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Agency Name: Orange County Rape Crisis Center <br /> Mission Statement: To stop sexual violence and its impact through support, education and advocacy. <br /> Orange County Outside Agency Funding: 2007-08; $28.000 2008~09: $28.000 <br /> Executive/Program Director: Christina Riordan Website: www.ocrcc.org <br /> MAJOR SERVICES <br /> • Community Education-presents programs in Orange County public schools and in other venues to raise <br /> awareness and help in the prevention of sexual violence. <br /> • Client Support-provides a continuum of services for survivors of sexual vio|ence, their friends, family <br /> members and other loved ones to facilitate their healing process. Services include a 24-hour crisis line, <br /> support groups and indivdual therapy program. <br /> OUTCOME MEASURES <br /> FY 05-06 FY 06-07 FY 07-08 FY 08-09 <br /> Actual Actual Actual Projected <br /> # of primary and secondary survivors receiving 446 425 397 430 <br /> assistance <br /> # of persons reached through educational 11.119 11.659 9.595 10.500 <br /> programs <br /> FY 2007-08 OUTCOMES <br /> \ / <br /> Proposed Program Objective Status Actual Results <br /> Provide direct assistance to at least <br /> 445 clients who are primary or 397 primary and secondary <br /> secondary survivors of sexual Does Not Meet Expectations survivors and professinals were <br /> violence or professionals assisting provided direct assistance. <br /> survivors. <br /> At lease 11.500 people will gain more 9.585 atudents, professionals and <br /> knowledge about sexual violence and community members were <br /> the services available to survivors Does Not Meet Expectations <br /> reached through educational <br /> from attending Rape Crisis Center programs. <br /> educational programs. <br /> 8096 of teachers and school 9596 of teachers and school <br /> counselors involved in Rape Crisis counselors reported that programs <br /> programs will report an increase in Exceeds Expectations increased student awareness of <br /> student awareness of personal safety personal safety and protection <br /> and protection against sexual against sexual violence. <br /> violence. ' <br /> FY 2807-00 CHALLENGES <br /> • Please describe challenges your agency faced while trying to reach your program objectives, in FY <br /> 2007-08 How did you xnorktooveroomnethese obstacles? (If no challenges existed, please write <br /> ~ )�h nature of 24h risisUnennakeeitdifhou\tto predict hovvmany clients vvevvi|\ see inany <br /> none.) 1)The a 24-hour <br /> given year. 2OO7-2OO8, we experienced a slight decrease in the number of clients seen over <br /> ~'� During <br /> previous years. 2) The Center h as been concentrating on developing multi-session primary prevention <br /> programs for middle school students. Research has shown these programs to be more effective than one- <br /> time( prognaning. Staff is seeing a smaller number of middle school students for a longer period of time. <br /> This affected the number of individuals we saw through our sexual abuse prevention programs and <br /> contributed to the decrease. <br /> 83 <br />