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The Mission of NJCASA

The mission of the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault is to promote the compassionate and just treatment of survivors, their loved ones and significant others, foster collaborative relationships between community systems, and affect attitudinal and behavioral changes in society as we work toward the elimination of sexual violence against all people.

NJCASA board members and other volunteers have been successfully helping survivors of sexual assault since 1981. Since September 1999, thanks to generous grants made through the State Office of Victim Witness Advocacy and the State's Division on Women in the Department of Community Affairs, NJCASA has a fully-staffed Trenton office. NJCASA is the collective voice for Sexual Violence Programs in all 21 counties throughout the state of NJ, each of which operates as an individual unit. With the opening of the Trenton office, NJCASA has increased its advocacy on behalf of sexual violence survivors on a statewide level.

  • NJCASA launched a statewide public education campaign in 2000.
  • NJCASA works to encourage legislation for the compassionate and just treatment of survivors of sexual violence.
  • Having a more powerful voice not only provides new opportunities to raise awareness but it reinforces the efforts already being made through the local Sexual Violence Programs.
NJCASA can help:
  • NJCASA begins by believing. The first real step toward healing is to know that there are people who will believe.
  • NJCASA member program volunteers will accompany survivors to the hospital and to the police station at the survivors' request. They will also accompany survivors to court if they decide to prosecute.
  • The advocates of the local programs are there for the survivor, to help them to regain some measure of control in their lives.
  • NJCASA member programs offer counseling on an ongoing basis to survivors as well as their loved ones and significant others.
  • NJCASA member programs offer counseling and other types of referrals for those who want them.
  • Free, confidential statewide and county hotline numbers are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  • NJCASA's member program services are open to anyone; it does not have to be what is called a recent rape. People are invited to call regarding something that happened in the past; and counseling for past incidents is available as well.

NJCASA member programs provide the following free, confidential services:

  • Twenty-four hour hotline and crisis intervention
  • Information and referral services
  • Short-term crisis counseling
  • Advocacy
  • Accompaniment to the hospital, police department and/or court
  • Support groups
  • Emergency client needs

There are Sexual Violence Programs in each of the state's 21 counties.


Contact NJCASA:

New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault
2333 Whitehorse Mercerville Rd, Suite J, Trenton, New Jersey 08619
Tel: 609.631.4450
Fax: 609.631.4453
24-Hour Free & Confidential Hotline: 1.800.601.7200

 

NJ Coalition Against Sexual Assault
2333 Whitehorse Mercerville Rd., Suite J Trenton, New Jersey 08619
Tel: 609-631-4450 Fax: 609-631-4453
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