2007 Annual Report

Mission Statement

Rape Crisis & Abuse Center of Hamilton County serves Southwestern Ohio as a unique provider of crisis intervention and support services for direct and indirect victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking and takes a leading role in educating the community to promote awareness and help prevent these types of abuse.

Program Activity Summary

Hotline

The PROTECT Hotline (a joint project with the YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter) operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide crisis intervention to sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking victims. Rape Crisis & Abuse Center handled 9,121 calls in 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

• 93 percent of our callers developed a verbal plan of action, which exceeded our goal of 85 percent by 8 percent.

Hospital Accompaniment

Rape Crisis & Abuse Center staff and volunteers work around-the-clock to provide support to rape victim/survivors in hospital emergency rooms. In 2006, we provided hospital accompaniment to 166 victims.

• 87 percent of our clients developed a verbal plan of action, within 48 hours of the hospital accompaniment, which exceeded our goal of 85 percent by 2 percent.

Court and Law Enforcement  Advocacy

Rape Crisis & Abuse Center staff and volunteers accompany rape, domestic violence and stalking victims to criminal and domestic relations court daily, providing advocacy, support and education. Rape Crisis & Abuse Center Law Enforcement Advocates serve victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking whose cases are being investigated by the Cincinnati Police Department. In 2006, we provided 603 court contacts and 1780 law enforcement advocacy contacts.

• 94 percent of our clients articulated knowledge of the legal process they will be taking part in at their scheduled court date, which exceeded our goal of 85 percent by 9 percent.

Individual Crisis Intervention

In 2006, Rape Crisis & Abuse Center provided 658 individual crisis intervention sessions to help victims deal with the immediate after-effects of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking. Victims needing long-term counseling are referred to community counseling agencies.

• 96 percent of our clients developed a plan of action and were able to articulate knowledge of available resources, which exceeded our plan of action goal of 85 percent by 11 percent and exceeded our knowledge of available resources by 6 percent.

Support Groups

To help victims cope with their feelings about experiencing sexual assault and domestic violence, Rape Crisis & Abuse Center facilitates a number of support groups. These groups help victims feel less isolated, enable them to share their experiences and feelings and provide them with strength and support to overcome their fears. Support group contacts totaled 2596 in 2006.

• 99 percent of our clients were able to articulate knowledge of available resources, 95 percent felt less isolated and 92 percent realized that they are not responsible for the sexual assault, domestic violence or stalking that has occurred in their lives. These goals were exceeded by 9 percent, 5 percent and 2 percent, respectively. 

Date Rape/Dating

Violence Prevention Programs

Our school-based education prevention program provides junior and senior high school students to recognize date rape/dating violence and offers important prevention techniques. These programs served 6,436 students in 2006.

• 92 percent of the students were able to identify the definition of date rape/dating violence, which exceeded our goal of 80 percent by 12 percent.
• 88 percent of these students were able to identify the best ways to prevent this violence, which exceeded our goal of 80 percent by 8 percent.

Community Education and Professional Training

Each year, Rape Crisis & Abuse Center receives many requests for community educational presentations and professional trainings about the issues of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking. A total of 61 speeches and 28 professional trainings, reaching 2,669 individuals, were presented in 2006 to a variety of organizations including law enforcement departments, social service agencies, hospitals, clinics, drug treatment programs and church groups. The agency also continued to be a crucial and reliable resource for the media regarding local, state and national issues involving sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking.

• 98 percent of the 867 participants surveyed were able to identify the correct definition of sexual assault and/or domestic violence at the conclusion of the presentation, which exceeded our goal of 85 percent by 13 percent.
• 96 percent of 867 participants surveyed were able to identify appropriate response to the experience of sexual assault and/or domestic violence at the end of the presentation, which exceeded our goal of 85 percent by 11 percent.

Volunteers

Volunteers are vital to the 24-hour operation of the agency. A group of 66 volunteers provided more than 6,600 hours of service in 2006. Following intensive training, our volunteers serve as court advocates, answer the hotline, accompany rape victims at the hospital and help with community outreach/education. Volunteers are also active as Board and committee members and provide office support.

2007 Board of Trustees

Doris Holzhiemer,

President

Catherine O. Bradford

Connie R. Cunningham,

Past President

Kathy Davis

Susan M. Dyer

Julie Ellison

Joan Erhardt

Susan E. Grathwohl,

First Vice President

Claudia Harrod

Elisabeth P. Hendy,

Second Vice President

Gail S. Lewin

Marilyn J. Maag

Denise Montfort

Sonia J. Myles

Marjorie H. Rauh

Patricia J. Sweeney

Molly T. Tami

Captain Steve Luebbe,

Board Police Liaison

Honorary Board of Trustees

Susan E. Arnold

Elaine Plummer

Roxanne Qualls

Financial Summary

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