| Our Mission… To help men, women, & children rise above sexual victimization. |
| Our Free Services Include... • FREE 24 Hour sexual assault crisis line • FREE Counseling for victims, families, & friends • Support Groups • Legal, medical, & law enforcement info • Advocacy for victims by accompanying them to the hospital/police station • Victim Information & Notification Everyday System (VINE) • Volunteer Program Public Awareness/ Community Education... • Rape Trauma Syndrome & how family & friends can help the victim • Sexual Assault awareness, safety, & risk reduction • Date, acquaintance, stranger rape, sexual harassment, or child sexual abuse • Legal & medical aspects of sexual assault • Student placement program • Healthy Relationships & Internet Safety Programs • Good Touch / Bad Touch Curriculum |
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Green River Regional Rape Victim Services, Inc., doing business as New Beginnings sexual assault support services is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 entity as defined by the Internal Revenue Service. Contributions to this agency can qualify as a tax deduction for the donor. We rely on fundraisers, public & private grants, donations, Child Victims' Trust Fund grants, United Way contributions, as well as federal, state, and local support. For more information regarding any of our programs or services, please do not hesitate to call us at 926-7273. |
| A Member of the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs...KASAP www.kasap.org |

A BRIEF HISTORY OF NEW BEGINNINGS... In 1978 a grass roots effort to provide advocacy for rape victims in the Daviess County area began. Citizens Against Rape was staffed by volunteers and manned a crisis line. It was funded by small fund raising campaigns until in 1982 when Rape Victim Services received money from the Owensboro City Commission and became an autonomous program under the Spouse Abuse Shelter. By 1985, Rape Victim Services was funded by the United Way, the Daviess County Fiscal Court, and the City of Owensboro. In 1988, when the state and federal governments began providing funds for this agency, Rape Victim Services was declared an independent agency. From there, Rape Victim Services began to blossom, as it began hiring paid staff, branched out to have an office in Henderson and Ohio Counties as well as a home base in Owensboro. In 2000, Rape Victim Services changed its business name to New Beginnings Sexual Assault Support Services. Today, New Beginnings serves a seven-county region, has a staff of eight. and is growing with each year. Our next phase will be the Hope in Healing Capital Campaign, which will enable our agency to surpass anything it has done in the past. |
| 1-800-226-7273 |
| NEW BEGINNINGS Sexual assault support services |
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| Providing Free Services to Daviess, Ohio, Hancock, Mclean, Henderson, Union, & Webster Counties since 1978. |
| How can you help? Donations of time, items, and monetary contributions are always appreciated! |