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coochiequeens · 2 years

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If this abusive fucker wins in court it sets a dangerous precedent for woman and abortion care providers by implying that women don’t fully understand what abortion means and that doctors are not fully informing women of what it entails

Arizona judge moves to create estate for aborted fetus so dad can sue clinic for terminating his third wife's pregnancy: Says staff broke laws by not telling ex-spouse of 'satisfaction' that being a mom can bring

Mario Villegas, 41, a U.S. Marine veteran, has been allowed to sue the clinics and doctors who carried out an abortion on his ex-wife in 2018

Villegas had accompanied his ex-wife, Meagan, to terminate her pregnancy at the Camelback Family Planning facility, in Phoenix, Arizona

He claims doctors failed to properly inform her of the risks of an abortion, as well as not telling her about the 'satisfaction' of motherhood

A judge allowed Villegas to establish an estate on behalf of the aborted fetus, as its up to judges to decide what constitutes a deceased person in Arizona

A similar case took place in Alabama in 2019, which inspired Villegas, but that case was ultimately thrown out of court

An Arizona judge says a man may begin establishing an estate on behalf of an aborted fetus so he can sue a clinic for terminating his third wife's pregnancy.

Mario Villegas, 41, was allowed to establish an estate for the embryo, dubbed 'Baby Villegas,' in order to sue Jackrabbit Family Medicine Inc. and Camelback Family Planning, which carried out an abortion for ex-wife Meagan in 2018.

Villegas, a U.S. Marine veteran who accompanied Meagan during the procedure and consultations, claimed doctors failed to properly inform her of the health risks of an abortion, as well as not telling his ex-wife about the 'satisfaction' that comes with being a mother.

He says those oversights constitute breaches of Arizona's informed consent laws for abortion patients. But his ex-wife Meagan Speer-Villegas has refuted his claims, and insists she has no regrets about having the procedure.

Gila County Superior Court Judge Bryan B. Chambers said he'd allow Villegas to make the argument that the aborted fetus was a person worthy of an estate.

But he said he would withhold judgement on whether the fetus could legally have an estate represent it until a later date.

Villegas, who has been married three times, claims his fetus was a daughter, even though the sex of the embryo was never determined.

Villegas, of Solon, Iowa, originally filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the clinic and its doctors in 2020, claiming the physicians failed to obtain proper consent from his ex-wife.

Arizona holds informed consent laws, which dictates that abortion patients are to have a counseling session and a 24-hour period to mull their decision over before terminating their pregnancies.

'Defendants failed to obtain Meagan's informed consent because they did not tell her of the immediate and long-term medical risks associated with abortion that a reasonable patient would consider material, including the loss of the intense and emotionally satisfying maternal bond and relationship inherent in birthing and raising that child,' the lawsuit states.

Establishing an estate for a fetus is rare in the U.S., but Villegas reportedly heard about an Alabama case where a man sued the abortion provider for his ex-girlfriend in 2019 on behalf of the aborted embryo, ProPublica reported.

That case was ultimately dismissed in 2020, with an appeal struck down by the state's high court.

While the Alabama Constitution recognizes the 'sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children,' Villegas case was up for interpretation.

Arizona does not explicitly define what constitutes as a deceased person, leaving it to a judge to decided if an aborted fetus counts and can have an

aborted fetus counts and can have an estate made in its name. It's unclear how many states allow estates to be established on behalf of a fetus or embryo.

The state allowed abortion up until 15 weeks of pregnancy. But providers there have canceled all appointments indefinitely, over an 1864 law banning all abortions that was automatically re-enacted after Roe v. Wade was axed last month.

Earlier this year, Arizona's GOP Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill into law that would only allow abortions up until 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Villegas hired the attorney from the Alabama case, J. Stanley Martineau, and filed a suit against the physicians, which his ex-wife opposed.

'We were not happy together at all,' she told ProPublica, adding that their marriage was failing and that she was worried about starting a family with him.

In a deposition, she described Villegas as emotionally abusive and claimed he would not let her get a job or even leave the house unless he accompanied her.

The couple later split, with Meagan insisting they'd discussed a termination before she had the procedure, having deemed their relationship too unstable to continue with the pregnancy.

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#She new that abortion met she won’t be tied to this fucker for 18 years #Legislative abuse #Harassing a woman who broke free of the relationship #He denied himself fatherhood be being a controlling abuser #There are more than one reason he has three ex wives

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whatisonthemoon · 1 year

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On David Kim in the Inter-War Periods

▲ Pictured: Michael Warder, Young Oon Kim, and David Kim

David Kim’s Background (according to UC sources)

Kim, David Sang Chul was born on November 9, 1915 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Came to the United States, 1959.

Education

Bachelor in English Literature, Chosen Christian College, Seoul, 1939. Postgraduate, University Wales, 1954—1955. Postgraduate, Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1959—1961. Postgraduate, University Oregon, 1962—1963. Master of Arts, University Oregon, 1965. Postgraduate, Pacific School Religion, Berkeley, California, 1965—1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Pacific Columbia University, 1988.

Career

Staff Chosen Rubber Industry Association, Seoul, 1939-1945. Fin assistant United States Military Government, Kunsan City, Republic of Korea, 1945-1948. Government official Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Government of Republic of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1948-1959. Charter member Unification Church, Republic of Korea, since 1954, 1st missionary to England, 1954-1955, missionary, evangelist, 1959-1970. Counseling supervisor Clearfield Job Corps Center, Utah, 1966-1970. Founder, president, owner The Cornerstone Press (now Rose of Sharon Press), 1978-1985. Charter member, trustee World Relief Friendship Foundation, Inc. (now International Relief Friendship Foundation, Inc.), since 1974. President International One World Crusade Inc., since 1975. Founder, United Faith, Inc., Portland, Oregon, since 1970, Global Education Research and Development Fund, Inc., 1981-1996. President Unification Theological Seminary, 1974-1994. Charter member, trustee National Council Church and Social Action, 1976-1996. Advisory finance supporter Global Congress of World Religions, Inc., 1978-1996. Charter member International Religious Foundation, Inc., since 1982. Vice president Unification Thought Institute, 1989-1997. Founder, president Marriage and Family Institute American, since 1994. Chairman inauguration The Family Federation for Unification and World Peace, Netherlands, since 1996. President emeritus Unification Theological Seminary, since 2000.

David Kim's background consists of many of the UC's highest administrative, business, and evangelistic positions, as well as military and government positions, both prior to and after joining the Unification Church.

David Kim (Sang Chul Kim) grew up descended from nobility, attending Chosen Christian College, run by western Presbyterian missionaries serving the children of Korea’s most elite families. According to David’s testimony,

I went to Chosen Christian College from 1935 to 1939. It was established by missionaries of the Presbyterian Church of America. I attended the College when I was 20 to 24 years of age, a pure virgin bachelor. I was the source of pride and envy of my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, because I was the sole heir of the entire Kim clan birthright and I was studying at an American missionary college. Even in Japanese colonial days, Chosen Christian College, along with Ewha Christian College (a women’s college established by the Methodist Church of America), were the most prestigious colleges amongst the educated Korean elite. This American missionary college produced many Korean leaders not only in the fight against Japanese domination, but also in the years following liberation from Japan in 1945.

It should be noted that it is known that this school had deep connections to the U.S. military.

Horace Underwood II was the founding president of Yonsei University. At that time, Yonsei was called Yonhee College by Koreans and Chosun Christian College (CCC) by Americans. As the top adviser to the commander of the U.S. Forces in Korea (1945-48), he was the key person for Korea’s modernization.

From 1939-1945, he experienced relative privilege working for Chosen Rubber Industry Association. According to Kim, this was a Japanese-run company. In one account, he wrote that he was well-to-do in these years. He wrote in his testimony:

Even in Japanese colonial days, my wife and I lived well, since I was an employee of a government-controlled industrial organization. I had a good position and was well paid until the end of World War II in 1945, when Korea was liberated from Japanese domination.

Many Western-educated Japanese collaborators became U.S. assets following WWII, such as Helen Kim.

In the 50s-70s, many of South Korea’s most wealthy and influential figures had been collaborators during the Japanese occupation, including much the political and military leadership. Many of them actively erased their past as a traitor from public memory, at times with the assistance and support of the U.S. government.

Many believe that it would be fair to describe David Kim as a Japanese collaborator during their occupation.

He, like other early Moonie missionaries, had a liaison position between the U.S. military and the South Korean government following World War II.

From 1948-1959, Kim worked for South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which undoubtedly would have had strong intelligence relations.

When he met Moon in 1954, he wrote that he was a "third-tier rank official of the Korean national government." Kim joined the Unification Church February 1954, and the Unification Church was officially named and founded on May 1 (May Day), 1954.

Kim had even spent time in Europe after joining the church, having been sent there by his own government as a “UN scholar,” burdened with the mission of bringing the Divine Principle to European Christians:

Not long after the founding of HSA-UWC in Korea, I was selected by the Korean government to study in Britain for two years as a UN scholar, along with other under-developed nations’ representatives at Swansea College, University of Wales. Externally I was a UN scholar, but internally I had a mission to spread True Father’s message to Christians overseas and around the world.

While I was in Wales I never neglected my heavenly mission and duty. Whenever I had spare time, I visited many churches and small groups to look for people, and spoke many times at churches as a guest speaker. On those occasions I would introduce our Korean group and preach based on the contents of Divine Principle, which was available only as handwritten notes exchanged among the early members. Near the end of my stay in England, I succeeded in contacting a conservative Christian organization called the Apostolic Church International, which was holding a World Convention in South Wales at that time. I was allowed to speak for 30 minutes, appealing to 3,000 participants at the World Convention about the situation of Teacher Sun Myung Moon, our movement and the Korean government persecution.

More articles on early UC history below

How Young Oon Kim Allegedly Recruited Bo Hi Pak

Young Oon Kim and Bo Hi Pak were both employed by the Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG)

The Moon Organization and the KCIA – ‘Privatizing’ covert action

Thoughts on South Korea (R.O.K.) - United States (U.S.) Relations

The Unification Church and KCIA: Some Notes on Bud Han, Steve Kim, and Bo Hi Pak

On Young Oon Kim’s Relationship to Butterwick

Rev. Moon Aide Concedes KCIA Sent Him $3,000 (1978)

Bo Hi Pak - Did you join the Unification Church in February 1957 or February 1958?

1964-1965: Young Oon Kim’s Missing Year

More Questions about Young Oon Kim, and What is Clear

Young-oon Kim joined, but it ended in tears and flames

Programmed to Chill - Bonus Episode 07 - the Korean War, Biological Warfare, COMINT, and MKULTRA, feat. Jeff Kaye

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betterlifedisabilitycare · 1 year

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Disability Support Services in Brisbane

If you have a disability, there are numerous disability support services Brisbane that can help you. These services can provide you with assistance with everyday tasks and activities like communicating, regulating emotions and making positive relationships.

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If you are not sure which type of card is right for you, check out the Services Australia website to find out about your options. You can also call Centrelink for more information or visit your local Centrelink office to ask for a referral to a financial officer or social worker.

Cerebral Palsy League

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The organization also helps people with CP find a medical provider and access care. It also promotes education for health professionals, enabling them to learn new techniques and treatments that can benefit the lives of those with cerebral palsy.

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The Down Syndrome Association is a statewide peak association representing people with Down syndrome and their families. It is a community-based, not-for-profit membership organisation.

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In addition to finding meaningful employment, EPIC also provides support services. These include a range of services under the NDIS, as well as early intervention and counselling services.

One of the many benefits of the NDIS is that it gives people with a disability access to a financial plan that they can use to help them live the life they want. This is made possible through a variety of government funding and community support.

Qualtime Association Inc

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Red Cross Employment Services

Red Cross Employment Services is a highly reputable disability care Brisbane Service (DES) provider partnering with local employers to assist people with disabilities achieve their dream of long term sustainable employment. The work is driven by a team of passionate and dedicated individuals who are always looking for improvement.

Australian Red Cross staff are working hard to improve their work through project sharing, embedded resources and embedding change management into programs. Their ability to refine and test their program across multiple communities has helped ensure that the program is adaptable, resilient and scalable to meet the needs of more clients. They are also improving the employment program with updated tools and activities for all offices to use and implement countrywide.

