PERSONAL SAFETY
Sexual Assault
Dean of Students Office
http://www.jcu.edu/campuslife/deanofstudents
Campus Safety Services
*Provides contact information for getting questions answered on the role of CSS in sexual assaults
http://www.jcu.edu/css
Student Health Center
*Provides contact information for some related medical services http://www.jcu.edu/campuslife/health/sexual_assult.htm
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
*Provides a 24-hour hotline (216-619-6192), as well as services for survivors and their supporters at any point following an experience of sexual violence. Services include counseling, advocacy, education, training, and activism.
http://www.clevelandrapecrisis.org/home/welcome.asp
Cuyahoga County Witness/Victim Service Center
*Provides advocates to assist survivors through criminal justice system proceedings
(216) 443-7345
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)
*A SANE is a registered nurse specially trained to provide medical care to sexual assault survivors. The sexual assault nurse examiner conducts medical forensic examinations and can serve as an expert witness. Other services that a SANE can provide include caring for your medical needs related to the assault, providing referrals, emergency contraception, preventative treatment for exposure to sexually transmitted infections, and educational presentations. All SANE examinations are conducted in a private area, without the need for a survivor to sit in a waiting area with other patients.
Cuyahoga County SANE Units:
Fairview Hospital: 216-476-7080
1810 Lorain Road, Cleveland 44111
Hillcrest Hospital: 440-312-4600
6780 Mayfield Road, Mayfield Heights 44124
Huron Hospital: 216-761-4242
13951 Terrace Road, Cleveland 44112
Marymount Hospital: 216-587-8170
12300 McCracken Blvd., Garfield Heights 44125
Marymount South: 440-717-5856
2001 E. Royalton Rd., Broadview Heights 44147
MetroHealth Medical Center: 216-957-6700
2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland 44109
University Hospital: 216-844-1000
11100 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 44106
For Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Survivors:
*Provide links for additional resources
http://www.exjws.net/sexabuse/gaysurvivors.htm
http://www.sfrcc.org/same_gender.html
For Transgendered Survivors:
http://www.forge-forward.org/handouts/TransDV-SA.pdf
For Persons with Disabilities who are Survivors:http://www.advocateweb.org/hope/sexualviolencedisab.asp
For Men who are Survivors:
http://www.malesurvivor.org/
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
*A comprehensive site from the nation’s largest anti-sexual assault organization
http://www.rainn.org
For Survivors of Color
*From the Virginia Commonwealth University Sexual Assault Survivor's Handbook http://www.students.vcu.edu/health/sasa/SHB12.html
Domestic Violence
Dean of Students Office:
http://www.jcu.edu/campuslife/deanofstudents
Campus Safety Services:
http://www.jcu.edu/css
Domestic Violence Center (of Cleveland):
24-Hour Helpline 216-391-HELP (4357)
Office 216-651-8484
Visitation Center 216-861-3927
National Domestic Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-7233
National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence:
www.dvalianza.org
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African-American Community:www.dvinstitute.org
Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project:
www.gmdvp.org
Gay and Lesbian Victims Assistance Hotline:
1-800-259-1538
Action Ohio: Coalition for Battered Women:
www.actionohio.org
Stalking/Obsessive Pursuit
Ohio law defines the crime of stalking as a person engaging in a pattern of conduct (two or more actions or incidents closely related in time) that the offender knew would cause you to believe that he/she would cause you physical harm or mental distress.
Dean of Students Office:
http://www.jcu.edu/campuslife/deanofstudents
Campus Safety Services:
http://www.jcu.edu/css
The National Center for Victims of Crime:
*Provides a link to their “Stalking Resource Center”
www.ncvc.org
Sexual Harassment
JCU Community Standards Manual:
*Provides policies and procedures on sexual harassment at JCU, as well as contact information for members of the JCU Sexual Harassment Board.
http://www.jcu.edu/campuslife/deanofstudents/csm/csm11_other7.htm#Harassment
Dean of Students Office:
http://www.jcu.edu/campuslife/deanofstudents
Campus Safety Services:
http://www.jcu.edu/css
*The following information is provided by The Feminist Majority Foundation Online.
www.feminist.org
9 to 5: National Association of Working Women:
* Below is information on the Cleveland branch office of this national organization
9 TO 5
614 Superior Ave. NW, Cleveland 44113
Office: 216-566-9308
24 NATIONAL Hotline: 1-800-522-0925
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF):
213-629-2512
National Bar Association, Women Lawyers Division:
202-842-3900
National Women's Law Center:
202-588-5180
Women's Law Project:
www.WomensLaw.org
215-928-9801
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