Crisis Line Rape Response has a crisis line that is available 24 hours a day/7 days a week by calling 770-503-7273. The crisis line is answered by trained staff or volunteer Advocates who can assist survivors or their loved ones by listening, offering non-judgmental support, and connecting them to resources or other Rape Response services. This crisis line can provide support to those located in six Northeast Georgia counties (Dawson, Forsyth, Habersham, Hall, Lumpkin and White). If you are not located in one of these six counties, that’s okay! We can help connect you with resources closest to you! On nights and weekends, our volunteer Advocates help answer the phones. Volunteers are thoroughly trained on how to make sure the survivor is listened to and respected during each call that is received to our crisis line.      Volunteers Meet Rebeca Ruelas! She is our Volunteer Program Director, and she

Who are we? What are we about? How can we help? These are all questions that we get pretty often here at Rape Response, and today we’re here to answer these questions. Who are we? We are the sexual assault center for six counties in Northeast Georgia. We can provide advocacy, education, and support to anyone ages 13 or older who have experienced any form of sexual violence. Many people think that because of our name we can only provide services to survivors of rape, but we can provide services to anyone affected by any form of sexual violence. We serve people who have experienced anything from sexual assault or harassment to sexting and human trafficking. It doesn’t matter if the incident happened 10 minutes ago, 10 months ago, or 10 years ago. We can provide support to you regardless of when it happened. What are we about? We are

Hi everyone! Welcome to our Rape Response blog! We’re so excited you’re here, and we want to take some time to introduce our bloggers to you.  Cody Sumner My name is Cody Sumner, and I’m currently a student at the University of North Georgia majoring in criminal justice. I just started my internship at an incredible non-profit organization called Rape Response that helps survivors who are victims of various forms of sexual assault to receive a wide array of resources that are important to their healing. A few of the services Rape Response offers include their 24-hour crisis line, crisis intervention, medical and criminal justice accompaniment, prevention program, volunteer program, professional programs, and community awareness. Although I have not been interning with Rape Response long, I’ve already witnessed first-hand how well trained and compassionate the staff are, and I’m very excited to grow and learn more from everyone here. Jasmine