SEXUAL VIOLENCE
CRISIS CENTERS
THERE IS HELP IF YOU HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED
Make sure you are safe. Call someone you trust to help you. Victim services are available 24 hours a day in all 67 counties in Pennsylvania. Hotline information for your local rape crisis center can be found on this page or by calling 1-888-772-PCAR. for national services please call: 1-800-656-HOPE.
Do not shower. Because evidence could remain on your body and clothes, avoid changing or washing. Eating, drinking, smoking, combing your hair, showering and urinating could also impact evidence collection. However, if you have already done any of these things, please don't hesitate to seek medical attention.
Seek medical attention. At the emergency room, healthcare providers can check for injuries that may not be visible and treat you for possible STDs. Hospital staff also may perform a sexual assault forensic examination to collect evidence and may provide medication to prevent pregnancy. An advocate from a local rape crisis center can accompany you during this process.
Report the assault to police. Consider notifying the police of the assault. In many communities specially-trained police and investigators will help you through the evidence collection and investigation process. Your local rape crisis center has legal advocates who can assist you during the legal process.
Seek counseling. The trauma of an assault can be overwhelming and you many experience a variety of emotions. Rape crisis centers can provide you with support.
ABOUT PCAR
The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape works to eliminate all forms of sexual violence and to advocate for the rights and needs of victims of sexual assaults. PCAR works at the state and national levels to prevent sexual violence and to challenge public attitudes, raise public awareness, effect critical changes in public policy and responses to sexual violence.
Through a statewide network of 51 rape crisis centers serving all 67 counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the coalition helps to provide quality services to victims of sexual violence and creates public awareness and prevention education within local communities.
In 1999, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded PCAR a five-year funding agreement to create the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, which opened on July 20, 2000. That funding was renewed in 2004 and again in 2009.
LIST OF CRISIS CENTERS
Adams County
Survivors, Inc.
Business: 717-334-0589
Hotline: 717-334-9777
1-800-SUR-V106
www.adamscountysurvivors.com
Allegheny County &
Armstrong County
The Center for Victims of Violence and Crime
Business: 412-482-3240
Hotline: 412-392-8582
Website: www.cvvc.org
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape
Business: 412-431-5665
Hotline: 1-866-363-7273
Website: www.paar.net
Beaver County
Women's Center of Beaver County
Business: 724-775-2032
Hotline: 724-775-0103
www.womenscenterbc.org
Bedford County
Your 'Safe Haven,' Inc.
Business: 814-623-7664
Hotline: 1-800-555-5671
Blair County
Family Services Inc.
Business: 814-944-3583
Hotline: 814-944-3585
1-800-500-2849
Bradford County
Abuse and Rape Crisis Center
Business/Hotline: 570-265-5333
Butler County
Victim Outreach Intervention Center
Business: 724-776-5910- Cranberry
724-283-8700- Butler
Hotline: 1-800-400-8551
www.voiceforvictims.com
Cambria County
Victim Services, Inc.
Business: 814-288-4961
Hotline: 814-288-4961
1-800-755-1983
www.victimserviceinc.org
Carbon County
Victims Resource Center
Business: 570-325-9642
Hotline: 570-325-9641
1-800-206-9050
www.vrcnepa.org
Centre County
Centre County Women's Resource
Center, Inc.
Business: 814-283-7066
Hotline: 814-234-5050
1-877-234-5050
www.ccwrc.org
Clarion County
PASSAGES, Inc.
Business: 814-226-7273
Hotline: 1-800-793-3620
www.passagesinc.net
Clearfield County
PASSAGES, Inc.
Business: 814-371-9677
Hotline: 1-800-793-3620
www.passagesinc.net
Columbia County
The Women's Center, Inc. of Columbia/Montour
Business: 570-784-6632
Hotline: 570-784-6631
1-800-544-8293
www.thewomenscenterinc.org
Crawford County
Women's Services, Inc.
Business: 814-724-4637
Hotline: 814-333-9766
1-888-881-0189
www.womensservicesinc.org
Dauphin County
YWCA- Violence Intervention Prevention Programs
Business: 717-234-7931
Hotline: 1-800-654-1211
717-238-7273
www.ywcahgb.org
Delaware County
Delaware County Women Against Rape
Business: 610-566-5866
610-566-7954
610-566-4386
Hotline: 610-566-4342
Erie County
Crime Victim Center of Erie County, Inc.
