Orange County Rape Crisis Center

Last updated on April 15, 2008

Mission: The Orange County Rape Crisis Center works to stop sexual violence and its impact through support, education and advocacy.
Vision: The Center envisions a just and equitable world free of sexual violence and all other forms of oppression.

Description:
The Orange County Rape Crisis Center is a non-profit, volunteer agency which has been serving this community since 1974. Our primary focus is to provide services to victims and community education on awareness and prevention of sexual violence.

Our services are confidential and include: a 24-hour crisis intervention service that provides support and assistance to sexual assault victims, their families, and friends; information and referrals concerning the law enforcement, medical, and legal processes; support groups and individual counseling for sexual assault and child sexual abuse survivors; programs on sexual assault awareness and prevention.

History:
In 1974, a task force assembled by the Chapel Hill chapter of the National Organization for Women opened the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Rape Crisis Center to respond to concerns about sexual violence in the community. The center had no funding or office space—volunteers met at the home of the NOW chapter president—but they did have a three-fold mission: to comfort survivors, change public opinion and change the law.

The Orange County Rape Crisis Center now employs seven full-time and seven part-time staff members.. The Center has started a Latina/o Services Program and uses a bilingual answering service for the after-hours crisis line. In 2003, the first countywide Sexual Assault Response Team was started to encourage collaboration among medical, legal and law enforcement agencies.

Please see our website for more information about agency history. www.ocrcc.org/history.html

Contact person: Krista Park Berry, Volunteer Manager, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (919) 968-4677

Address:

PO Box 4722
Chapel Hill, NC 27515

Web Site: http://www.ocrcc.org

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