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assistedinterventionsinc · 1 year

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How can I help a friend who is depressed?

Depression is a condition that can strike any person. However, it's an illness that many aren't aware of. The public is talking about mental illness more often than they did in the past. However, there is still a stigma associated with mental health. This stigma prevents many from speaking up about their depression. If you know someone with depression, it might be difficult to determine the best ways to aid them. Here are ten methods to assist a friend with the Help of Assistedinterventions inc.

1. Do Your Research

The first step to take when you wish to assist those suffering from depression is to educate yourself about the disease. If you've never experienced depression, it might be very difficult to sympathize with someone suffering. However, there are a lot of excellent resources on the internet which you can consult. Therefore, conduct some research, and you'll be better prepared to assist your friend.

2. Take It Seriously

Depression isn't something one can get rid of. For example, there is no way to solve the issue by having a good night out. If you're speaking to someone depressed, Don't play down the illness. The condition is a serious disease. It's impossible to help someone suffering from depression by encouraging them to get up or together and conquer it.

3. Learn to be a good listener

When someone is depressed, they may feel lonely. They might feel like no one can confide in their troubles. Anyone can inform anyone they know that you've got an illness and receive sympathy. It's more difficult for someone with depression to discuss their feelings. Support your friend, and let them talk about their feelings. Let them know that you are there to help them discuss their condition. However, please don't give them any solutions immediately. Your assistance is the most crucial thing you can provide.

4. Encourage Your Children to Seek Help

If a person is severely depressed, seeking professional help is vital. There are counseling and support groups that can offer assistance. People suffering from depression may also require medication to manage their depression. Your friend should be encouraged to speak with their doctor. Make sure that your friend is aware of how depression is a condition that can be treated. It's not something your friend will have to overcome on their own.

5. Provide Practical Assistance

People with depression often neglect their daily chores. You may notice that they aren't able to afford enough food at home, or they're not taking care of household chores. Depressed people may also have difficulty opening their mail or paying their bills. It is impossible to help a friend who is depressed, but you can offer practical assistance. If you're at the store and your friend is depressed, ask for help if they have any service. If you are aware they're not eating, you cannot make for them for dinner. Simple things like this can provide wonderful comfort for someone suffering from depression.

6. Keep Them In The Loop

Someone who is depressed is likely to isolate themselves from the social group. They may not wish to interact with anyone in any way. Make sure they are informed. However, keep them informed. Invite them to social gatherings But don't try too hard to get them to join in. Inviting your friends to an event will assure them they're included. In addition, they will be reminded that family and friends will be available when they're looking to get back into the game.

7. Don't try to be an Expert

The most common feeling depressed individuals have is that they don't have anyone to understand their feelings. Don't try to suggest to your friend ways treat their condition. A healthy diet and exercise may help patients suffering from depression. Some medications work for certain people but not others—treat disease to professionals. The most important thing you can offer someone who is depressed is to support them.

8. Don't Negligent the Situation

If someone you know talks to you about their feelings, take what they're taking seriously. Depression isn't like having an unlucky day or feeling down. It's a chronic illness that affects all aspects of a person's life. The words "I understand what you're feeling" and "we are all in the same boat" are useless. It can cause your friend to believe that you aren't considering their condition seriously. If you've never had depression, you don't know anything about it. Therefore, it's wiser to acknowledge that you aren't sure about your friend's struggles instead of pretending to understand.

9. Be prepared for action in the event of an emergency

If you are concerned regarding the possibility that your friend might self-harm, you should be proactive. If you believe there's a risk that your friend could attempt suicide, you should call emergency assistance. It's a difficult choice to make if your friend insists they do not want service. They might even be angry with your friend in the short term for intervening. But, once they feel better, they will be grateful to you for the quick intervention.

10. Be Patient

It can be very difficult when you have a loved one with depression. Sometimes you'd rather just quit and move back to your life. Do not lose patience even though. Don't abandon someone you love when they need your assistance most. Depression can be a problem for any person. Unfortunately, the next person to need Help with depression might be you.

Conclusion

Depression can be a tough issue to confront. For those suffering from the disease and their family and friends. The most important to help a person with depression is to be present for their needs. Help your friend seek Help, and offer yourself assistance when they need Help. Since, after all, isn't this why friends exist?

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abcnewspr · 2 years

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ABC NEWS STUDIOS PRESENTS NEW HULU ORIGINAL INVESTIGATING ONE OF OKLAHOMA’S MOST NOTORIOUS MURDERS AT A GIRL SCOUT SLEEPAWAY CAMP

Award-Winning Actress and Singer Kristin Chenoweth Discusses How a Twist of Fate Prevented Her From Attending Camp the Night of the Murders

Four-Part Documentary Series Features Interviews with Victims’ Families and Law Enforcement Still Trying to Piece Together Answers

‘Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders’ Begins Streaming Tuesday, May 24, Only on Hulu

ABC News Studios announced today a new Hulu Original documentary series that investigates the notorious murder of three young girls in 1977 during their first night at Camp Scott, a Girl Scout sleepaway camp in Oklahoma. Emmy®- and Tony Award®-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth opens up about how a twist of fate prevented her from attending the camp the night of the murders and how the case still haunts her to this day. The series explores the murders’ impact on those close to the tragedy, details the search for and trial of the alleged killer, and examines the mysteries still surrounding the case. It also documents how investigators recently reopened the case and used state-of-the-art technology to comb through mountains of evidence left behind. All four episodes of “Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders” begin streaming Tuesday, May 24, only on Hulu.

The docu-series features interviews with Sheri Farmer and Bo Farmer, parents of victim Lori Farmer, who worked with authorities on behalf of their daughter over the last 45 years to keep the case active and founded the Oklahoma chapter of Parents of Murdered Children; Bettye Milner, mother of victim Denise Milner; Carla Wilhite, a camp counselor on duty the night of the murders; Sheriff Mike Reed, who reopened the case in 2016 and is investigating it using new DNA technology; Sheryl Stokes, senior family advocate specialist at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, who helped retest important evidence after decades in storage; Garvin Isaacs, co-lead defense counsel for Gene Leroy Hart, who was tried and acquitted for the murders; and more.

“Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders” is produced for Hulu by ABC News Studios in association with Standing Bear Entertainment, LLC. David Sloan is senior executive producer, Carrie Cook is executive producer, Remy Weber is director, and Nick Zeig-Owens is series producer.

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enthusiasticsobrietyabuse · 3 years

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Bob Meehan - Times Advocate: Sunday, August 26, 1984

The story of a con man who helps kids kick drugs

Robert Meehan describes himself as a hippie, a rebel, a former heroin addict and a con man. There is no one better qualified, in his mind, to help teenagers get off drugs.

Meehan is the director of a Valley Center drug-rehabilitation program for young drug abusers called SLIC - Sober Live-In Center - Ranch. The former director of a major Houston-based drug rehabilitation program, Meehan has won high praise from clients and their parents, who have included comedians Carol Burnett and Tim Conway.

Despite that praise, however, Meehan's methods have attracted considerable controversy. He left the Houston Palmer Drug program in 1980, after television reports questioned the accuracy of the program's vaunted success rate and Meehan's possible conflict of interest in receiving a lucrative hospital consulting fee.

Meehan's problems did not end when he left Houston, however.

The county has declared SLIC Ranch to be in violation of zoning ordinances, and the state has threatened to close it down unless Meehan gets proper license to run a drug-treatment program. The county has also questioned SLIC's ties to a burgeoning self-help drug program called Freeway that has a satellite programs throughout San Diego County.

SLIC, which charges $4,000 a month and caters mainly to children of affluent parents, has also prompted concerns among drug-counseling professionals. Some worry that the cost of the program is excessive and that it relies heavily on non-professional counselors to provide treatment. They also express concern that Meehan could exert undue influence over his impressionable young charges.

Meehan established SLIC Ranch in 1981 as a privately-funded live-in center for young drug abusers requiring daily counseling to overcome their habits. Between 10 and 16 young people live in a rambling ranch-style house, supervised by Meehan and recovered drug-abusers who have gone through the SLIC program themselves.

While two professional psychologists are associated with the program, the emphasis is on former drug addicts and recovered alcoholics whose counseling approach is: "I've been there before." Meehan himself is a former heroin addict and recovered alcoholic.

Meehan, who wears his hair shoulder-length and sports tight designer jeans and a gold chain necklace, both dresses and acts hip - partly, he says, to gain the trust of his young clients.

"They say, 'Wow, look at this crazy old hippie,'" said Meehan, who does not care to modernize his image.

"I'm still a rebel. I'm still a hippie. I don't know how to change. I love the cause. I feel like I've got as righteous a cause as the Vietnam War."

Meehan said he can understand how parents bringing their kids to SLIC might be leery of him, given his appearance.

"I don't know if I'd trust me," he said, laughing. "But beneath this hair is a red neck. I'm a Republican. Voted for Reagan."

But when he talks about drugs, Meehan speaks in a voice that teenagers can understand.

"It's the Cheech-and-Chong generation," Meehan is fond of saying to his clients. "They're committing suicide on the installment plan."

Meehan often harps on the comedy team of Cheech and Chong, whose trademark is overindulgence in marijuana. In sharp contrast to some health professionals, Meehan regards marijuana as one of the most dangerous drugs used by teenagers.

"Marijuana is the most insidious chemical in society today," because it affects the mind, Meehan said. "I'd rather the kids were shooting heroin."

Meehan's message and his style often prompt adulation from the young people in his care.

"He has the answer to everything," said 16-year-old girl from La Jolla who said she was having trouble getting along with her mother, who had recently remarried. "He has love. It's like one big family. We work together and play together, and it's fun. And Bob's our big daddy."

Meehan, 41, the son of an Irish policeman, grew up in Baltimore. He said he started taking drugs at age 12.

He became an alcoholic and a heroin addict, spending four years in state and federal prisons for drug convictions. While in a Texas jail, Meehan was befriended by an Episcopalian priest. Upon his release he became the janitor for the Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston.

The priest urged Meehan to stay off drugs by counseling some of the local kids with drug problems of their own. Meehan said that at the time he was "a crazy kid with a 'hellatious' ego and visions of grandeur" and too flattered to turn down the offer.

The informal, self-help group began in 1972 with six members. It grew to become the Palmer Drug Abuse Program, which, according to Meehan, has had 30,000 participants. Meehan described it as "the most powerful drug program in the world."

It was closely modeled after the Alcoholics Anonymous program, with recovered abusers helping their peers.

Palmer garnered national publicity in the late 1970s, when actress Carol Burnett sent her daughter, Carrie Hamilton, there for treatment. Burnett was so impressed with her daughter's improvement that she and her husband accompanied Meehan on the "Phil Donahue Show" and other television shows to tout the program's success.

But Meehan's claims that his program had a cure rate of 75 percent to 80 percent attracted some sharp scrutiny.

In January 1980, CBS' "60 Minutes" TV program broadcast a piece on Palmer. According to a transcript of the broadcast, Meehan conceded under repeated questioning by Dan Rather that he did not have documentation to support his alleged success rate.

Rather also questioned Meehan's $50,000 annual consulting fee from a Houston hospital to which Palmer routinely sent young drug addicts for costly medical treatment. Meehan said during the interview that he saw no conflict of interest.

Meehan was also asked about his power to "persuade" some of the program's vulnerable young clients.

"I have that power," Meehan said. "I certainly do. I've been a con all my life. Just now I'm using it in a good way, see."

Following the "60 Minutes" piece, Meehan was asked to leave Palmer. In retrospect, Meehan now says, he could have prevented his firing by paying more attention to program details.

"I wasn't doing a damn thing wrong," he said. "I didn't mind the store. I was naive."

Meehan came to San Diego to work for Contemporary Health Inc., which was consulting with Center City Hospital, now Harborview Hospital, to establish a drug-abuse program. But his work for the hospital was short-lived.

"My methods are very unorthodox," Meehan said. "I was always fighting the staff."

While working for the hospital, however, Meehan helped establish a self-help counseling program called Freeway. It was modeled directly after Palmer and named after a rock music group formed at Palmer to entertain the kids in the program.

