SEXUAL ASSAULTSPOUSE ABUSE RESOURCE CENTER INC
PO BOX 1207, BEL AIR, MD 21014

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Organizations Filed Purposes: WE ARE A LIFELINE FOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, AND STALKING BY PROVIDING SAFE HAVEN, ADVOCACY, RESOURCES AND HOPE IN HARFORD COUNTY.

CLINICAL PROGRAMTHE CLINICAL PROGRAM CONTINUES TO SERVE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY, AS WELL AS ADULT AND CHILD VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ABUSE AND STALKING.SARC PROVIDED CLIENTS IN CRISIS 339 CRISIS INTERVENTION SESSIONS, WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT ESTABLISHING A SAFETY PLAN, FORMULATE A SHORT TERM ACTION PLAN, AND RECEIVE INFORMATION AND REFERRALS. SARC COUNSELORS PROVIDED 1,401 COUNSELING SESSIONS TO ADULT CLIENTS. CHILDREN'S COUNSELORS HELPED CHILDREN IN 274 COUNSELING SESSIONS.

RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMIN AN EFFORT TO HELP SURVIVORS PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AND PROMOTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY, SARC PROVIDES A 28-BED CRISIS SHELTER. RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT 38% OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS BECAME HOMELESS AFTER THEY SEPARATED FROM THEIR ABUSIVE PARTNER. AN ADDITIONAL 25% INDICATED THAT THEY HAD TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES DURING THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE SEPARATION FOR BOTH SAFETY AND FINANCIAL REASONS.IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, SARC PROVIDED 6,038 ABUSE-FREE BED NIGHTS TO 61 ADULTS AND 67 CHILDREN.

LEGAL PROGRAMHELPING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS ACCESS LEGAL REPRESENTATION IS IMPERATIVE TO HELPING SURVIVORS FLEE FROM THEIR ABUSIVE PARTNERS. THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT ATTORNEYS AND STAFF ACCOMPANIED CLIENTS TO 42 HEARINGS FOR TEMPORARY AND FINAL PROTECTIVE ORDERS, DIVORCE AND CUSTODY PROCEEDINGS AND CRIMINAL TRIALS. ATTORNEYS REPRESENTED CLIENTS IN 274 COURT PROCEEDINGS. STAFF CONDUCTED 600 CRISIS COUNSELING SESSIONS AND 742 SAFETY PLANNING SESSIONS. 83% OF SARC'S CLIENTS SEEKING A PROTECTIVE ORDER RECEIVED ONE.

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