If you or someone you know is sexually assaulted…
Initial Steps:
Resources:
List of Emergency Contacts, including:
Local Resources
Additional Online Resources
W&M Reporting Process
Initial Steps:
- Make sure you are and feel safe – if it is an emergency, call 9-1-1!
- Reach out for support – call a hotline and/or call someone you can trust.
- If you are or ever may be interested in pressing charges at any level, please seek medical attention, and then consider reporting the incident to law enforcement.
- Please seek medical attention regardless, for your own health and safety.
- Seek out counseling or follow-up services, and don’t be afraid to reach out to us with questions or concerns.
Resources:
List of Emergency Contacts, including:
- Avalon 24 Hour Helpline (757) 258-5051
Call Avalon to speak with an advocate 24 hours a day, arrange for shelter, or to receive resource and referral information.
- Online RAINN Hotline
Using a secure and anonymous instant-messaging type format, the online hotline allows victims of sexual violence to communicate directly with trained crisis support volunteers.
- After-Hours Crisis Counselor (757) 221-4596
Please call this number and ask to speak to the After-Hours Crisis Counselor, when you need assistance and the Counseling Center is closed. - Rape Crisis Center 24 Hour Hotline (210) 349-7273
Local Resources
Additional Online Resources
W&M Reporting Process