Hospital Advocacy | Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
13209 Shaker Sq., Cleveland, OH 44120
Phone hotline for a hospital advocate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Those who have experienced a rape or sexual assault within the past 72 hours should go to an Emergency Room with a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (See: SANE programs), unless they require immediate medical attention (in which case they need to go to nearest ER).
Free.
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
United States
Description
Provides support and assistance in the hospital emergency room to victims of rape, incest, and sexual assault as well as the families of those assaulted. Volunteers meet survivors at the hospital and stay with the victim through the physical exam and the police report. Volunteers bring a kit for survivor, which includes clothes.
Providing organization
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
Provides specialized support services and victim advocacy to survivors of sexual violence. Engages in community education, training, and activism to prevent future sexual assaults and promote social change.