Freeway was started in 1982 by Jac Coupe, a former Palmer counselor, and by other Palmer employees who has left Texas after Meehan's departure. It now has centers in Coronado, Point Loma, Solana Beach and the newest one in Fallbrook.

The program, whose services are free, is funded in each community by local civic groups and churches. It is open to people 13 to 25 seeking help for drug and alcohol problems.

Participants are encouraged to attend weekly group-counseling sessions and to follow a 12-step program to achieve sobriety. Those who are severely addicted are referred for hospital treatment. In some cases, however, Freeway counselors conclude that a young person needs more intensive counseling - at SLIC Ranch.

Those who go to SLIC for a typical one-month stay range in age from 13 to 24, with the average age about 16. Most are psychologically - not physically - addicted to drugs. They have come to get free of dependence on marijuana, alcohol, speed and LSD.

Pat, a 19-year-old Rancho Santa Fe youth, realized he needed help when he mugged a woman to get money for his $600-a-week cocaine habit. John, a 21-year-old alcoholic from Clairemont, had tried a variety of alcohol treatment programs with no success.

SLIC participants live in a spacious ranch house, set among the oaks and hills of Valley Center, with a garden and pond-shaped swimming pool. They share bedrooms dormitory-style, with three or four to a room.

The participants are required to prepare their own meals to their own tastes, and there are no planned menus. Cereal and hot dogs are staples.

The rules prohibit drugs, alcohol, sex and violence. However, smoking, which is allowed, is prevalent.

"We don't care about cigarettes, diets and vitamin intake," Meehan said.

Participants spend most of their days in counseling. During their free time they are allowed to lounge by the pool and play rock music, much to the dismay of the neighbors. Occasional field trips are taken to Disneyland and other amusement centers.

SLIC residents are supervised by a staff of six, most former SLIC residents themselves. At least one staff person is on duty 24 hours a day.

One of the supervisors, Jackie Moors, 26 got off drugs a year ago after going through the SLIC program. Moors, who started doing drugs at age 10 and progressed until she was shooting up crystal methamphetamine, credits SLIC with turning her life around.

"The next stop would have been either jail or death" without SLIC, she said. The program worked, she said, because "people really cared about me." Her young son stays with her at the ranch.

Meehan said one goal of the center is to show residents "how to have more fun sober" than on drugs or alcohol.

Every weekday SLIC residents are transported by van to a rented house in Escondido, where they spend six hours in therapy and discussion.

The sessions are directed by Meehan and by Peter Sterman, a psychological assistant, who cannot practice without supervision of a licensed psychologist. His supervisor is Dr. Carl E. Morgan of San Diego.

In the evenings and on weekends, the residents are often taken to meetings of Freeway or Alcoholics Anonymous.

Last month the state notified Meehan that the center was operating without a license and threatened to close it down unless the center meets state standards required for a so-called residential-care license.

SLIC has been operating without a license because Meehan has successfully dodged the requirements, according to Tom Hersant, director of the San Diego office of the state's Community Care Licensing Division.

He told state officials that the ranch was operating not as a residential-care center providing therapy to live-in clients, but as a "boarding house," with the boarders receiving their counseling off the ranch in an Escondido house.

Meehan told the Times-Advocate that he attempted to avoid licensing to keep costs down.

Last month state investigators who has been suspicious of the arrangement finally confront SLIC officials.

"They told us, 'All right, already. We do provide therapy,'" Hersant said. "Suddenly now they're 'fessing up that they offer therapy."

State officials informed Meehan that a license would be needed.

To obtain a license the center would have to meet fire safety standards, provide a medical checkup for new clients to insure they are getting the appropriate treatment, and keep records evaluating the clients' progress. SLIC would no longer be allowed, as it does now, to mix clients younger than 18 with those older than 18.

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Meehan has insisted that the licensing requirements are minor. He said he would comply, though he feels that the regulations would bring too much formality to the relaxed way he runs the program.

Not only must the ranch be licensed, but the counseling program run at the Escondido house must obtain a separate license to offer drug counseling. Once a facility is licensed, the state inspects it once a year to insure that standards are met.

Hersant said SLIC has agreed to apply for the two licenses. The licensing approval usually takes 90 days. If no licenses are obtained, he said, the state will move to shut SLIC down.

Meehan said he plans to meet the state requirements, but he dislikes the paperwork.

"I will comply to whatever extent I have to, to help young people," he said. "At the same time, I just want to do my thing."

Meehan said his problems with the state occurred because of negative publicity generated by the ranch's landlord, Clayton Blehm, an Escondido accountant. Blehm was sentenced in June to one year in jail for zoning violations at the Valley Center property that included adding illegal structures around the ranch. He is out on bail awaiting an appeal.

Blehm has also been cited by county zoning officials for allowing SLIC to move in without getting a major use permit - required to run a treatment center in a rural-residential area. The zoning investigations were prompted by complaints from neighbors, some of whom said that a drug treatment center did not belong in their quiet neighborhood and that they were repeatedly disturbed by loud music.

Last year SLIC and Freeway were the subject of an "informal investigation" by the county Division of Drug Programs. The investigation was prompted partly by complaints from a San Diego city schools official concerned that Freeway encouraged some young persons to stay away from school for one to three months to avoid their drug-using friends.

The report concluded that the complaint was the result of lack of communication between the school district and Freeway and that the two should work out an understanding.

The county investigation was also prompted by concerns about SLIC's relationship with Freeway.

"On the surface," the report said, "one might question the referral relationship, since both program directors hold a personal acquaintance that foes back to the Palmer Drug Abuse Program in Houston. However, DDP has no documentation information to suggest there is any impropriety or conflict of interest in the referral process."

Meehan said he has no break-down on where SLIC clients come from, but that many are referred by Freeway. He said SLIC and Freeway have no financial arrangements, because that would be unethical.

"There can't be," he said. "There's absolutely no financial arrangement either way."

Meehan urges all SLIC residents to attend Freeway counseling sessions after they leave the ranch. That is critical to staying sober, according to Meehan.

"If we can't hook a kid into Freeway," he said, "his chances are less than 60 percent of making it."

Some who go through the SLIC program are advised to live with "Freeway families" for several months, rather than with their own families. Meehan defended the practice for some clients, contending they would fall back into bad habits at home.

Asked whether continued reliance on Freeway would hurt a client's chances of becoming independent, Meehan said, "It's a very safe group of friends to have. I don't know if it's an unhealthy dependency."

According to Meehan, 90 percent of those who have gone through the SLIC program in the past 18 months have remained sober or off drugs after they left. He said that figure comes from undocumented reports from Freeway officials. "I hate statistics," he said.

Despite its concerns, the County Division of Drug programs concluded that there was "no documentable evidence" to prevent the county from recommending SLIC and Freeway as treatment centers.

At the time of the investigation, Meehan was serving the first year of a three-year term on the county's Advisory Committee on Drug Abuse. The 11-member volunteer committee helps county officials select drug-treatment programs to receive county money.

Freeway centers, which are privately funded, are generally located in affluent regions of the county.

"They're in the ones that can pay for it," Meehan said. "They have raised the money."

Parents in those communities can also afford to send their children to SLIC. The $4,000-a-month cost of attending SLIC has raised eyebrows among professional drug counselors.

By comparison, the county-funded McAllister Institute of Training and Education in El Cajon charges about $720 a month to treat women with drug problems.

Jessica Lewis, program director for Community Resources and Self-Help Inc., which has a county contract to treat drug abusers in San Diego, said the program has never referred anyone to SLIC. Lewis said her program's clients cannot afford Meehan's program.

"His target audience is kids from families that are financially successful," she said. "He's earning big bucks. More power to him. He has a mindset of big business and the heartset of helping people. I don't question his sincerity."

During his "60 Minutes" interview four years ago, Meehan said he was worth more than the $100,000 he was then making. He would not say in a recent interview how much he makes running SLIC.

Meehan, who lives in Rancho Bernardo, said that despite the $4,000-a-month per-person SLIC Ranch fee, he is not getting rich.

"Where that profit is, I haven't seen it yet," he said. "I make enough to pay my bills and save $100 a month."

Some health professionals were reluctant to speak candidly about Meehan's program. One noted that Meehan, because he sits on the county advisory committee, wields influence over the finances of many local treatment programs.

Nevertheless, some drug-treatment experts expressed reluctance to refer clients to SLIC because of its reliance on non-professional counselors. After sitting on a panel discussion with Meehan, Greg Baer, head nurse of the substance-abuse unit at Southwood Psychiatric Hospital in Chula Vista, he said he would not recommend Meehan's program for anyone.

"I just question his ability to be therapeutic," said Baer, whose program also treats adolescents for as much as $10,200 a month. "The people we deal with need a therapeutic approach from people who are knowledgeable... you need to have knowledge of what you're doing and not just go with a gut feeling."

Baer criticized SLIC's exclusion of the families of young drug abusers from its treatment program.

"If Johnny is going to return home, you have to discuss how this is going to be done... Otherwise you are doomed for failure," he said.

Some professional counselors said they worry about Meehan's influence over young people. Lewis said it is important for an organization such as SLIC, which treats emotionally-dependent people, to be accountable to a licensing or watchdog agency. Otherwise, she said, clients can be exploited.

"It's a pain in the neck," she said, "but I'm prepared to answer to those (licensing) people. There are enough people looking over our shoulder to make sure our clients are safe."

John Adam, a licensed psychologist in Coronado who has monitored SLIC Ranch and Freeway for more than a year, said he is concerned about the unorthodox nature of the counseling. Adam said the adulation that SLIC participants feel toward Meehan resembles hero worship.

"Any time you depend on the charisma of a leader, you fear that results will fade with time or distance from the guru," he said.

Meehan said he knows that he has tremendous influence on this young charges, but he tries to use that to good purposes.

"I'd like to think I'd become one of their local heroes instead of Cheech and Chong," he said.

But he acknowledged that his relationship with the clients could lead to problems.

"Yeah, it scares me," he said. "You get into a real guru (situation). This is where cults can begin."

"I have an advantage, though, because they're here only 30 days. I cut them loose emotionally when they leave here."

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These Guidelines are designed to help judges, lawyers, and others involved in the Utah Judiciary • Understand the unique communication needs of Deaf people who use a sign language of another country (i.e., not American Sign Language [ASL]) or who are not able to communicate successfully in ASL and • Provide guidance for improving the odds of successfully accommodating those needs. These are Deaf persons who have little or no mastery of American Sign Language and for whom the traditional accommodation of providing the services of American Sign Language interpreters alone is insufficient for ensuring equal access to court and other judicial proceedings and services, or satisfying ADA requirements for accommodating disabilities.

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Background on Two Classes of Deaf Persons Having Special Needs There are two classes of Deaf persons generally considered to need the kinds of special accommodations. The first consists of those who are immigrants, migrants, or refugees who have come to this country from abroad and are fluent in their native sign language (e.g., British, Polish, or Spanish Sign Language), but who have acquired little or no American Sign Language. Thus the use of an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter is not a sufficient accommodation to secure satisfactory communication. The second class consists of Deaf persons who, due to numerous environmental factors combined with physiological deafness, can result in a juvenile or adult who has limited communication skills and has either limited or no facility communicating in ASL. These factors include: • Limited opportunities for acquisition of ASL. Some Deaf people do not interact with the signing community and this inhibits their exposure to and acquisition of ASL. • A bilingual home/school environment, e.g., deaf children born into Spanish-speaking homes who lip-read and hear Spanish until entering public school where they are exposed to lip-reading and hearing English accompanied by signs. • The presence of a secondary handicapping condition such as mental retardation, a learning disability, or mental illness. • A lack of natural language development during the crucial ages of 0-5 years, e.g., a deaf child born into a hearing family in which no one signs. • Limited or no formal education.

