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Toll free hotline: SANE (Sexual Assualt Nurse Examiner) A collaborative project with St. Vincent Hospital, the SANE unit provides Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, Rape Crisis Center Advocates, and legal and law enforcement personnel who work as a team for all survivors of sexual violence throughout Northern New Mexico. SANE offers a completely equipped, warm, and comfortable room away from the emergency services at the hospital to survivors and their families. The SANE nurses are able to provide expert testimony in subsequent legal proceedings.
This program works in collaborative with SANE nurses, law enforcemnt, the District Attorney’s Office, and Child Protective Services to create a non- threatening, comforting, and emotionally supportive environment where children can tell their story to a trained forensic interviewer. The child’s statement is videotaped to avoid contamination of evidence and further trauma. Based on the District Attorney’s decision, the videos may be used in grand jury proceedings.
Clinical Services The Santa Fe Rape Crisis & Trauma Treatment Center has expanded its services to provide trauma treatment to people of all ages who have experienced emotional distress from any type of traumatic event. The Santa Fe Rape Crisis and Trauma Treatment Center now provides therapy to adults and children, females, and males, whose trauma exposure may be the result of a range of experiences including being a victim of trauma, observing trauma, or even participating in events that are traumatic to others. The Trauma Treatment Center can provide therapy for any type of traumatic event including: sexual assault, sexual or physical abuse, auto accidents or other types of accidents, disasters, combat zone trauma, physical assault, robberies, or other crime related trauma, violence based on sexual orientation or race, surviving the homicide or other traumatic death of a loved one, repeated exposure to traumatic events.
A child sexual abuse prevention program. We believe that empowering children with knowledge about sexual abuse, how it happens, how to protect themselves and what to do in the event abuse is occurring is the best antidote to the epidemic of sexual violence. By empowering children, parents and teachers, we will make a change. Project Aware reaches children in pre-school, Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 4th grade within the Santa Fe Public Schools as well as HeadStart. PASA (Partners Against Sexual Assault) A speaker”s bureau of volunteer educators who speak with students in middle schools, high schools, and colleges throughout northern New Mexico. The program emphasizes healthy relationships, gender respect, communication, and prevention of sexual harassment and date rape. This program also delivers the same information to those who have various disabilities. This program is a collaborative effort with the League of Women Voters. Trained volunteers from the League and community attend each court proceeding dealing with sexual violence in District I. The results of their court surveys are analyzed at the end of the year and the results published to educate the community about sexual violence in our community. The results are then translated into working with the State Legislature to change and introduce laws to help bring about justice for survivors of sexual violence. YODA (Youth Organizing Diversity for All) This program is a comprehensive education and prevention program with the goal of sending a message to educators, students in middle and high schools, social service providers, parents, and youth providers that homophobia can no longer be tolerated in our community. VIVA FAMILIA This program is designed to help, support and educate parents suring the hardships and difficulties of being a parent. There are four facets to this program, Muchas Mamas and the parent aide program. Muchase Mamas provides in-home support for families with newborn infants and families that have recently adopted children. The Parent Aide effort provides goal oriented support for families who have a lot of stress. The parenting classes offers educational classes focused on communication and non-violent parenting. The mom & baby foup provides moms and their babies with support in a trusting and caring environment.
We
are the faces that greet you when you first walk in the door. We
are the voices you hear when you call the Center. The Community
Liaisons have often been described as the pulse - the heartbeat
of the SFRCC. In addition to managing the requests of 20-odd staff
members and Board members, working closely with the CARA
program, wrangling almost all the details of every special event
sponsored by the SFRC & TTC, managing office volunteers and
serving as Advocates in response to the sexual violence in our community...
we also find the time to maintain a keen sense of humor and a positive
attitude! Women’s Jewelry Collective Project The
Women’s Jewelry Collective began in 2006. It was developed
to unify and empower women immigrant survivors though the use of
an alternative economic and social activity. The Collective aims
to strengthen the fight against violence and to generate additional
funds for members and their families. The Collective is supported
in part by a grant from Big Red and New Mexico Women’s Foundation. back to top |