BOSTON AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER INC

THE MISSION OF IS TO END SEXUAL VIOLENCE THROUGH HEALING AND SOCIAL CHANGE. BARCC IS ONE OF THE OLDEST INDEPENDENT RAPE CRISIS CENTER IN THE COUNTRY AND THE ONLY RAPE CRISIS CENTER IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA. THEY PROVIDE A RANGE OF INCLUSIVE EMPOWERMENT-BASED SERVICES FREE OF CHARGE TO SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES AGES 12 YEARS AND OLDER. BARCC BEGAN AS A VOLUNTEER BASED ORGANIZATION AND CONTINUES TO DEPEND ON VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE ITS SERVICES. THE NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED VOLUNTEER PROGRAM INCLUDES 40 HOURS OF INITIAL RAPE CRISIS COUNSELOR TRAINING AND REGULAR, ONGOING SUPERVISION, SUPPORT AND TRAINING. IN ADDITION TO ITS SERVICES, BARCC IS A LEADER ON THE ISSUE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND PREVENTION. BARCC'S SURVIVOR-CENTERED APPROACH, WHICH HAS BEEN REINED OVER THE LAST FORTH-FIVE YEARS, HAS BEEN USED AS A NATIONAL MODEL BY OTHER RAPE CRISIS CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.