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Survivors First

In all that we do, Women’s Crisis Center’s focus is on empowering victim-survivors. This is known as “empowerment-based” or “survivor-centered” advocacy.  As we strive to empower victim-survivors of domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault, we:

  • believe that each victim-survivor is the “expert” on her own life, future, and circumstances; she knows herself, and what is best for her.
  • equip victim-survivors with the knowledge, tools, support, resources, and guidance necessary to increase their own safety, stability, and well-being.
  • engage in active listening to enable each victim-survivor to identify her needs—as she perceives them—so that we may assist her in meeting them.
  • encourage victim-survivors to explore options that resonate with them.
  • seek input from—and honor the opportunity to engage with—victim-survivors during all phases of their respective journeys.
  • emphasize trauma-informed care principles, and constantly strive to uphold the highest trauma-informed standards within every facet of our agency—from our physical spaces, to our word choices, to our every interaction with clients, staff members, volunteers, agency partners, and the community, at-large.

All agency staff—both direct-service and administrative—undergo rigorous training to orient them to the dynamics of domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault.

Women’s Crisis Center believes that abusers alone—not victim-survivors—are responsible for the acts of violence they commit. Our agency is a haven of safety and comfort for victim-survivors; for this reason, we do not serve perpetrators of violence.

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Welcome to Women’s Crisis Center

In Northern Kentucky, Women’s Crisis Center’s roots run deep. Established in 1976 as the Rape Crisis Center of Northern Kentucky, Women’s Crisis Center (WCC) was formed to provide a 24-hour crisis hotline, crisis intervention, advocacy, community education, counseling and support services for rape survivors. In 1979, our name changed to reflect additional services being provided to battered women and their children. In WCC’s early days, women and children were sheltered in private homes within the community.

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WCC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social service agency committed to leading our community in the social change needed to end domestic violence, rape, and sexual abuse. Services are provided confidentially and at no cost to our clients, supported either in part or as a whole by state funding.

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