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• Social isolation. Some Deaf people lead their lives isolated from both the hearing and Deaf worlds. They may lack the general social and cultural knowledge necessary for communication in any language. Deaf-Hearing Interpreter Team Required A team of interpreters should be formed which includes one or more of each of two kinds of certified interpreters. First, one or more certified interpreters of American Sign Language (ASL) is essential. These are persons who meet requirements established in Utah law and the Standards for Using Interpreters in Utah and who provide the link between what speakers say in English and the Deaf interpreter. Second, one or more Certified Deaf Interpreters (CDI) is required. The CDI is a Deaf person who holds a valid Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) certificate from the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. and who brings to this challenging interpreting situation native ASL fluency, professional training as an interpreter, and a lifetime of personal experiences as a Deaf person. CDIs share with Deaf individuals the experience of sometimes having to mime and gesture their way through life with the non-signing public. This professional interpreter provides the link between the ASL interpreter and the Deaf party or witness who has limited or no ability to communicate in ASL.

Consecutive Mode Required

Working with a Deaf-Hearing interpreting team requires the strict use of the consecutive mode in all situations. This means the ASL interpreter begins interpreting into ASL only after the English speaker has completed an utterance. Once that interpretation is completed, the CDI then begins interpreting to the Deaf person using a variety of visual/gestural communication techniques. The process will be repeated in the reverse when the Deaf person is the source of the message to be interpreted. This means that simultaneous interpretation is not viable in this context.

Understanding Silent Communication

The process of communication in these situations will not always be as linear. Persons who communicate in ASL continuously exchange signed and non-verbal feedback in order to monitor the success of the communication. To the inexperienced observer, these exchanges could appear to be inconsistent with the unbiased role of the interpreter; however, they are in fact essential for successful communication in visual languages. The feedback exchanged between the ASL and Deaf interpreters occurs primarily to clarify a source message. For example, the ASL interpreter may ask the CDI for verification or clarification before rendering an interpretation into English. The feedback that occurs between the CDI and the Deaf party may include not only similar attempts to verify and clarify, but also a variety of strategies to convey the message and fully ascertain the response.

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Tolerating Silent Communication

There will be periods of silence throughout this process. These periods of silent communication may make the court and the attorneys uncomfortable or frustrated. Judges and attorneys should understand and patient since this signing is related to communicating the question to the witness and ascertaining the witness’ response, nothing more and nothing less. Use of Alternate Forms of Communication The interpreters should be given wide latitude in using alternative forms of communication between themselves and the Deaf persons they are assisting who are not competent in ASL. The interpreters may need to use concrete objects such as paper and pencil for drawing, calendars, clocks, pictures, and dolls to supplement their gestures and signs. Additional space may be needed to allow the Deaf person to physically pantomime what happened. Guidelines for Asking Questions to Deaf Persons with Limited or No Ability to Communicate in ASL The normal process by which attorneys and judges ask questions in a court of law will not usually work successfully with either of these types of Deaf persons. The following suggestions are designed to help attorneys or judges adapt their styles of asking questions to have the best likelihood of succeeding in eliciting successful answers from these types of Deaf parties and witnesses: • Keep questions brief and as specific as possible. For example, the Deaf person may not recognize or use any of the conventional ASL signs for the word detective. However, when permitted to act out the story of his arrest, the CDI may gesture the officer flashing his badge out from under his shirt. • Avoid vague or abstract questions. • Avoid double negatives. • Present questions in sequential time order of the actual series of events in question. Switching back and forth between or among verb tenses can hamper communication. • When the Deaf party or witness is unable to answer any other form of a question, the court should consider allowing leading questions. • The court should be prepared for and permit the interpreters to request clarification from counsel periodically throughout questioning. The interpreters may need to know what the situation looked like visually in order to communicate the concept to the witness. This may necessitate sidebar discussions or can be part of the open court record at the discretion of the trial judge. • The court should be prepared for the hearing interpreter to use a variety of vocal intonations when rendering the witness’ response in English. These inflections will correspond precisely to the tone and affect of the witness’ signed response.

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Instructions to the Jury When a Deaf Witness Who Has Limited or No Ability to Communicate in ASL Testifies

One characteristic of the communication style of these types of Deaf persons, i.e., nodding throughout any conversation, warrants special attention by the court. Judges should advise juries of the following: • When the Deaf witness nods, it is in no way an indication that he or she understands what is being communicated. It may merely indicate a willingness to continue the conversation. • Similarly, nodding is no way an indication that the Deaf person is answering “Yes” or “No.” • Ignore the nods and wait for the interpreters to render the complete response before drawing any inferences about what the witness said. How to Become a Legal Interpreter Legal interpreter translates spoken words from one language to another in legal settings, such as courtrooms and law offices. The work can be stressful, as interpreters need to keep pace with speakers, and their interpretations can have legal ramifications. Some interpreters have variable work hours, particularly those who are self-employed. Steps To Be a Legal Interpreter Step 1: Study a Foreign Language in High School Although it’s ideal to be raised multilingual, prospective legal interpreters can also develop the necessary language skills by learning at least one foreign language in high school, such as Chinese or Spanish. Consider learning a language that might be most in demand. Aspiring legal interpreters should also focus on English classes in high school, since their career relies on precision in this language as well. Step 2: Get a Bachelor’s Degree Many courts and other employers require that legal interpreters have a bachelor’s degree. Students don’t have to major in a foreign language, but it can be helpful. They can also benefit from choosing legal studies as a major or minor in order to learn the legal terminology required by the profession. Step 3: Receive Formal Training and Gain Experience Individuals interested in becoming legal interpreters can develop their skills through training programs and workshops offered through state courts and local or national interpreter associations. Some colleges also have training programs that teach legal interpreting skills. Most programs are certificate or associate degree programs, offering courses such as legal procedure and language, linguistics, and interpersonal communication. Some of these classes may be taken as part of or in conjunction with a bachelor’s degree program. Aspiring interpreters may also benefit from internships or volunteering to gain hands-on experience in their field. Step 4: Fulfill Court Requirements and Find Employment Most state courts mandate that legal interpreters pass a certification exam given by the court, a professional organization, or other agency. Many states recognize certification administered by the Consortium for Language Access in the Courts. Certification is also offered by the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators. Within the federal court system aspiring legal interpreters may find work as either certified interpreters, professionally qualified interpreters, or language skilled interpreters, depending on their professional credentials. Step 5: Seek Career Advancement Opportunities Experienced interpreters may consider pursuing supervisory positions or even starting their own firms. Individuals interested in becoming legal interpreters should have a bachelor’s degree in a foreign language, translation studies, or legal studies, and certification is typically required by the court system.

How Much Does an Interpreter Cost?

While translators work with the written word, interpreters focus on the spoken word. Professional speech interpreters frequently work in the business, healthcare, social work or judiciary fields, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Available for contract work such as guiding international travelers, interpreters may also interpret at conferences, legal trials or corporate events. Phone and video interpreting services have increased in popularity with the advancing technology. Typical costs: • Interpreting may take place in person, over the phone or via video phone. • In-person interpreters typically cost $50-$145 per hour. For example, American Language Services offers interpreters starting at $100 per hour (or $125 for sign language) and a two-hour minimum is required. • Phone interpreters typically cost $1.25-$3 per minute. Language Translation, Inc. offers a flat fee of $1.88 per minute for phone interpreting, for example. • Video interpreters typically range from $1.75 to $7 per minute. For instance, LifeLinks offers video interpreting from $2.25 per minute for any language and $2.95 for sign language. A 15-minute minimum is common for phone or video interpreting. What should be included: • Interpreters may specialize in languages ranging from French to Mandarin, and agencies should offer a number of qualified interpreters representing the majority of world languages. Sign-language interpreters are specially trained to relay speech to the hearing impaired, typically in American Sign Language. In-person interpreters should be booked several days to weeks in advance, depending on the agency. • Interpreter qualifications vary by state. For instance, Utah requires court interpreters to have some form of certification, but not for medical interpretation, according to the Utah Association of Professional Interpreters. Conference Interpreters may be active members of the International Association of Conference Interpreters. • Phone or video interpreters working with large call centers are typically available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No advance reservations are needed for this service.

Additional costs: • Travel time is typically billed extra, as an hourly rate or a set fee. For instance, interpreters working with the Utah Courts cost an additional 45 cents per mile or $40 per hour for travel outside of their county. • A two-hour minimum is common for in-person interpreters, so clients must pay extra if less than two hours of services are required. • It is common for sign language interpreters to switch off every 15 or 20 minutes, according to the Utah Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, because of the mental stamina required to interpret for long periods. Therefore, if an event is scheduled for longer than two hours, a second interpreter may be required. • Unless otherwise stated, international phone calls may incur additional charges on top of the phone interpreter’s fees. Shopping for an interpreter: • Search the online directory at the American Translator’s Association for a list of interpreting service companies and individuals. • The Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing offers a list of tips for working with a sign-language interpreter, both before and during an event.

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Why Therapy? - December 18th, 2022

Although there can be a stigma associated with paying an individual to listen to you, therapy actually has the potential to do wonders for a person’s mental health and overall sense of well-being.

In 2020, the National Institute of Mental Health estimated that approximately 52.9 million adults in the United States have a mental illness. Among these 52.9 million adults, 46.2% of them sought out mental health services. But WHY were all these people willing to pay mental health professionals for their services? The American Psychological Association (APA) suggests several reasons:

Mental health counseling can be an effective approach for treating an array of mental and behavioral health concerns such as anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorders.

The benefits of mental health counseling extend beyond the counseling session and even after the conclusion of one’s counseling services. For example, an individual with anxiety may learn coping exercises in-session to practice outside of the counseling room in their everyday lives. Another example would be an individual who wants help learning how to appropriately confront a boss at work. This client’s therapist could lead the client in a series of role-playing scenarios that the client could then practice out-side of the counseling session before confronting their boss.

Individuals who pursue mental health counseling typically do not experience harmful side effects. While it is true that verbalizing suppressed feelings and negative experiences can cause temporary unpleasant feelings, verbalizing one’s past hurts may be the gateway to healing and for finding the proper resources. For example, think of a student who was utilizing therapy with the purpose of increasing their self-esteem. After several sessions without much progress, this student disclosed to their therapist that they were being mistreated at school (ie. the negative experience), which in turn gave the therapist the opportunity to help their client be an advocate for themselves.  

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https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2012/08/psychotherapy-effective

https://www.amhca.org/HigherLogic/System/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFil eKey=24a27502-196e-b763-ff57-490a12f7edb1

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March 6th, 2019

Alex M. Azar II Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Scott Gottlieb Commissioner Food and Drug Administration

John Michael Mulvaney Director Office of Management and Budget

Sent via electronic mail

Re: FDA proposed rule banning electrical stimulation devices

Dear Secretary Azar, Commissioner Gottlieb and Director Mulvaney,

We the undersigned write to express our deep appreciation to see that the final rule for the proposed ban of electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) used to treat self-injurious or aggressive behavior has been placed on the Federal Drug Administration (FDA)’s Fall regulatory agenda. For nearly three years since the FDA initially released its Proposed Rule to ban these devices, and for almost five years since a panel of experts recommended that they be banned, children and adults with disabilities have continued to suffer from painful and dangerous electric shocks. We are relieved that the FDA finally plans to formally recognize what people with disabilities, disability advocates, researchers, psychiatrists and psychologists, families, and the United Nations have long known: these are devices of torture and abuse, and their use must end. We are pleased to see that the agency intends to take action in the coming year to end this abuse.

We further wish to reiterate what we expect from the final rule: a complete, immediate ban of the use of ESDs for behavior modification. In recognition of the severe harm these devices inflict, and in light of the abundant evidence the FDA has reviewed, we do not believe any sort of “phase-down” period or any form of “grandfathering” is warranted. Given the extensive time the FDA has taken to develop the final rule, as detailed below, we urge that it be released in its final form by the 5th anniversary of the panel–April 24th, 2019. Following the issuance of the rule, we expect the FDA to take prompt action to enforce the ban and ensure the safety and well-being of individuals known to have been subject to ESDs. Secretary Azar and Commissioner Gottlieb, we ask that you devote any and all resources necessary to swiftly review comments and finalize the rule with an immediate effective date and no further delays. Additionally, we call on the White House to take all steps necessary to ensure that the rule is expeditiously finalized and released.

