A rape crisis center is a kind of sanctuary. Not in the sense of a holy place or a house of worship. It is more a place of refuge in a storm of uncertainty. These centers offer close and personal ...

Fair Haven Rape Crisis Center staffers held a seminar for clergy Tuesday in Crown Point on the signs of sexual violence and resources for victims. “You are the safe person in their life,” Community ...

A disruption in federal funding has imperiled the work of community groups that run rape crisis centers and programs aimed at preventing sexual violence. It's just one example of the confusion and ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — For more than three months, all 47 rape crisis centers in Pennsylvania have gone without critical funding, as the state budget impasse reaches its 108th day, a very real crisis for ...

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Curled up in a ball inside the courthouse, a little boy was too terrified to speak about the sexual abuse he endured. A therapy dog from Center for Victims made its way over to the boy and lay down.

Sigma Psi will host Cleveland Rape Crisis Center Support Week with events and fundraisers to benefit the center planned April 24–28. The LGBT Center and Flora Stone Mather Center for Women will host ...

Philadelphia’s only rape crisis center will lay off employees as a result of Harrisburg lawmakers’ failure to pass a state budget, disrupting the center’s crucial and free services, the Philadelphia ...

Organizations that support sexual assault survivors and raise awareness for sexual violence are experiencing “fear and frustration,” leaders say, as their work is affected by the Trump ...

Groups addressing sexual violence report not getting expected payments from grants that they depend on to keep running. A disruption in federal funding has imperiled the work of community groups that ...

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