advocacy for individuals and families, legal advocacy, shelter, and referrals to community supports.

Offers to teaches children how to distinguish between positive, healthy touching and inappropriate, unwanted touching.