As you know, concerned citizens and advocacy organizations first wrote to the FDA in March 2010 and again in January 2013, urging that the FDA ban these dangerous and unnecessary devices. In addition, in December 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a letter making clear that use of the graduated electronic decelerator device, and other Level III aversive techniques, is prohibited for individuals receiving Medicaid-funded home and community-based services. Advocates met with FDA representatives in April 2013. A year later, on April 24, 2014, the FDA held a day-long hearing and convened an advisory panel to seek scientific and clinical expert opinion on the risks and benefits associated with other treatment options, the risks and benefits of ESDs for aversive conditioning, and on whether these devices present a substantial and unreasonable risk of illness or injury. The FDA additionally solicited public comment, and deliberated for a full two years before announcing on April 22, 2016 that it had determined that these devices present an unreasonable and substantial risk of illness or injury that cannot be corrected or eliminated by labeling. Despite having had multiple public comment periods related to the device, FDA allowed an extension of the comment period on the proposed rule from a deadline of May 25 to July 25, 2016. It has now been over thirty months since that comment period ended.

The FDA is mandated to protect the health and safety of these individuals and must not delay further.We appreciate the swift action the FDA has taken under Commissioner Gottlieb’s leadership on many products which threaten the health and well being of Americans, particularly young people. Just this past month, the FDA warned against the potential dangers of teething necklaces and jewelry productssometimes used by autistic people for sensory regulation. We urge you to treat this matter with the same urgency. In the nine years since this issue was raised to the FDA, some of our nation’s most vulnerable people have been subjected to unbearably painful electric shock for such harmless behaviors as getting out of one’s seat, interrupting, whispering, slouching, swearing, or failing to maintain a neat appearance. As the proposed rule recognizes, disabled children and adults are experiencing dramatic short and long term effects from this abusive treatment every day. They cannot afford to wait any longer. We the undersigned urge HHS and the White House to prioritize and take all actions necessary to ensure this critical rule is immediately finalized and implemented.

If you have any questions about this letter, please contact Julia Bascom of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network at [email protected], or 205-558-4894.

Sincerely,

A Better Life, LLC

ACHIEVA

ACCSES

Access Living

ADAPT

ADAPT DC Metro

ADAPT Chicago

ADAPT Georgia

ADAPT Kansas

ADAPT NY

ADAPT Montana

ADAPT Utah

The Advocacy Institute

Advocates

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Alliance for Citizen Directed Supports

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Allies for Independence

American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry

AAPD

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

American Association on Health and Disability

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

American Foundation for the Blind

American Network of Community Options and Resources

American Occupational Therapy Association

Autism Science Foundation

The Arc Arapahoe and Douglas

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Architects of Diversity

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Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living

Association of University Centers on Disabilities

AutCom

Autism Society of America

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Autism Women’s Network

Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Blue Peaks Developmental Services

Boston Center for Independent Living

Brain Injury Association of America

Broadreach Training and Resources, Ltd.

Camphill Soltane

Caldwell Family Services Inc.

California Down Syndrome Advocacy Coalition

Cal-TASH

Center for Behavioral Education and Research, University of Connecticut

Center for Disability Rights

Center for Public Representation

Center on Human Policy, Syracuse University

Central Wisconsin ADAPT

Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey

Chattanooga Autism Center

Children’s Freedom Initiative

Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination

Colorado Bluesky Enterprises, Inc.

Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition

Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council

Community Connections, Inc.

Community Link

Community Options, Inc.

Community Outreach

Community Systems, Inc.

The Coordinating Center

The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc.

The Council on Quality and Leadership

Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council

Dept. of Counseling and Special Education, Virginia Commonwealth Univ.

Different Dream Living

Disability Health Access

Disability Inclusion Guild

Disability Law Center- MA

Disability Law Center of Virginia

Disability Law Center of Alaska

Disability Policy Consortium

Disability Power & Pride

Disability Rights Center

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Disability Rights North Carolina

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Diverse City Press, Inc.

Down Syndrome Alliance of the Midlands

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Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee

Down Syndrome Association of West Michigan

Down Syndrome Awareness Group of East Tennessee

Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area

Easterseals

Education Advocacy Coalition

Endless Possibilities In The Community

Epilepsy Foundation

Equip for Equality

Exceptional Parent Magazine

Families of Children on the Autism Spectrum (FOCAS)

Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc.

Family Voices

Frontier Community Services

Gail Jacob and Associates

Georgia Advocacy Office

Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities

Governor’s Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens (GACEC)

HIGH IMPACT Mission-based Consulting & Training

Hills & Dales Child Development Center

Hope House Foundation

Human Services Research Institute

I CAN Missouri Foundation

Imagine

Inclusion Innovations

Independent Environments, Inc.

Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston

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InVision Human Services

Jannirose JOY LLC

Japanese Speaking Parents Association of Children with Challenges

Job Path, Inc.

Kentucky Association of Private Providers (KAPP)

Kentucky Protection and Advocacy Division

Keystone Human Services

Kern Down Syndrome Network

Koinonia Homes, Inc.

L’Arche Syracuse

Lakeshore Foundation

The Learning Community for Person Centered Practices, Inc.

Liberty Resources Inc.

LifeShare

Linda H. Rammler, Consultants

Living Well Disability Service

Lutheran Services in America Disability Network

Marbridge Foundation

Maryland Association of Community Services

Maryland Coalition of Families

Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education

Mental Health America

Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community

Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service

Mosaic

M-POWER

National Leadership Consortium on Development Disabilities

National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals

National Alliance on Mental Illness

National Alliance for Mental Illness – Greater Boston Consumer Advocacy Network

NAACP

National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities

National Association of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND)

National Association of State Directors for Developmental Disabilities Services

National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NADSE)

National Association of the Deaf (NAD)

National Association of State Head Injury Administrators

National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery

National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care

National Council on Independent Living

National Disability Rights Network

National Down Syndrome Congress

National Down Syndrome Society

National Empowerment Center

National LGBTQ Task Force

National Rehabilitation Association

Native American Disability Law Center

Neighbours, Inc

NorthStar Supported Living Services, Inc.

Not Dead Yet

Occupy the Judge Rotenberg Center

Oklahoma Community-based Providers, Inc.

Ollibean

Options in Community Living, Inc.

Orange Grove Center

Oregon Resource Association (ORA)

Oregon Supported Living Program

Parent 2 Parent USA

Parents of Adults with Disabilities in Colorado

Pastoral Ministry with Persons with Disabilities

Play to Learn…Learn to Play, Inc.

Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities – SC

Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities

Queerability

Research and Training Center on Community Living, University of Minnesota

The Resource Exchange, Inc.

Respect ABILITY Law Center

RISE Services, Inc.

Riverside Training Centers, Inc.

Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association

Second Thoughts MA: Disability Rights Advocates against Assisted Suicide

SEEC

Shared Support Maryland, Inc.

Southeastern Developmental Services

Southern Arizona Network for Down Syndrome

Spaulding Support Services

Starpoint

Statewide Independent Living Council of Alaska

Sunshine Social Club

Support, Inc.

Syntiro

TASH

TASH New England

Teaching Learners with Multiple Needs/Ahern TEC

The THRIVE Network

Topeka Independent Living Resource Center

Transition Consults, LLC

UMKC Institute for Human Development

Unbound Books Autism Acceptance Library

United Cerebral Palsy

United Spinal Association

Uplift, Inc.

Values Into Action, NJ

Values Into Action, PA

Velocardiofacial Syndrome Texas, Inc.

Vision for Equality

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Washington Metro Disabled Students Collective

Western Massachusetts Recovery Learning Community

Wings to Fly Therapy and Play Center

Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities

Wisconsin Upside Down

Cc: Jeffrey Shuren Director Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Roger Severino Director Office of Civil Rights

Lance Robertson Administrator Administration on Community Living

Neomi Rao Administrator Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

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Suicide Hotlines

I know with this being a global community we all know people from all over. I’m choosing to share this here since I have a friend at work from Jamaica who still has friends and family there, one of which is seriously talking about suicide. I’m choosing to share all the hotline numbers I’ve been able to find so if someone needs help you can find it. Do Not Give Up! You are Loved! I was going to put this list under a read more but I changed my mind. Numbers obtained from this site: http://www.suicidestop.com/call_a_hotline.html

Algeria

Hotline: 0021 3983 2000 58

Argentina

Centro de Valorizacion de la Vida Samaritanos

Hotline: 054 022 3493 0430

Hotline E-mail:[email protected]

Centro de Atencíon al Familiar del Suicida

Hotline: (054-011) 4758 2554

S.O.S. Un Amigo Anonimo

Hotline: (054 011) 4783 8888

Teléfono de la Esperanza

Hotline: 902 500 002

Programa de Prevención, Atención y Posvención del Suicidio

Hotline: (054 011) 4664 1936

Armenia

Trust Social Work and Sociological Research Centre

Hotline: (2) 538194 / (2) 538197

Australia

The Samaritans, Subiaco

Hotline: 08 9381 5555

Youth Hotline: 08 9388 2500

Toll free number: 1800 198 313

Lifelink Samaritans

Hotline: 03 63 31 3355

E-mail: [email protected]

Samaritans of Albany, WA

Hotline: 08 98 422776

Lifeline Australia

Hotline: 13 11 14

Austria

Rat auf Draht

Hotline: 147

Other

Hotline: 01713 3374

Bahamas

The Crisis Centre

Hotline: 328-0922, 322-4999

National Hotline

Helpline: 322-2763

Bahrain

Helpline: 0097 161 199 188

Helpline: 0097 161 199 260

Helpline: 0097 161 199 191

Helpline: 0097 161 199 334

Bangladesh

Kaan Pete Roi

Helpline (Grameenphone): 01779554391, 01779554392

Helpline (Airtel): 01688709965, 01688709966

Helpline (Banglalink): 01985275286

Helpline (Robi): 01852035634

Barbados

Samaritans of Barbados

Helpline: (246) 4299999

Email: [email protected]

Belgium

Tele-Onthaal

Helpline: 106

Le Centre de Prévention du Suicide

Helpline: 0800 32 123

Awel

Youth Helpline : 102

Vlaams Expertisecentrum Suïcidepreventie

Helpline: 1813

Bolivia

Telefono de la Esperanza

Hotline (Cochabamba) : (00 591 4) 4 25 42 42

Hotline Email: [email protected]

Hotline (La Paz) : 75288084

Hotline Email: [email protected]

Botswana

Lifeline

Helpline: 3911270

Brazil

CVV Sao Paulo - National Association

Hotline: 55 11 31514109 Hotline: (16) 636 4111

Hotline: (91) 3223-0074 Hotline: (71) 244 6936

Hotline: (31) 334-4111 Hotline: (93) 522-0050

Hotline: (65) 321 4111 Hotline: (11) 4972 4111

Hotline: (41) 342 4111 Hotline: (13) 234 4111

Hotline: (85) 3465-1010 Hotline: (11) 448 4111

Hotline: (62) 223 4041 Hotline: (11) 744 4111

Hotline: (83) 241 4111 Hotline: (16) 272 4111

Hotline: (84) 3 221 4111 Hotline: (21) 2604-4332

Hotline: (51) 224 6111 Hotline: (17) 233 4111

Hotline: (21) 233 9191 Hotline: (12) 321 4111

Hotline: (21) 236 0536 Hotline: (41) 3381-5986

Hotline: (27) 223 4111 Hotline: (11) 247 4111

Hotline: (19) 460 4111 Hotline: (11) 5754111

Hotline: (16) 236 4111 Hotline: (11) 6197-4111

Hotline: (31) 444 1818 Hotline: (11) 577 4111

Hotline: 47 329 4111 Hotline: (11) 825 4111

Hotline: (61) 326 4111 Hotline: (11) 3242-4111

Hotline: (83) 321-4441 Hotline: (11) 883 4111

Hotline: (19) 272-7777 Hotline: (15) 232 4111

Hotline: +55 (67) 383 4112 Hotline: (12) 233-4111

Hotline: (48) 422 4111 Hotline: (21) 2208-9898

Hotline: (16) 3721-4111 Hotline: (34) 3317-4111

Hotline: (11) 6440-4111 Hotline: (34) 3212-7583

Hotline: (19) 451 4111 Hotline: (24) 3343-7666

Hotline: (11) 7782 4111 Hotline: (13) 3467 4111

Hotline: (21) 2613-4141 Hotline: (43) 3356-411

Hotline: (51) 3065-4111 Hotline: (081) 3231-4141

Hotline: (19) 422 4111 Hotline: (81) 3421-7311

Hotline: (24) 3360-9685

AMA - Porto Alegre

Hotline: +55 51 211 2888

Hotline: (055) 222 6811

CVV

Hotline: 188

Bulgaria

Sofia Hotline

Hotline: 0035 9249 17 223

Other

Hotline : 981 76 86

Hotline: 958 50 00

Hotline: 073 177

Hotline: 936 24 44

Hotline: 946 11 56

Canada

Distress Centres Ontario

Hotline: +1 (905) 688 3711

Hotline: 905 734 1212 / 905 382 0689

Hotline: +1 (905) 459 7777

Hotline: 1 800 465 4442

Hotline: +1 (905) 433 1121

Hotline: +1 (416) 247 5426

Hotline: 1 888 371 8485

Hotline: +1 (416) 636 9610

Hotline: +1 (905) 525 8611

Hotline: +1 (519) 667-6711

Hotline: +1 (905) 877-1211

Hotline: +1 (905) 849 4541

Hotline: +1 (613) 238 3311

Hotline: +1 (613) 741 6433

Hotline: 1 800 567 9699

Hotline: +1 (905) 278 7208

Hotline: +1 (519) 336 3000

Hotline: +1 (416) 408 4357

Hotline: +1 (519) 745 1166

Hotline: +1 (519) 821 3760

Hotline: +1 (519) 256-5000

Hotline: +1 (613) 544 1771

Suicide Action Montreal

Hotline: (514) 723 4000

Chimo Helpline Inc.

