Sexual Assault Support Centre Ottawa, Ottawa
Reach! seeks to expand SASC’s services and support network to two groups of survivors that have identified as particularly underserved: differently-abled women, and mothers whose children have witnessed or experienced sexual violence. The three interrelated activities of the project are: a facilitated 15-week peer support group tailored to differently-abled survivors of sexual violence; a facilitated 15-week peer support group tailored to mothers of survivors or witnesses to sexual violence; and the roll out of a Text Support line to enable women who are unable to access the 24-hour phone line, including women who have hearing or speech difficulties or feel uncomfortable using the phone, to also have 24-hour crisis support.
Grant amount: $16,880
