DALLAS AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER
2801 Swiss Ave, Dallas, TX 75204 www.dallasrapecrisis.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: DARCC is committed to the prevention of sexual violence in North Texas and compassionately serving those impacted by it.

DARCC provides survivors and their families and friends with crisis intervention and resources to reclaim their lives. Services are available to anyone impacted by sexual violence. All services are confidential, offered free of charge, and available in English and Spanish.

Counseling - DARCC provides professional, trauma-informed counseling services to those impacted by any form of sexual violence (includes sexual abuse, assault, harassment, stalking, etc.), all at NO COST to the survivors or their loved ones. DARCCs clinical team is made up of licensed master's level counselors or interns under the supervision of licensed staff. Counseling services include short- and long-term individual, couple, family, and group counseling, and all services are guided by trauma-informed principles and techniques. The clinical team focuses on providing care to the whole person through the use of various counseling interventions. These include art therapy, mindfulness, EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and more. In 2019, DARCCs counseling team provided almost 1,900 counseling sessions to over 250 survivors.

Advocacy - DARCC's Advocacy and Crisis Services program is dedicated to providing crisis intervention and advocacy services to individuals impacted by sexual violence. All advocates, both staff and volunteer, complete a rigorous and comprehensive 40-hour OAG approved sexual assault advocate training provided by DARCC on a quarterly basis. In 2019, the advocacy team trained 147 community volunteers to provide hotline and hospital advocacy. These committed volunteers provided 14,475 hours of their time to support survivors. These advocates accompany survivors to the hospital to provide support and information during the forensic sexual assault exam at any time of the day or night. They also staff DARCCs 24-hour crisis hotline and stand ready to offer expert crisis intervention, information, and referrals if needed, including referrals to no-cost legal services. Advocates also provide clients with ongoing support services including a needs assessment, assistance with Crime Victim's Compensation and Texas VINE (Victim Information & Notification Everyday). In 2019, DARCC advocates answered over 1,800 hotline calls and accompanied 391 survivors during the forensic sexual assault exam.

Outreach, Prevention, & Education - DARCC educators take vital information about topics such as sexual violence and harassment, bullying, and gender socialization into the schools and community to effect change in beliefs and behavior for the purpose of ending sexual violence. These skilled educators reached over 60,000 individuals with vital information about DARCC's services and sexual assault dynamics during 2019. Included in these general information trainings is a special type of education called Primary Prevention. Primary Prevention education is the gold standard in preventing sexual violence and is approved as the best practice for prevention education by the CDC and the Department of Justice. It differs from the risk reduction model of the past, which places the responsibility on the potential victim to keep themselves safe. This type of education highlights certain beliefs and cultural norms within our society that can lead to sexual abuse and assault. DARCC is overwhelmed with requests for both community education and Primary Prevention presentations within the Metroplex, and these requests are expected to continue to multiply each year as the issue of sexual violence becomes more prevalent in the mainstream societal conversation.

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