Hotline: Fredericton Area: 450-HELP (4357)

Hotline: Toll free provincial helpline: 1-800-667-5005

Distress Line of Southwestern Alberta (Canada)

Hotline: 403 327 7905

Trans Lifeline

Hotline: (877) 565-8860

Cape Verde

Hotline (Int): nil

Central African Republic

Hotline (Int): nil

Chad

Hotline (Int): nil

Chile

Teléfono de la Esperanza

Hotline: (00 56 42) 22 12 00

China

Beijing Suicide Research and Prevention Center Hotline

Hotline: Free: 0800-810-1117

Hotline: Mobile/IP/extension users: 010-8295-1332

Lifeline Shanghai

Hotline: (21) 63798990

Lifeline Yanji

Hotline: (0433) 273 9595

Colombia

Telefono de la Esperanza

Hotline (Barranquilla): (00 57 5) 372 27 27

Hotline Email: [email protected]

Hotline (Bogota): (57-1) 323 24 25

Hotline Email: [email protected]

Hotline (Medellin): (00 57 4) 284 66 00

Hotline Email: [email protected]

Hotline (San Juan de Pasto): 3016326701

Hotline Email: [email protected]

Costa Rica

Hotline: 506-253-5439

Cote d'Ivoire

Hotline (Int): nil

Croatia

Plavi Telefon

Hotline: (01) 4833-888

Cuba

Hotline: 532 348 14 49

Cyprus

Cyprus Samaritans

Hotline: +357 77 77 72 67

Hotline: 0809 1122 / Military 2345

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Czech Republic

Modrá Linka

Hotline: +420 549241010

Hotline: +420 608902401

Linka bezpečí

Hotline: 116 111

Pražská linka důvěry

Hotline: 222 580 697

Linka důvěry Ostrava

Hotline: 596 618 908

Hotline: 737 267 939

Linka duševní tísně Most

Hotline: 476 701 444

Skype: ldt.most

Linka důvěry DKC

Hotline: 241 484 149

Skype: ld_dkc

Linka bezpečí

Hotline: 116111 (děti a mládež)

Other

Prague Hotline: 004 202 460 80 718

Denmark

Livslinien

Hotline: +45 70 201 201

Djibouti

Hotline (Int): nil

Dominica

Hotline: 333 (Emergency)

Dominican Republic

Hotline (Int): nil

Ecuador

Telefono De La Esperanza

Hotline: 593 2 6000 477

Hotline: (593) 2 2923327

Hotline Email: [email protected]

East Timor

Hotline (Int): nil

Egypt

Befrienders Cairo

Hotline: 762 1602/3

Hotline: 762 2381

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

El Salvador

Hotline: 911 / 132 (Emergency)

Equatorial Guinea

Hotline (Int): nil

Eritrea

Hotline (Int): nil

Estonia

Eluliin (Estonian Lifeline)

Hotline: +372 6558088

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

USALDUS

Hotline: 126

Hotline: 127

Ethiopia

Hotline: 911 (Emergency)

Fiji

Ba Methodist Lifeline Counselling Service

Hotline: (0679) 670565

Wesley Church Counselling Services (Lifeline)

Hotline: (0679) 302998

Finland

Itsemurhien ehkäisykeskus, SOS - palvelu

Hotline: 09-731391

Hotline: 040-5032199

Suomen Mielenterveysseura

Hotline: 01019 5202

France

SOS Help

Hotline: 01 46 21 46 46

S.O.S Amitié

Hotline: 01 42 96 26 26

Suicide Ecoute

Hotline: 01 45 39 40 00

E.P.E. idF. Fil Sante Jeunes

Hotline: 0800 235 236

Fédération S.O.S Amitié France

Hotline: (+33) (0)1 40 09 15 22

Gabon

Hotline (Int): nil

Gambia

Hotline 117 / 116 (Emergency)

Georgia

Hotline (Int): nil

Germany

British Armed Forces Link (Germany)

Hotline: 0800 181 0771 (to Samaritans)

Hotline: 0800 181 0772 (to Samaritans)

International Helpline Berlin

Hotline: 030-44 01 06 07

Hotline: Russian service: 030-44 01 06 06

Telefonseelsorge Deutschland

Hotline: 0800 1110 111

Hotline: 0800 1110 222

Nummer gegen Kummer

Hottline (adults): 0800 111 0 550

Hotline (children): 0800 111 0 333

Ghana

Lifeline

Hotline: 2332 444 71279

Greece

Klimaka NGO

Hotline: 1018

Grenada

Hotline: 911 (Emergency)

Guatemala

Hotline: nil

Guinea

Hotline: 122 (Emergency)

Guinea-Bissau

Hotline: 112 (Emergency)

Guyana

Guyana Inter-agency Suicide Prevention Hotline

Telephone numbers (+592) 223-0001, 223-0009, 600-7896, 623-4444 Email: [email protected] BBM PINS: 2BE55649, 2BE56020 Twitter: guyanaagency, WhatsApp: +592-600-7896, 592- 623-4444 FaceBook: Guyana Interagency Suicide Prevention Help Line

Haiti

Hotline: 114 / 116 (Emergency)

Honduras

Hotline: 504-237-3623

Hong Kong

The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong

Hotline: 2389 2222

The Samaritans Hong Kong

Hotline: 2896 0000

Hungary

T.E.S. Miskolc

Hotline: (46) 323 888

SOS Telefon Lelkisegely Alapitvany

Hotline: (62) 420 111

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Magyar Lelki Elsősegély Telefonszolgálatok Szövetségével

Hotline: 116 123

[email protected]

Kek Vonal

Hotline: 116-111

Iceland

Hotline: 1717

India

Lifeline Foundation

Hotline: +91 33 2474 4704

Hotline: +91 33 2474 5886

Hotline: 2474 5255

Fortis Healthcare Helpline (open 24hrs a day)

Hotline: +91 83 7680 4102

AASRA

Hotline: +91 22 2754 6669

Hotline Email: [email protected]

MAITREYI

Hotline: +91-413-339999

ROSHNI

Hotline: +91 40 7904646

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Saath

Hotline: +91 79 2630 5544

Hotline: +91 79 2630 0222

SNEHA

Hotline: +91 (0) 44 2464 0050

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

The Samaritans Sahara

Hotline: +91-22-2307 3451

Sumaitri

Hotline: 2338 9090

MAITHRI - Cochin

Hotline: +91 239 6272

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Indonesia

Hotline: 500-454

Government Hotline: 119

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Jakarta

Suicide Hotline Squad on duty:

+62 813 14988214 (Alif)

+62 812 87877479 (Bibi)

+62 812 90704035 (Bondhan)

+62 822 46514726 (Novia)

+62 812 85651224 (Sabillah)

Jawa Barat

Suicide Hotline Squad on duty:

+62 822 46033788 (Ana)

+62 813 12011131 (Ilyas)

+62 813 88818145 (Marsha)

+62 821 37453862 (Tika)

Jawa Timur

Suicide Hotline Squad on duty:

+62 813 33512967 (Rosa)

+62 813 36388728 (Vini)

+62 812 26436448 (Michael)

+62 822 32048659 (Maria)

+62 821 39237856 (Liyah)

Jawa Tengah

Suicide Hotline Squad on duty:

+62 812 216388199 (Dias)

+62 812 16388283 (Ega)

+62 812 31319448 (Lusi)

+62 812 25828826 (Dini)

+62 812 91081619 (Arin)

Iran

Hotline: 00989127181037

Iraq

Hotline: 112 / 911 (Emergency)

Ireland

Samaritans UK & ROI

Hotline: +44 (0) 8457 90 90 90 (UK - local rate)

Hotline: +44 (0) 8457 90 91 92 (UK minicom)

Hotline: 1850 60 90 90 (ROI local rate)

Hotline: 1850 60 90 91 (ROI minicom)

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Pieta House

-In Ballyfermot

Phone: 01-6235606

-In Cork

Phone: 021-4341400

-In Finglas

Phone: 01-8140774

-In Kerry

Phone: 066-7163660

-In Lucan

Phone: 01-6010000

-In Midwest

Phone: 061-484444

-In Roscrea

Phone: 0505-22568

-In Tallaght

Phone: 087-9368633/01-6200020

-In West

Phone: 093-25586

Israel

"ERAN" (-ï"øò)

Hotline: 1201

Hotline abroad: 972-9-8891333

Hotline abroad: 972-76-8844400

Italy

Samaritans - ONLUS

Hotline: 800 86 00 22

Telefono Amico Italia

Hotline: 199 284 284

Telefono Azzurro

19696

Jamaica

Hotline:1-888-429-KARE (5273)

Japan

Befrienders International, Tokyo

Hotline: +81 (0) 3 5286 9090

BI Suicide Prevention Centre, Osaka

Hotline: +81 (0) 6 4395 4343

Tell Lifeline

Hotline: Counselling: 03 5774 0992

Hotline: Face to Face: 03 3498 0231

Jordan

Hotline: Amman: 0096 262 508 900

0096 262 508 902

0096 262 508 903

0096 262 508 904

0096 262 508 939

0096 262 508 941

Kazakhstan

Hotline (Int): nil

Kenya

Befrienders Kenya

Hotline: 020 2051323

SMS: 00254 707 633 692, 00254 733 656 262, 00254 775 388 222

Kiribati

Hotline (Int): nil

Korea North

Hotline (Int): nil

Korea South

Hotline (Int): nil

Kosovo

Hotline (Int): nil

Kuwait

Hotline (Int): nil

Kyrgyzstan

Hotline (Int): nil

Laos

Hotline (Int): nil

Latvia

Skalbes

371 67222922

371 27722292

Lebanon

Hotline: 1564 [12 pm (noon) to 2 am]

Lesotho

Hotline (Int): nil

Liberia

Lifeline Liberia

Hotline: 6534308

Libya

Hotline (Int): nil

Liechtenstein

Hotline (Int): nil

Lithuania

Vaikų linija (Child line)

Hotline: 116 111

Jaunimo linija (Youth line)

Hotline: 8 800 28888

Vilties linija (Hope line)

Hotline: 116 123

[email protected]

Pagalbos moterims linija (Women’s line)

Hotline: 8 800 66366

[email protected]

Linija Doverija (Support for Russian-speaking clients)

