The first thing you should know if you were raped
or sexually assaulted is that it was
not
your fault.
Are you in crisis right now?
You can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline, operated by RAINN,
24 hours a day at 1-800-656-HOPE
(4673).
It may seem very
hard to talk about your assault right now. There are people who will
believe and help you. They have heard your story in a hundred different
forms and are familiar with what you are going through. Please call
a hotline
and talk to a counselor. If you are not comfortable with that then
please visit one of the online support
groups. You will be anonymous and find that thousands of women
share your feelings and experiences. You are not alone.
This website offers
legal resources from the American Bar Association for Hurricane Katrina
victims and advocates. It includes disaster legal service hotlines
and pro bono legal service networks and referrals.
Are you in crisis right now?
You can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline, operated by RAINN,
24 hours a day at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). You can also search
for your local rape crisis center.
In Louisiana,
all eight Catholic
hospitals do not offer emergency contraception (this prevents
rather than terminates pregnancy).
Driving directions to crisis centers from mapquest.
For bus schedules in New Orleans call the RTA rideline at 504
248-3900.
New Orleans,
Louisiana rape crisis
Crisis Line:
(888) 411-1333
Sexual
Assault Response and Assistance (SARA) Center
The Greater New Orleans Women’s and Children’s Center
D/B/A Metropolitan Battered Women’s Program
P.O. Box 10775
Jefferson, LA 70181
Phone: (504) 837-5400
Crisis Line: (888) 411-1333
YWCA
Rape Crisis - rape
crisis center information hotline: New
Orleans: 1 (504) 482-9922, Slidell: 1 (504) 483-8888 / 1 (504)
486-0377 collect calls accepted.
601 S Jefferson Davis Parkway New Orleans, Louisiana 70119-7190
directions
(at the corner of Jeff Davis and Tulane). If these numbers do
not work call 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). This center has
been converted to form SARA.
Offices also in Gretna,
Slidell, Covington and Chalmette.
What they offer:
This crisis center offers
legal and medical referrals as well as weekly support groups for
victims and their loved ones. Individual and family therapy sessions
are available by appointment. For therapy information call 1 (504)
482-9922, 1 (985) 643-9922 or 1 (504) 368-8375. All services are
free and confidential and are available regardless of the survivor's
decision to report that crime to the police.
CURRENTLY,
THE NORAA NETWORK (New Orleans Regional Alliance Against Abuse)
encompasses Metro, Crescent House, the SARA center, Project SAVE
and the St. Tammany Parish Child Advocacy Center.
The city's rape crisis
network is made up of the SANE nurses, the Sexual Assault Recovery
Assistance Center (SARA, the reorganized version of the YWCA rape
crisis center), NOPD's sex crimes unit, the district attorney's
office, and the New Orleans crime lab. (Fensterstock,
2006)
About the SANE Program:
"Rooney, who
seems dedicated to providing as positive an experience as she
can to the survivors who do come her way. Her tent, with low lighting,
cozy couches and a private exam area is a soothing spot"
If someone is in psychiatric
crisis after clinic hours, he/she can call the COPE Line at (504)
269-COPE (2673) or 1-800-749-2673. Inability
to pay does not have an impact on the receipt of services.
Community Mental Health
Centers
Central City Mental Health Center
2221 Philip Street
New Orleans, LA 70113
Phone: (504) 568-6650
Chartres-Pontchatrain Mental Health Center
719 Elysian Fields
New Orleans, LA 70117
Phone: (504) 942-8101
Fax: (504) 942-8242
Desire/Florida Counseling Center
3400 Florida Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70117
Phone: (504) 942-8345
Fax: (504) 942-8270
New Orleans Mental Health Center
3100 General DeGaulle Drive
New Orleans, LA 70114-6699
Phone: (504) 361-6211
Fax: (504) 361-6451
Try this google
search for local hospital, rape crisis center and taxi cab phone numbers.
If you are a student free counseling
is probably available through your University. For rape crisis information
for your school try this google search. Please enter the name of your
University. Example : Rape
and LSU and Counseling
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