You are not alone. It was not your fault. We are here to help.*
sexual assault crisis & prevention servicesProject 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. |
About Project Sister Family Services
Project Sister Family Services is the foremost agency dedicated to providing services to the women, children, and men survivors of sexual assault and abuse and their families in the East San Gabriel and Inland Valleys in Southern California, a region with a population of over 2.3 million persons. Project Sister Family Services works with local law enforcement, district attorneys, courts, hospital and health care providers, schools, churches and other community groups and agencies. 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 2007-2008, Project Sister Family Services served 49,877 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, with the exception of the HOT-LINE, are provided in both English and Spanish. Project Sister Family Services is the only, state-designated provider of services of this nature in our service area. Read detailed statistics about last year's PSFS' services and prevention programs. HistoryIn 2008, Project Sister Family Services celebrated 36 years of service to the community. It began as a response to a series of violent assaults against women in the Claremont and Pomona areas. At that time there were no local services to assist survivors of sexual assault in Pomona and East San Gabriel Valley. A small group of women responded to this need by beginning a 24-hour hotline out of their homes. In 1972, the vision and compassion of these idealistic young people and those who helped them resulted in the beginning of a non-profit organization they named Project SISTER (an acronym for Sisters in Service To End Rape). Since then, Project Sister Family Services has grown to annually serve more than 45,000 women, children, and men with services that reflect its mission. PSFS' services include a 24-hour hotline; advocacy and accompaniment to local hospitals, law enforcement interviews and legal proceedings; individual and group counseling; school-based prevention education programs for middle, high school and college students that focus on sexual assault; child abuse prevention training for parents, teachers and other social service providers; community education; self-defense classes; an early intervention anti-violence program for pregnant and parenting teens and adults of infant and toddler children; and special programs for high risk youth. Your contribution to Project Sister Family Services supports these endeavors. *24-hour Help Line • 7 days a week 800.656.4673 • 909.626.HELP (909.626.4357) • 626.966.4155 For immediate crisis assistance, please call our 24-hour Help Line. All other questions or comments can be directed to Project Sister Family Services Information. Questions and comments should be non-emergency in nature and will be answered within a week of receipt. |
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