The Regional Victims Crisis Center (RVCC)

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History and Mission The Regional Victims Crisis Center (RVCC) was first founded in 1977 to provide assistance for victims of rape in the Abilene community. In 1977, there were five women who went to the state offices of the Office of the Attorney General. They became the first board of directors through the Mental Health Organization and MHMR. The organization was originally operating as the suicide hotline and at the juncture become the Abilene Rape Crisis Center. This become one of three rape crisis centers available in the state during that time. The formation of the rape crisis center provided a resource to victims who needed assistance. Over the last 40 years, the organization has changed in various ways. As previously …show more content…

Each service and intervention is supported by research. The organization continually strives to keep up to date with the most current evidence based practices concerning victims of crime and violence prevention for students in grades K-12. Some of the programs are evaluated quarterly to ensure that the programs are effective. To be eligible for services and intervention, there are very few requirements that must be met. In terms of victim assistance, the only eligibility requirement is to be a victim or survivor of a violent crime. For the violence prevention, students are eligible to participate as long as they have permission from a …show more content…

The agency has professional counselors who are specialized in trauma-informed care and how to serve victims of crime. For this reason, we tend to refer victims to these services in order to receive the free services the agency provides. Other referral sources that are commonly given by RVCC are to Noah Project, MHMR, Hendrick Medical Center, and the Child Advocacy Center. Each of these referral sources help provide services to victims of crime. Noah Project serves victims of domestic violence and provides them a place of shelter. MHMR provides several services related to crisis intervention, counseling, and assessment. Hendrick Medical Center is utilized particularly if the victim has not yet received a SANE exam or if there is a medical concern. The Child Advocacy Center is another one of RVCC’s most common referral sources and is commonly utilized when the victim is a child and needs to be forensically interviewed in order to preserve the most factual account of the victimization that took

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