Business: 814-455-9414
Hotline: 1-800-352-7273
www.cvcerie.org
Fayette County
Community Resources of Fayette County Inc.
Business:724-438-1470
Hotline: 724-437-3737
www.crimevictimscenter.org
Franklin/Fulton Counties
Women in Need
Business: 717-264-3056 (Franklin)
717-485-5840 (Fulton)
Hotline: 717-264-4444
1-800-621-6660
www.winservices.org
Greene County
SPHS C.A.R.E Center S.T.T.A.R.S. Program
Business: 724-627-6108
Hotline: 1-888-480-7283
Indiana County
Alice Paul House
Business: 724-349-5744
Hotline: 724-349-4444
1-800-435-7249
www.alicepaulhouse.org
Jefferson County
PASSAGES, INC.
Business: 814-849-5303
Hotline: 1-800-793-3620
www.passagesinc.net
Lackawanna County
Women's Resource Center, Inc.
Business: 570-346-4460
Hotline: 570-346-4671
www.wrcnepa.org
Lancaster County
Sexual Assault Prevention and Counseling Center
Business: 717-393-1735
Hotline: 717-392-7273
www.ywcalancaster.org
Lebanon County
Sexual Assault Resource and Counseling Center
Business: 717-270-6972
Hotline: 717-272-5308
www.sarcclebanon.com
Lehigh County
Crime Victims Council of Lehigh Valley, Inc.
Business: 610-437-6610
Hotline: 610-437-6611
www.cvclv.org
Lycoming County
YWCA-Wise Options
Business: 570-322-4637
Hotline: 570-323-8167
1-800-326-8483
www.ywcawilliamsport.org
McKean County
YWCA- Victims' Resource Center
Business: 814-368-4235
Hotline: 1-888-822-6325
www.passagesinc.net
Mifflin County
The Abuse Network
Business: 717-242-0715
Hotline: 717-242-2444
1-800-810-2444
www.abusenetwork.org
Monroe County
Women's Resources of Monroe County, Inc.
Business: 570-424-2093
Hotline: 570-421-4200
1-800-799-7233
www.wrmonroe.org
Montour County
The Women's Center, Inc. of Columbia/Montour
Business: 570-784-6632
Hotline: 570-784-6631
1-800-544-8293
www.thewomenscenterinc.org
Northampton County
Crime Victims Council of Lehigh Valley
Business: 610-250-6313
Hotline: 610-437-6611
www.cvclv.org
Perry County
YWCA-Violence Intervention Prevention Program
Business: 717-238-7273
Hotline: 1-800-654-1211
www.ywcahbg.org
Philadelphia County
WOAR
Business: 215-985-3315
Hotline: 215-985-3333
www.woar.org
Potter County
A Way Out: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services
Business: 814-274-0368
Hotline: 814-274-0240
1-877-334-3136
Schuylkill County
Sexual Assault Resource and Counseling Center of Schuylkill County
Business: 570-628-2965
Hotline: 570-628-2965
www.sarcclebanon.com
Somerset County
Victims Services, Inc.
Business: 814-443-1555
Hotline: 814-288-4961
1-800-755-1983
www.victimservicesinc.org
Sullivan County
Sullivan County Victim Services
Business: 570-946-4063
Hotline: 570-946-4215
www.sullivancountycictimservices.org
Tioga County
Haven of Tioga County
Business: 570-724-3549
Hotline: 570-724-3554
1-800-550-0447
http://havenftiogacounty.org
Union County
Susquehanna Valley Women in Transition
Business: 570-523-1134
Hotline: 570-523-6482
1-800-850-7948
www.svwit.org
Warren County
A Safe Place
Business: 814-726-1271
Hotline: 814-726-1030
1-800-338-3460
Washington County
SPHS C.A.R.E Center S.T.T.A.R.S. Program
Business: 724-229-5007
Hotline: 1-888-480-7283
724-228-7208
Westmoreland County
Blackburn Center Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
Business:724-837-9540
Hotline: 724-836-1122 (Greensburg Area)
1-888-832-2272 (Outside Greensburg)
www.blackburncenter.org
Wyoming County
Victims' Resource Center