sexual assault crisis
and
prevention services
Project Sister Family Services (PSFS) strives to reduce the trauma and the risk of sexual assault, child abuse, and child sexual abuse
in the East San Gabriel and Inland Valleys of Southern California by providing a variety of crisis intervention services and outreach and prevention programs.
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Project Sister Family Services
Annual Report 2006-07
Project Sister Family Services aggressively pursues a two-pronged approach to addressing the problem of sexual assault and child abuse: providing services to those in crisis with extensive follow-up treatment, and specific sexual assault outreach and prevention education programs. Our mission is to reduce the trauma and risk of sexual violence and child abuse. By alleviating the devastating aftereffects of sexual violence and child abuse, Project Sister Family Services helps to end the cycle of family violence that can occur throughout generations by helping survivors to heal. Project Sister Family Services' prevention education programs empower people of all ages to avoid dangerous situations in hopes of their never having to experience the trauma of sexual assault.
In fiscal year 2006-07, Project Sister Family Services served 26,650 persons in all services and programs in our 27-city service area in the eastern portion of Los Angeles County and the western portion of San Bernardino County.
All services are provided in both English and Spanish. Project Sister Family Services is the only, state-designated provider of sexual assault crisis and prevention services and programs in our service area. Sexual assault crisis intervention programs include:
- 24-hour HOT-LINE, offering immediate crisis assistance. Service statistics for 2006-07 indicate that we responded to 818 crisis hotline calls.
- Accompaniment/Advocacy, in which trained volunteers support and advise survivors of sexual violence and child abuse at the hospital, police station, and during court appearances. In 2006-07, Project Sister Family Services provided 213 hospital, court, and/or police station accompaniments to survivors, 51% of whom were under the age of 18.
- Information and Referral Service, providing information about medical services or reporting an assault, and referral to appropriate agencies.
- Professional Counseling Services, available to female and male survivors, significant others, and non-offending family members. Our counseling services help survivors to overcome the traumatic aftereffects of sexual violence and child abuse. Last year, Project Sister Family Services counselors served 231 individual clients with 1,846 hours of individual counseling.
- Counseling for Children who are survivors of physical and sexual abuse. Our youngest clients attend counseling sessions that help them to heal, recover their childhoods and regain the confidence to pursue happy and productive futures. Non-offending family members of sexually abused children are also treated, enabling them to support the survivors in their families more effectively while managing their own anxieties. Parents of physically abused children are treated as well, frequently providing Project Sister Family Services' counselors with the opportunity to heal parents who have experienced abuse in their own lives. In this way, we make a significant contribution toward ending a cycle of family violence that can persist for generations. Fully 41%, of all individual counseling clients in 2006-07 were under the age of 18.
- Support Groups, available to adult and teen survivors of sexual assault and molestation, families and significant others. Last year, Project Sister Family Services provided 44 support group clients with 707 counseling hours.
Sexual assault outreach and prevention programs include:
- Community Education Programs, provided for organizations at their request. In 2006-07, Project Sister Family Services' prevention education specialists reached 11,722 unduplicated individuals through 37community education presentations and health fairs.
- Senior Citizen/Adult Prevention Education in rape awareness and personal safety, provided to local senior centers and organizations. Seniors are taught safety measures that decrease their susceptibility to sexual assault, robbery, burglary, and financial exploitation. Project Sister Family Services served 3,609 unduplicated persons in 106 adult and senior education programs in 2006-07.
- Teen/Young Adult Education, involving rape prevention programs for junior and senior high schools as well as colleges. Topics include date and acquaintance rape, personal safety and sexual harassment. We reached 9,787 unduplicated persons through 218 outreach presentations last year.
- Self-Defense Education, in which instructors teach self-defense and other personal safety skills. In the past year, 439 individuals learned self-protection skills through 42 self-defense classes at Project Sister Family Services.
*24-hour Help Line • 909.626.HELP (909.626.4357) • 626.966.4155
7 days a week
For immediate crisis assistance, please call our 24-hour Help Line. All other questions or comments can be directed to
Project
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Our Mission
To reduce the trauma and the risk of sexual violence and child abuse.
Our Vision
To have a healthy and safe community aware of the impact of sexual violence and child abuse and committed to their elimination.
Funding
Project Sister Family Services is funded in part by the State of California Office of Emergency Services, County of Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services, Mt. Baldy United Way, and the cities of Baldwin Park, Chino, Chino Hills, Claremont, Covina, Diamond Bar, Glendora, Montclair, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, San Dimas, Upland, Walnut, West Covina, and Whittier
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Project Sister Family Services Business Office