Hotline: 8 800 77277

Luxembourg

SOS Détresse – Hëllef iwwer Telefon

Hotline: 454545

Macedonia

Hotline (Int): nil

Madagascar

Hotline (Int): nil

Malawi

Hotline (Int): nil

Malaysia

Befrienders Malacca

Hotline: (06) 284 2500

Befrienders Penang

Hotline: (04) 281 5161

Hotline: (04) 281 1108

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

The Befrienders Kuala Lumpur

Hotline: (03) 7956 8144

Hotline: (03) 7956 8145

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Befrienders Ipoh

Hotline: (05) 547 7933

Hotline: (05) 547 7599

Befrienders Seremban

Hotline: 06 7653588

Hotline: 06 7653589

Lifeline Association of Malaysia

Hotline: (063) 92850039

Hotline: (063) 92850279

Hotline: (063) 92850049

Maldives

Hotline (Int): nil

Mali

Hotline (Int): nil

Malta

Appogg Supportline 179

Hotline: 179

Marshall Islands

Hotline (Int): nil

Martinique

Hotline: 112 (Emergency)

Mauritania

Hotline (Int): nil

Mauritius

Befrienders, Mauritius

Hotline: 46 48 889

Hotline: 800 93 93

Mexico

Hotline: 525-510-2550

Programa Salvemos Una Vida - 9453777

SAPTEL - 018004727835

Micronesia

Hotline (Int): nil

Moldova

Hotline (Int): nil

Monaco

Hotline (Int): nil

Mongolia

Hotline (Int): nil

Montenegro

Hotline (Int): nil

Morocco

Centre d'Etude et de Prévention du Suicide

Hotline: 022 382 42 42

Sourire de Reda (Befrienders Casablanca)

Hotline: 212 (5) 22 87 47 40

Hotline: 212 (6) 62 58 95 70

Mozambique

Hotline (Int): nil

Myanmar (Burma)

Hotline (Int): nil

Namibia

Hotline (Int): nil

Nauru

Hotline (Int): nil

Nepal

Hotline (Int): nil

The Netherlands

British Armed Forces Link (Netherlands)

Hotline: 0602 222 88 (to Samaritans)

Foundation 113Online

Hotline: 0900-113 0 113

New Zealand

National Depression Initiative

Hotline: 0800 111 757

SMS: 5626

[email protected]

Youthline

Hotline: 0800 376633

SMS: 234

[email protected]

Lifeline Auckland

Hotline: (09) 522 2999

Marlborough

Hotline: (03) 578 2333

Wairarapa

Hotline: (06) 379 8442

Lifeline National Office

Hotline: (64) 03 353 1136

Lifeline Christchurch

Hotline: (03) 366 6743

Otago

Hotline: (03) 474 9111

Waikato

Hotline: (07) 838 0719

Southland

Hotline: (03) 214 4889

Nelson

Hotline: (03) 546 8899

Taranaki

Hotline: (06) 758 6333

Hawkes Bay

Hotline: (06) 835 3300

South Canterbury

Hotline: (03) 684 4666

Whangarei

Hotline: (09) 437 5055

Samaritans Hutt Valley (inc)

Hotline: (04) 586 1048

Samaritans of Manawatu Inc.

Hotline: (06) 358 2442

Rotorua Lifelink/Youthline

Hotline: (07) 348 0567

Hotline: (7) 348 0566

Hotline: (7) 348 0565

Samaritans of Tauranga

Hotline: (07) 578 1002

Samaritans of Wanganui

Hotline: (06) 345 5090

Samaritans of Wellington

Hotline: (04) 473 9739

Samaritans of Horowhenua

Hotline: (06) 368 2122

Nicaragua

Hotline: 505-268-6171

Niger

Hotline (Int): nil

Nigeria

Hotline (Int): nil

Norway

Kirkens SOS i Norge (Landssekretariatet)

Hotline: +47 815 33 300

Oman

Hotline (Int): nil

Pakistan

Hotline: 15 / 115 (Emergency)

Palau

Hotline (Int): nil

Palestinian State*

Hotline (Int): nil

Panama

Hotline (Int): nil

Papua New Guinea

Hotline (Day time only): 675 326 0011

Paraguay

Hotline (Int): nil

Peru

Hotline (Int): nil

The Philippines

Manila Lifeline Centre

Hotline: (02) 8969191

Hotline: Mobile phone: 0917 854 9191

Poland

Olsztynski Telefon Zaufania 'Anonimowy Przyjaciel

Hotline: 52 70 000

Hotline: 52 70 988

Fundacja Dzieci Niczyje

Hotline: 116 111

Portugal

Voz de Apoio

Hotline: (+351) 225 50 60 70

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Telefone SOS Palavra Amiga

Hotline: (232) 42 42 82

Linha SOS-Estudante

Hotline: (808) 200 204

Telefone da Amizade Porto

Hotline: 22 832 35 35

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Qatar

Hotline (Int): nil

Romania

Romanian Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Alianţa Română de Prevenţie a Suicidului)

Hotline: 0800 801 200

Website: http://www.antisuicid.com

Email: [email protected]

Russia

Samaritans (Cherepovets)

Hotline: 007 (8202) 577-577

Youth Crisis Line

Hotline: (7) 0942 224 621

Rwanda

Hotline (Int): nil

St. Kitts & Nevis

Hotline: 911 (Emergency)

St. Lucia

Hotline: 452 -5433 / 458-2433

St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Hotline (Int): nil

Samoa

SRCE Novi Sad

Hotline: (+381) 21-6623-393

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Linja Telefonike e Ndihmës (KOAPS)

Hotline: (044) 08080

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

SOS Telephone

Hotline: 037 23 025

San Marino

Hotline (Int): nil

Sao Tome & Principe

Hotline (Int): nil

Saudi Arabia

Psychological Counseling Contact Center

Hotline: 920 03 33 60

Hotline: 112 / 911 (Emergency)

Senegal

Hotline (Int): nil

Serbia

SRCE Novi Sad

Hotline: (+381) 21-6623-393

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Linja Telefonike e Ndihmës (KOAPS)

Hotline: (044) 08080

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

SOS Telephone

Hotline: 037 23 025

Centar Srce

Hotline: 0800 300 303

[email protected]

Seychelles

Hotline (Int): nil

Sierra Leone

Hotline (Int): nil

Singapore

Samaritans of Singapore

Hotline: 1800- 221 4444

Slovakia

Linka detskej istoty

Hotline: 0800 – 112 112

Slovenia

Hotline (Int): nil

Solomon Islands

Hotline (Int): nil

Somalia

Hotline (Int): nil

South Africa

Childline South Africa

Hotline: 08000 55 555

Befrienders South Africa

Hotline: 051 444 5691

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Befrienders Botshabelo

Hotline: + 27 (0) 51 532 1100

Befrienders Setshabelo

Hotline: 051 430 3555

Befrienders Kwa Nobuhle

Hotline: +27 (0) 41 977 3003

Befrienders Mitchell's Plain

Hotline: +27 (0) 21 371 1481

Befrienders Uitenhage

Hotline: +27 (0) 41 922 0068

Befrienders Umkomaas

Hotline: +27 (0) 39 979 5741

Befrienders Bloemfontein

Hotline: 051 444 5000

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Lifeline Southern Africa

Hotline: 0861 322 322

The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG)

Hotline: 0800 567 567

SMS: 31393

South Korea

Love-Line (Sarang - Jonwha) Counselling Centre

Hotline: (2) 715 8600

Hotline: (2) 716 8600

Hotline: (2) 717 8600

Hotline: (2) 718 8600

Cheju

Hotline: (064) 52 9191

Choongju

Hotline: (0441) 847-9191

Chunju

Hotline: (0652) 86-9191

Inchon

Hotline: (032) 421 9191

Puchon

Hotline: (032) 663-9191

Pohang

Hotline: (0562) 72-9191

Koyang

Hotline: (0344) 915-9191

Kimhae

Hotline: (0525) 21-9191

Ulsan

Hotline: (0522) 67-9191

Pusan

Hotline: (051) 807-9191

Lifeline National Office

Hotline: (82) 51 804 0896

West Seoul Saengmyung Eui Chunhwa

Hotline: (81) 2 2649 9232/4

Seoul

Hotline: (02) 916-9191

Taegu

Hotline: (053) 475-9191

Taejon

Hotline: (042) 254-9191

South Sudan

Hotline (Int): nil

Spain

Teléfono de la Esperanza

Hotline: 902500002

St. Vincent

Hotline: (784) 456 1044

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Sumithrayo - Bandarawela

Hotline: 011 057 2222662

Sri Lanka Sumithrayo - Colombo

Hotline: 011 2692 909

Hotline: 011 2 683 555

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Sri Lanka Sumithrayo - Panduwasnuwara

Hotline: 037 2291718

Sri Lanka Sumithrayo - Kandy

Hotline: (081) 2234 806

Sri Lanka Sumithrayo - Matale

Hotline: 066 2223521

Sri Lanka Sumithrayo - Panadura

Hotline: (038) 2235291

Sri Lanka Sumithrayo - Colombo South

Hotline: 011 401 094

Hotline: 011 4 404 536

Sri Lanka Sumithrayo 'Mel Medura'

Hotline: 011 2694665

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Sudan

Befrienders Khartoum

Hotline: (249) 11-555-253

Suriname

Hotline (Int): nil

Swaziland

Hotline (Int): nil

Sweden

Nagon att tala med Samaritans

Hotline: (46) 31 711 2400

Nationella Hjälplinjen

Hotline: 020 22 00 60

Switzerland

La Main Tendue

Hotline: 143

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

PARSPAS

Hotline: +41 (0) 27 321 21 21

Syria

Hotline (Int): nil

Taiwan

Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center

Hotline: 0800 788 995

[email protected]

Taiwan Lieline International

Hotline: 1995

Tajikistan

Hotline (Int): nil

Tanzania

Hotline (Int): nil

Thailand

Samaritans of Thailand

Hotline: (02) 713-6793

E-mail Helpline: [email protected]

Samaritans of Chiang Mai

Hotline: (53) 225 977/8

Togo

Hotline (Int): nil

Tonga

Lifeline Tonga

Hotline: 23000

Hotline: 25144

Trinidad & Tobago

Lifeline

Hotline: (868) 645 2800 / 645 6616

Families in Action

24-Hour Hotline: 628-2333

ChildLine

24-Hour Hotline: 131 or 800-4321

Tunisia

Hotline (Int): nil

Turkey

Emergency Hotline: 182

Turkmenistan

Hotline (Int): nil

Tuvalu

Hotline (Int): nil

Uganda

Hotline: 0800 200 600 (Mon. - Fri, 8am to 7pm)

Ukraine

Telephone of confidence "Stavropyghion-058" Lviv

Hotline: 058

Odessa Confidence Telephone Service

Hotline: 0487 327715

Hotline: 0482 226565

United Arab Emirates

Hotline: 800 46342 (For Indian Expats)

Other: nil

United Kingdom

Samaritans UK & ROI

Hotline: 116123 (free call from mobile and landline)

Hotline: +44 (0) 8457 90 90 90 (UK - local rate)

Hotline: +44 (0) 8457 90 91 92 (UK minicom)

Hotline: 1850 60 90 90 (ROI - local rate)

Hotline: 1850 60 90 91 (ROI minicom)

HOPELineUK (for under 35 yrs)

Hotline: 0800 068 41 41

SMS: 07786 209697

Get Connected (for under 25 yrs)

Hotline: 0808 808 4994

SMS: 80849

Rehab 4 Addiction (Addiction Helpline - open 24/7)

Hotline: 0800 140 4690

Mobile: 0345 222 3508

International: +44 345 222 3508

United States of America

Suicide.org

Hotline: 1-800-784-2433

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

The Trevor Project (LGBT)

Hotline: 1 866 488 7386

International Suicide Prevention

Hotline: 702 743 4340

Hopline

Hotline: 919 231 4525

Hotline: 1 877 235 4525

Trans Lifeline

Hotline: (877) 565-8860

Crisis Text Line

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Uruguay

Hotline (Int): nil

Uzbekistan

Hotline (Int): nil

Vanuatu

Hotline (Int): nil

Vatican City (Holy See)

Hotline (Int): nil

Venezuela

Telefono de la Esperanza

Hotline: 0241-8433308

Vietnam

Hotline (Int): nil

Yemen

Hotline (Int): nil

Zambia

Hotline (Int): nil

Zimbabwe

National Council of Samaritans

Hotline: (9) 650 00

Harare Samaritans

Hotline: (4) 726 468 - (4) 722 000

Hotline: Toll-free: 080 12 333 333

The Samaritans

Hotline: (20) 635 59

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Rape Definition & Resources

TW: Rape.

