- 24
hour Crisis Hotline: Staff & Volunteers
work the hotline and are trained extensively in handling
immediate outcry
and delayed outcry calls. Calls fielded on the hotline are
also from
law enforcement and the hospitals dispatching an advocate
to assist sexual assault survivors.
- 24
hour Counseling Services: LRCC
offers individual counseling, support and therapeutic groups
to primary and secondary victims of sexual assault. All
counseling services are provided by a licensed counselor and
services are free of charge.
- SANE
Services: Trained Certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) are available to perform
forensic medical examinations to
victims of sexual assault, and offer testimony when cases go
to court.
- Medical
Accompaniment: Advocates are dispatched to hospitals where
we meet with the survivor, family members, law enforcement
and the SANE. We provide advocacy throughout the sexual assault
forensic
exam, we also provide Survivors, Family and/or Significant
Others (SFSO) with an informational and referral packet. In addition,
survivors receive a personal care package and clothing is furnished if necessary.
- Law
Enforcement Accompaniment: An Advocate is with the sexual assault
survivors as they are making their initial statements to
uniformed officers and formal statements to the detective investigating
their case.
- Case
Follow Up: Three (3) to five (5) working days after the initial
intake, LRCC follows up with survivors to make sure they
are doing alright, schedule an appointment if necessary to assist with Crime
Victim’s Compensation paperwork. Also, we encourage
sexual assault survivors to have follow up testing for
Sexually Transmitted
Infections (STI’s).
- Judicial
Accompaniment: When we are notified a case is going to trial
we contact the survivor
to see if they have any questions
and go over any concerns they may have. LRCC also goes to court to offer
moral support not only to the survivor and their families
but also to any agency testifying on behalf of the survivor. Also, often times,
staff and volunteers are called upon to testify.
- Community
Education/Prevention: LRCC endeavors to educate Lubbock and
the surrounding rural communities on the issue of
sexual assault in addition to methods for Sexual Assault Risk Reduction for
all ages.
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“Thank
you for all you’ve done. We genuinely could not have gotten
through this (to the extent that we have so far) without you and
the Center.”
--Signed- A Parent of a Sexual Assault
Survivor |
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