Alachua County Victim Services and Rape Crisis Center

Alachua County offers a victim services and rape crisis center that provides:

• Immediate outreach to victims of sexual battery and violent crime 24/7. Accompany victims of sexual battery to the hospital during the initial rape examination.
• Face-to-face individual counseling for victims and their families.
• Support groups that range for female survivors of sexual assault, male survivors of sexual assault, LGBTQ+ survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence, adults molested as children, teen girls ages 13-16 who are survivors of sexual abuse, and family/friends of those killed by violent crime.
• Confidential HIV/AIDS testing.
• Accompany and support through any criminal proceedings that may follow (testimony, deposition, trial, sentencing, etc.).
• Assist victims in filing for Victim Compensation and/or sexual battery relocation.
• Community education, consultation, and speeches.