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Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity
emilytaylorcenter@ku.edu 785-864-3552
What it offers:
The Emily Taylor Center can help individuals connect with all the additional resources on campus and explain to individuals what avenues might be best for them to look into for example, counseling, help from IOA or setting up a time to meet with the University Campus Assistance, Resources, Education and Engagement (CARE) Coordinator.
The Emily Taylor Center employees can also provide assistance to individuals who want to help or get involved with organizations on and off campus who deal with issues of sexual violence. The Emily Taylor Center can also help individuals who would like someone to come and talk to their sorority, fraternity or organization when things on campus might be upsetting members and they may need someone to talk to.
Are employees here mandated reporters?*
Yes.
GaDuGi Safecenter Rape Victim Support Services
785-843-8985 (24-hour hotline)
What it offers:
RESOURCES
GaDuGi Safecenter offers a number of services including a 24-hour hotline, comprehensive advocacy for assistance with personal safety planning, medical evidence exams, interviews with law enforcement and court proceedings. It also offers therapy services and a connection to the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) that coordinates responses to sexual assaults in Douglas County.
When individuals contact GaDuGi, its first response is to make sure individuals are safe and to then begin the advocacy process. GaDuGi will try to reflect on what individuals might be feeling and assure individuals that it's not their fault. It will then either help the individual discover their options or help the individual pursue whatever decision they have made for example, if they want to file a police report. GaDuGi can not only walk you through each process but also be there as a support system every step of the way. GaDuGi said sometimes it's not always about accessing a service; sometimes it's about something as simple as helping the individual talk to a friend about what happened or tell their parents.
The Willow Domestic Violence Center Women's Care Service
785-841-2345 (24-hour hotline)
What it offers:
The Willow Domestic Violence Center offers free, confidential, 24-hour services to anyone who has experienced any sort of intimate violence, including sexual assault. It is most commonly known for its 24-hour hotline and its shelter, which was the first domestic violence shelter to open in the state of Kansas back in the early '70s.
Willow also offers support services and works with people from start to finish making sure it's helping individuals to get what they need, whether that's support, legal services or referrals, medical services or explaining what happens in each of these processes. It also offers safety planning services for immediate use and revisit safety options as situations unfold.
The Willow Center is also a resource equipped with services for children, work programs, human trafficking situations, community presentations, workshops and prevention education. Willow's Safety and Awareness For Everyone program offers prevention education working with children as young as five, teaching them what it's like to be a good friend, and goes all the way up through college, where Willow offers education on healthy relationships and dating violence.
University of Kansas Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
785-864-4121
What it offers:
CAPS offers counseling in the form of individual sessions,couples sessions and group sessions, as well as, psychiatric services. It has two staff psychiatrists who can prescribe medication as needed and provide assessments as well.
In order for couples to have sessions together, both people must be KU students.
What if you need to see someone right away?
CAPS offers emergency appointments, for which you can either walk in during office hours and let the receptionist know you need to see someone right away, or call and say the same thing. CAPS always has someone available to take care of situations like this who will work with you to get you in on the same day you call or walk in.
Are CAPS therapists or psychologists mandated reporters?*
No, not for sexual assault. Psychologists and social workers licensed in the state of Kansas are mandated to report if you tell them a minor, an elder or a disabled person is being abused, or if someone is threatening to kill himself or herself or someone else.
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
785-843-9192 (24-hour hotline)
What it offers:
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center offers education, consultation and outreach services. It offers services treating all kinds of mental health issues including people who have suffered sexual abuse and might need therapy, which it specializes in.
Oftentimes survivors have already had the benefit of a specialized service before coming to Bert Nash, but the Center can treat survivors at any stage. Therapy services offered include focused therapy, which is usually three to five sessions, or ongoing therapy for persistent issues.
*A mandated reporter is someone who is required by law to report reasonable suspicions of abuse. According to the National Association of College and University Attorneys, a responsible employee includes any employee who has the authority to take action to redress sexual violence, who has been given the duty of reporting incidents to the Title IX coordinator or designee, or whom a student could reasonably believe has this authority or duty. Campuses must make clear to the campus community which staff members are responsible employees.
This includes anyone paid by the University who represents it, including employees of the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity but not CAPS therapists or psychologists. As of June 29, 2015, the CARE Coordinator is also a mandated reporter, but Kathy Rose-Mockry of the Emily Taylor Center said there are discussions of changing that.