Anon who sent me a message recently about rape: I can’t post your ask. What you described meets the criteria for rape. Rape occurs when one person engages in a sexual act with another person against their will. Rape can include physical force, but it doesn’t always. Rape can also occur when the victim is coerced, manipulated, threatened, or unable to consent. If a person says clearly that they do not consent to sex and the other person does it anyway, that is rape. If a person tries to stop their rape and is unsuccessful, that is rape. It is never- never -acceptable for a person to continue with sexual activity when the other person has not enthusiastically consented to it.

Here are resources from the RAINN website:

RAINN hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE

General Information:

National Sexual Assault Hotline: National hotline, operated by RAINN, that serves people affected by sexual violence. It automatically routes the caller to their nearest sexual assault service provider. You can also search your local center here. Hotline: 800.656.HOPE

National Sexual Violence Resource Center: This site offers a wide variety of information relating to sexual violence including a large legal resource library.

National Organization for Victim Assistance: Founded in 1975, NOVA is the oldest national victim assistance organization of its type in the United States as the recognized leader in this noble cause.

National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women: VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence hosts a resource library home of thousands of materials on violence against women and related issues, with particular attention to its intersections with various forms of oppression.

U.S. Department of Justice: National Sex Offender Public Website: NSOPW is the only U.S. government Website that links public state, territorial, and tribal sex offender registries from one national search site.

The National Center for Victims of Crime: The mission of the National Center for Victims of Crime is to forge a national commitment to help victims of crime rebuild their lives. They are dedicated to serving individuals, families, and communities harmed by crime.

National Street Harassment Hotline: Created by Stop Street Harassment, Defend Yourself, and operated by RAINN, the National Street Harassment Hotline is a resource for those affected by gender-based street harassment. Support is available in English and Spanish: call 855.897.5910 or chat online.

Child Abuse/Sexual Abuse:

National Child Abuse Hotline: They can provide local referrals for services. A centralized call center provides the caller with the option of talking to a counselor. They are also connected to a language line that can provide service in over 140 languages. Hotline: 800.4.A.CHILD (422.2253)

Darkness to Light: They provide crisis intervention and referral services to children or people affected by sexual abuse of children. Hotline calls are automatically routed to a local center. Helpline: 866.FOR.LIGHT (367.5444)

Cyber Tipline: This Tipline is operated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Can be used to communicate information to the authorities about child pornography or child sex trafficking. Hotline: 800.THE.LOST (843.5678)

National Children’s Alliance: This organization represents the national network of Child Advocacy Centers (CAC). CACs are a multidisciplinary team of law enforcement, mental and physical health practitioners who investigate instances of child physical and sexual abuse. Their website explains the process and has a directory according to geographic location.

Stop It Now: Provides information to victims and parents/relatives/friends of child sexual abuse. The site also has resources for offender treatment as well as information on recognizing the signs of child sexual abuse. Hotline: 888-PREVENT (773.8368)

Justice for Children: Provides a full range of advocacy services for abused and neglected children.

Domestic, Dating and Intimate Partner Violence:

National Domestic Violence Hotline: Through this hotline an advocate can provide local direct service resources (safehouse shelters, transportation, casework assistance) and crisis intervention. Interpreter services available in 170 languages. They also partner with the Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Center to provide a videophone option. Hotline: 800.799.SAFE

National Teen Dating Abuse Online Helpline: This online helpline assists teens who are, or may be, in abusive relationships.

Pathways to Safety International: The center serves abused Americans, mostly women and children, in both civilian and military populations overseas. In addition to providing domestic violence advocacy, safety planning and case management, the center assists victims with relocation, emergency funds for housing and childcare, and funds for payment of legal fees.

National Coalition against Domestic Violence: The national coalition of Domestic Violence organizations is dedicated to empowering victims and changing society to a zero tolerance policy.

Incest:

(See also resources on Child Abuse/ Sexual Abuse above)

Survivors of Incest Anonymous: They provide information on how to find incest survivor support groups in your area and empowers individuals to become survivors and thrivers.

GirlThrive: Girlthrive Inc. honors teen girls and young women who have survived incest and all sex abuse through thriverships, opportunity and education.

Stalking

Stalking Resource Center: The Stalking Resource Center is a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime. Their website provides statistics on stalking, information on safety planning and other resources.

Survivors with Disabilities:

Deaf Abused Women’s Network (DAWN): Legal, medical, system advocacy and survivor support services. Video Phone: 202.559.5366

CAVANET: This organization addresses violence against women, human rights, genocide, and crime victims with disabilities.

National Disability Rights Network: NDRN members investigate reports of abuse and neglect, and seek systemic change to prevent further incidents; advocate for basic rights; and ensure accountability in health care, education, employment, housing, transportation, and within the juvenile and criminal justice systems for individuals with disabilities.

College Students:

NotAlone.gov: A government website dedicated to educating students and schools about Title IX and sexual assault.

Know Your IX: Provides information for students about their Title IX rights in regards to ending sexual violence on campus.

End Rape on Campus: An advocacy organization dedicated to assisting students file Title IX complaints.

Resources for Male Survivors of Sexual Assault:

1in6: Provides educational information and resources for men who’ve been sexually abused or assaulted. Chat with a trained advocate through the national helpline for men, available 24/7. Join a weekly chat-based online support group, facilitated by a counselor. 1in6 also serves loved ones and service providers.

Jimhopper.com: This site has articles that discuss the effects of child sexual abuse on adult men and their loved ones.

Malesurvivor.org: This site has information and a therapist search for male survivors of sexual violence.

LGBTQ Survivors:

GLBTQ Domestic Violence Project: Website, information and hotline for GLBTQ victims of domestic violence and their families. Hotline: 800.832.1901

the Network la Red: The Network/La Red hotline provides emotional support, information, and safety planning for lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and/or transgender folks, as well as folks in the BDSM or Polyamorous communities who are being abused or have been abused by a partner. Support available in English and Spanish. Hotline: 617.742.4911

National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs: A coalition of programs that document and advocate for victims of anti-LGBT and anti-HIV/AIDS violence/harassment, domestic violence, sexual assault, police misconduct and other forms of victimization. Site has a list of local anti-violence programs and publications. Hotline: 212.714.1141

The Trevor Project: Help and suicide prevention for GBLTQ youth. Hotline: 866.488.7386

GLBT National Hotline: Call center that refers to over 15,000 resources across the country that support LGBTQ individuals. Hotline: 888.THE.GLNH (843.4564)

FORGE (For Ourselves: Reworking Gender Expression): Home to the Transgender Sexual Violence Project. Provides services and publishes research for transgender persons experiencing violence and their loved ones.

Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues in Counseling: Directory of LGBT-friendly mental health specialists across the United States. Specialists listed are verified members of AGLBTIC, a division of the American Counseling Association.

Human Trafficking:

National Human Trafficking Resource Center: A national multilingual anti-trafficking hotline. Caller can report a tip; connect with anti-trafficking services in their area; or request training and technical assistance, general information, or specific anti-trafficking resources. Hotline: 888.373.7888

U.S. Department of Justice Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Complaint Line: Call to report suspected instances of human trafficking or worker exploitation or contact the FBI field office nearest you. Offers foreign language translation services in most languages as well as TTY. After business hours, the complaint line has a message service in English, Spanish, Russian, and Mandarin. Hotline: 888.428.7581

Military Resources:

Safe Helpline: Department of Defense (DoD) Safe Helpline is a groundbreaking crisis support service for members of the DoD community affected by sexual assault. Safe Helpline provides live, one-on-one support and information to the worldwide DoD community. The service is confidential, anonymous, secure, and available worldwide, 24/7 by click, call or text — providing victims with the help they need anytime, anywhere. Hotline: 877.995.5247

Legal Resources:

Womenslaw.org: Information about restraining orders and other legal protections for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

The Laws in Your State: A database of state laws including mandatory reporting, confidentiality laws, HIV/AIDS testing of sexual offenders, termination of rapists' parental rights, and statutes of limitations for each state.

Attorney Referral Line: Refers callers to attorneys in their geographic area who can represent them in their pursuit of civil claims and victim restitution. The referral line is not an anonymous service. Their website also gives information about civil lawsuits. Phone: 202.467.8716

Take Back The Night Foundation: Legal support for survivors in every state. Referrals to counseling, support, legal aid, hospitals, and nearest TBTN Event Holders. Hotline: 866.966.9013

It Happened to Alexa Foundation: The 'It Happened to Alexa Foundation’ supports rape survivors through the trauma of the criminal trial, in the hopes that more survivors will go through with the prosecution in order to put these perpetrators behind bars.

U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division: Call or email to report sexual harassment in housing. 844.380.6178 or [email protected].

Medical/Physical Health:

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE): The SANE/SART program offers sensitive, caring, and supportive care following a sexual assault. Their website provides a list of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs in each state. These specialists are registered nurses, who have advanced education in forensic examination of sexual assault victims.

Healthcare Center Directory: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services maintains a Healthcare Center Directory. This directory lists federally funded health centers that provide a variety of services even if the recipient does not have health insurance. Users pay a co-payment based on their income. These health centers generally provide primary care services. Phone: 877.464.4772

The Center For Disease Control National Prevention Information Network(AIDS/HIV, STI Information): U.S. reference, referral, and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Hotline: 800.458.5231

International Association of Forensic Nurses: An international membership organization comprised of forensic nurses working around the world and other professionals who support and complement the work of forensic nursing.

Start Your Recovery: Substance abuse information that relates to a survivors's experience with seuxal assault.

Mental Health:

Sidran Traumatic Stress Foundation: The Sidran Institute provides information on traumatic stress (including PTSD), dissociative disorders, and co-occurring issues such as addictions, self-injury, and suicidal behaviors.

GoodTherapy.org: GoodTherapy.org is an association of mental health professionals from more than 25 countries worldwide who support efforts to reduce harm in therapy.

Psychology Today: Find detailed professional listings for treatment centers in the United States and Canada.

National Eating Disorder Helpline: Information, crisis and referral hotline for people dealing with eating disorders. Helpline: 800.931.2237

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): Provides information and referral services, not counseling. Helpline: 888.950.NAMI (6264)

Hope Exists After Rape Trauma: The mission of Hope Exists After Rape Trauma (H-E-A-R-T) is to provide HOPE for victims of sexual assault through the provision of essential and therapeutic support, by affecting positive change in laws influencing their lives, and by educating both the public and professionals commissioned to serve victims.

Suicide and Self-Harm:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Provides crisis suicide intervention, self-harm counseling and assistance, and local mental health referrals. Calls are routed to local centers. Hotline: 800.273.TALK (8255) and for the Spanish line call 888.628.9454 or TTY: 800.799.4TTY (4889)

Boystown National Hotline: Assists youth, and their family/friends, who are affected by self-harm and other issues. Hotline: 800.448.3000 or TTY: 800.448.3000

Sexual Assault Prevention:

National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this website to be useful to scientists, practitioners, advocates, grassroots organizations, and any other professional or layperson interested in current topics related to violence against women and its prevention.

Project Respect: Project Respect aims to create discussions and share a positive alternative model of relationships for youth.

PreventConnect: The goal of PreventConnect is to advance the primary prevention of sexual assault and relationship violence by building a community of practice among people who are engaged in such efforts.

Campus Outreach Services: Offer information and expertise to schools on sexual violence, diversity, sexual harassment, bullying, hate crimes, healthy relationships, assertiveness, eating disorders, suicide, and related risk issues.

The Date Safe Project: The DATE SAFE Project, Inc. provides positive how-to skills and helpful insights for addressing verbal consent (asking first), respecting of boundaries, sexual decision-making, bystander intervention, and supporting survivors (opening the door for family and friends).

Child Help: Speak Up Be Safe: Childhelp Speak Up Be Safe is a newly developed, school-based, child abuse prevention education program that focuses on child safety. It is an evolution of Good Touch Bad Touch.

Men Can Stop Rape: Men Can Stop Rape seeks to mobilize men to use their strength for creating cultures free from violence, especially men’s violence against women.

Cyber Bullying Research Center: A clearinghouse for information regarding cyberbullying.

credit to rainn.org for compiling these resources.

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