{"id":49362,"date":"2014-03-08T07:04:48","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T12:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=49362"},"modified":"2014-03-08T07:04:48","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T12:04:48","slug":"rape-victim-services-kick-off-at-ywca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/03\/08\/rape-victim-services-kick-off-at-ywca\/","title":{"rendered":"Rape victim services kick off at YWCA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent staff<\/i><\/p>\n

A workshop on human trafficking was the first event in a partnership on rape victims services between the Van Wert County YWCA and Crime Victims Services of Van Wert and Allen counties.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrime Victims Services in Lima came to use with an expansion grant,\u201d said Jamie Evans, YWCA housing and domestic violence services director. \u201cThey already do rape services, so they wanted to expand into Van Wert County and Hardin County.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evans added that, with the YWCA already providing domestic violence services, adding rape services was a reasonable expansion of the program.<\/p>\n

The YWCA\u2019s domestic violence hotline telephone number has also been expanded to include rape services as well. Anyone needing either domestic violence or sexual assault services should call 567.259.9501.<\/p>\n

Evans said trained advocates would staff the hotline 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When a call comes in, advocates will determine what services the person needs and make referrals as needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my advocates will assess the situation, as far as what services (callers) need,\u201d Evans explained. \u201cIf they need something that is for the court or legal, we would send them to Christina Eversole at Van Wert County Crime Victims Services; if they need therapy services, we would get them hooked up with Laurel Neufeld Weaver at Crime Victims Services in Lima.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those who just need someone to talk to or provide support can talk to a YWCA advocate. \u201cWe want to provide that for them,\u201d Evans said.<\/p>\n

More than 40 people attended the human trafficking workshop, including law enforcement, hospital and social service representatives.<\/p>\n

Evans said that, while human trafficking seems to be something that would not be found in an area such as northwest Ohio, that, unfortunately, isn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s happening in Van Wert, it\u2019s happening in Lima, it\u2019s happening in the surrounding area,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s new, but we\u2019re just recognizing it now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those who would like more information on YWCA programming, including its transitional housing, domestic violence and rape services, can call Evans at 419.238.6639.<\/p>\n

\"Representatives<\/a>
Representatives of the YWCA and Crime Victims Services agencies in Van Wert and Allen counties gathered Friday to kick off a partnership effort between them to provide rape services in the county. (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent staff A workshop on human trafficking was the first event in a partnership on rape victims services between the Van Wert County YWCA and Crime Victims Services of Van Wert and Allen counties. \u201cCrime Victims Services in Lima came to use with an expansion grant,\u201d said Jamie Evans, YWCA housing and domestic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 02:26:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}