The Compass Center

B.advocacy and crisis intervention services: advocacy services may include assistance to survivors during hospital exams, helping a client navigate and understand law enforcement investigations, obtaining protection orders, and courtroom accompanyment. Tcc also helps survivors make connections to other needed community resources. Tcc provides emergency financial assistance to survivors who need help with transportation, rent, and other necessities. Crisis intervention includes staff and volunteers responding to the immediate needs of survivors. During fy23, tcc provided service to 142 survivors in the emergency room and spoke to 29 additional clients via phone. Tcc is the leader of the community sexual assault response team (sart).

C.education and prevention: the compass center believes strongly that an informed citizenry will reduce the occurrence of sexual and domestic violence. It regularly gives presentations regarding bystander intervention, understanding victimization/ helping a survivor, and staying safe. In fy23, tcc provided 50 presentations to the community with an average of 30 participants. The little navigators program initiates prevention programming in preschools to children aged 3-5 within their childcare center. In fy23, little navigators provided 59 childcare staff training sessions with an average of 5 participants and 172 social skills learning groups to children aged 3-5 with an average of 15 participants.