Skamania County Council On Domestic Violence

Provide sexual assault core services including community education, information and referral, crisis intervention, legal-medical-general advocacy, and systems coordination. Provide direct services to victims of sexual assault and secondary victims. Provide emergency financial assistance. (SA)

Children's Advocacy Centers are child-focused, child-friendly facilities where children and their families feel safe enough to get the help they need to stop abuse and begin the process of healing. Representatives from many disciplines meet to discuss and make decisions about investigation, treatment and prosecution of child abuse cases. They also work to prevent further victimization of children. This multidisciplinary team approach brings together all the professionals and agencies needed to offer comprehensive services; law enforcement,child protective services, prosecution, mental health, the medical community and advocacy. This comprehensive approach, with follow-up services provided by the CAC, ensures that children receive child-focused services in a child- friendly environment - one in which the child's needs come first! (CAC)

Crime Victim Service Center- provides comprehensive, trauma-informed culturally appropriate, and accessible services to individuals hurt or harmed (victim) of crimes other than sexual assault and domestic violence, such as assault, burglary, child abuse, drunk and drugged driving, homicide, identity theft, human trafficking, hate crimes, kidnapping, property crimes and others. Provide emergency financial assistance.STOP violence against women by improving the community response to violence against women. Advocacy and improvement of the criminal justice system in response to crimes against women. Development and improvement of effective law enforcement and prosecution.Specialized Sexual Assault Services (SASS) enhance sexual assault core services and provide sexual assault individual therapy to adults and children.DV Legal provide client legal advocacy within the civil and criminal justice system for victims of violence and sexual assault. Provide assistance during the legal process, accompaniment to criminal and civil court proceedings, assert and advance victims' choice and rights, assistance in obtaining protection orders and developing safety plans, provide informaiton about local, state, federal, and tribal justice systems, civil remedies and victims' rights, provide assistance in making informed choices and decisions about police reporting, provide information and advocacy related to immigration status, provide referrals to legal resources as appropriate. Provide emergency financial assistance.FVPSA DV Health and Covid Migration to increase access to services and supports domestic violence violence survivors and their dependants who have been impacted by Covid 19 virus, with an intentional focus on mitigating the spread of Covid 19 and improving domestic violence survivors' access to health care. Facilitate access to healthcare through transportation, childcare support or financial support to survivors and their children who seek and receive health care services related to Covid 19 mitigation. Provide safe, accessible and voluntary testing for staff and program participants, DV survivors and their dependents. Provide housing and emergency financial assistance.