Victim services & prevention

Crisis Line Response 24-hours a day, 7 days a week 

A sexual assault support advocate trained in trauma response and crisis counseling is available to assist victims of sexual assault.

SANE Services

A specially trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner will provide forensic exams for victims ages 14-18 and forensic interviews and exams for victims 19 years of age and older. Also available: free clothing, prophylactic antibiotics to guard against STD exposure, pregnancy prevention, and testing for HIV and Hepatitis C exposure.

Sexual Assault Advocacy

• Medical – SANE room accompaniment and information referral. 
• Law Enforcement – Provides accompaniment to police interviews and acts as a liaison between victims and law enforcement. 
• Criminal Justice – Courtroom accompaniment, assists with Victim Assistance Compensation claims and Victim Impact statements, provides emotional support for victims and their families throughout the judicial process.  
  
• Personal – Assists victims in understanding and exercising their rights, offers life skills coaching, conducts support groups, and supplies victims and their families with referral information.
  

education and prevention

The Prevention Education Director provides sexual violence education and prevention training throughout the community. A few of the programs offered are:
 

• Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships
• Sexual Violence Prevention
• Bystander Approaches
• Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
• Female Empowerment
• Coaching Boys into Men
  

Victim services staff

Traci Rhines
Victim Services and Prevention Director
traci@familyservicesna.org
256-878-9159
 
Zaira Parga 
Victim Services Director, Marshall County
zaira@familyservicesna.org 
470-502-5699
 
Bonnie Walters
Victim Services Director, DeKalb County
bonnie@familyservicesna.org
843-900-0079

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