SERVICES WE PROVIDE
CLIENTS SERVED
We serve all Victim's of Crime regardless of race, ethnic, or economic backgrounds.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Abuse can take many forms: verbal, emotional, physical and sexual. Many times verbal and emotional abuse escalates to physical violence.
Battering can happen in gay, lesbian and straight relationships. Battering in any relationship is about power and control.
ELDER/DISABLED ABUSE
1. Poor personal hygiene, or generally unsanitary conditions of the residents or facility
2. Sudden and unexplained loss of weight
3. Malnutrition or dehydration
4. Repeated falls
5. The improper withholding of medication
6. Over-medication or the resident
7. Unexplained change in behavior, confusion or abnormal behavior (pulling out hair, rocking, etc.)
8. Signs of physical abuse such as bruises, cuts, burns or skin discoloration
9. Pressure ulcers, a.k.a. bedsores.
If you witness or suspect neglect or abuse, immediately report it to the resident’s regular physician, the local Ombudsman’s office and either the Department of Health Services (for SNFs) or Department of Social Service, Community Care Licensing (for RCFEs) so that a proper investigation by trained professionals can be conducted. Time is of the essence in preventing further abuse and getting your family member or friend the care and attention
CHILD ABUSE/ NEGLECT CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT
Emotional Abuse: includes putting down, insulting, being overly critical, rejecting, invalidating, manipulating, controlling, or withholding love.
Physical Abuse: includes hitting, slapping, pushing, punching, burning, or causing physical pain or injury.
Sexual Abuse: includes touching, kissing or hugging a child inappropriately, fondling, involving a child in - or exposing a child to - pornography or promiscuous sexual activity.
Neglect: includes failing to meet the basic needs of a child, leaving a child alone or exposed to danger or failing to provide adequate care and protection.
ASSAULT/ AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
SEXUAL ASSAULT/ AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT/ DATE RAPE
Survivor Guide
If You Are A Victim
Get to a safe place.
Do not shower, bathe, wash your hands, brush your teeth, use the toilet or clean up in any way. You could destroy evidence. If you have already done any of these things, evidence may still be present for collection.
Do not change or destroy clothing. Your clothes are evidence.
If it was in your home, do not rearrange and/or clean up anything. You could destroy evidence.
Get medical attention as soon as possible. Evidence should be collected when you get to the hospital.
Contact a friend or family member you trust or call the local rape crisis center hotline.
Most of all, know that this is not your fault.
You Have The Right To:
determine whether to report the crime to the police,
ask for a male or female police officer if you choose to report,
locate an attorney to represent you (the prosecutor is not your attorney),
sue the rapist in civil court for money,
refuse to have evidence collected,
request that someone accompany you in the examination room, and
be considered a rape victim/survivor regardless of the rapist's relationship to you.
SEXUAL ASSAULT/ AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT/ DATE RAPE
SEXUAL ASSAULT is any non-consensual sexual contact. This includes any unwanted touching, forced or coerced sexual activity and any sexual contact with a child. Sexual assault can happen to anyone - women and men of any age, race, sexual orientation, religion or profession.
Rape and Sexual assault are crimes of violence and power. The perpetrator of sex crimes can be a stranger, acquaintance or someone you trust. Sexual assault is never the victim's fault. No one asks to be raped. Often people will blame the victim: what she wore, where she was or what she was doing. The only one responsible for the assault is the perpetrator.
The impact of sexual assault can be traumatic to the victim. There are a wide range of reactions with one thing in common... they are all normal feelings: anger, shame, guilt fear, nightmares, depression, flashbacks, difficulty concentrating, problems sleeping and eating, feeling unsafe.