Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Inc.

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1 Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Inc. General Information 99 Bishop Allen Drive Cambridge, MA (617) Website Organization Contact Kim Sebastiao Year of Incorporation

2 Statements & Search Criteria Mission Statement Founded in 1973, The Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) is the only rape crisis center in the Greater Boston area and the oldest and largest center in Massachusetts. Our mission is to end sexual violence through healing and social change. Background Statement The Boston Area Rape Crisis Center was founded in March of 1973 by a small group of women, several of whom were survivors of sexual violence. Started at the Women s Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, BARCC began in a room just big enough to hold a desk, a telephone, and a single mattress. The center s main focus at this time was its 24-hour-a-day hotline they even called the family whose phone number was 492-RAPE and persuaded them to give it up! The founders (all volunteers) would take turns sleeping in the room to ensure that someone was there to pick up the phone or help a survivor who came in at any time of the day or night. At the time, it was a huge risk and quite revolutionary to speak out and take action against sexual violence, which was never discussed openly and remained shrouded in myth, blame, and silence. The Boston Area Rape Crisis Center was the first rape crisis center in Massachusetts and the second in the United States. Over the years, rape crisis centers across the country have used BARCC s successful programs and services as models for their own communities. Today, BARCC provides free, confidential support and services to survivors of sexual violence ages 12 and up and their families and friends. We work with survivors of all genders regardless of when the violence occurred, and our goal is to empower survivors to heal and seek justice in ways that are meaningful to them. We meet the needs of survivors in crisis and long after, and we assist survivors as they navigate the health-care, criminal justice, social service, and school systems. We also work with a wide range of organizations and communities, including high schools, colleges, police, health-care providers, and businesses, to advocate for change. We provide training in how to respond to survivors and create cultures that prevent sexual violence in the first place. Our response and prevention programs are based on research and more than 40 years of direct service experience. We are frequently asked to provide expert testimony about potential policy and legislative solutions to preventing and responding to sexual violence. We also provide expert commentary in the media on these issues. We are powered by a great staff and by more than 190 volunteers from our communities. 2

3 Impact Statement While it will always be the individual stories of survivors, family members and communities that bring about so much satisfaction in our work, we are also proud to share these recent accomplishments: Since 2011 BARCC has been a recipient of grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women to improve access to comprehensive rape crisis services for survivors with disabilities in collaboration with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), MBTA Transit Police and the Boston center for Independent Living. In April 2016, BARCC and its collaborative partners, Pathways for Change and the Center for Hope and healing received the Victim Service "Innovations Award" for serving adolescent survivors of sexual abuse from the MA Attorney General's Office. With continued investment by the MA Department of Public Health BARCC has continued to provide free access to a curriculum for early childhood providers on understanding and responding to children s sexual behaviors and to develop new tools for working with parents of young children. BARCC was able to move its Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) program from the pilot stage into full implementation. The program provides medical accompaniment and hotline services to incarcerated survivors of sexual assault. BARCC has partnered with the MA Department of Corrections, Suffolk County Sheriff's Department and Norfolk Sheriff's Department. The goals of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center are: to provide free, expert care, counseling, guidance and advocacy to victims of sexual violence aged 12 and older and to their families, and to provide outreach, education, and training focused on increasing public health and safety in the short term and reducing and eventually eradicating sexual violence in the long term, to offer leadership and innovation in sexual violence prevention and intervention to the region and beyond. Needs Statement 1. Funds for our child sexual abuse prevention work with child care programs - $50, Funds to provide direct financial support ($50- $1000) to BARCC clients needing small items such as new locks or windows, to a few nights in a hotel for safety, or support for needed medications post-assault - $10,000 per year 3. People from in and around Boston interested in serving on our committed and active board of directors and/or as a direct service volunteer with our hotline, medical accompaniment program or community outreach program. Service Categories Sexual Assault Services Victims' Services Geographic Areas Served With the help of our professional staff and more than 100 dedicated volunteers, we provide direct services to the 29 cities of the greater Boston region from our offices in Cambridge and Boston. We also offer statewide and national training and technical assistance. Please review online profile for full list of selected areas served. 3

4 Programs Medical Advocacy Description Our highly trained and supervised volunteer and staff advocates will meet survivors and their significant others at the hospital emergency room and intensive care unit The advocate s purpose is to provide comfort to the survivor by sharing knowledge, reinforcing the control the survivor has, facilitating communication as needed, and ensuring the survivor has next steps and referrals. Budget Category Mental Health, Substance Abuse Programs, General/other Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention Population Served Victims,, Program Short Term Success It is the mission of the medical advocacy program at BARCC to ensure that all survivors are treated respectfully and fairly when being treated in an emergency room and that all survivors who want an advocate are able to have one by their side. It is proven that a positive ER experience can allow a survivor to begin the healing process faster, this is our goal for all survivors of sexual assault. Program Long term Success Program Success Monitored By Examples of Program Success Through both qualitative and quantitative data collection, it has been shown that having an advocate with you in the ER after a sexual assault results in a better hospital experience and less chance of post-traumatic stress. Survivors are more likely to get follow-up care, seek counseling and are more likely to report the assault to the police. And the police respond to the case more seriously if an advocate is present. Research has shown that survivors who have a rape crisis advocate present at the hospital are more likely to feel positive about the experience of going to the hospital. The advocate met me at the hospital and, I have to say, I don t think I could have gone through it without her. She seemed to know when I needed to talk and when I just needed to have someone there. She explained everything that was happening and made me feel like there was someone who was just there for me someone who was on my side... I will never forget the way [she] cared for me, the way [she] dropped everything to be there for me, the way [she] helped me through the worst nightmare of my life. When my head was full of taking action and control, BARCC helped me realize that I could best help my daughter by letting her be in control because that s what she lost when she was assaulted. I know my daughter wouldn't be the wonderful, healthy person she is today without BARCC's help. 4

5 Hotline Description Our highly trained and supervised volunteer counselors and staff are available 24-7 to talk with survivors, their families and friends, and providers about sexual violence. We take calls from people in all stages of their experience, from the immediate crisis after an assault to years and even decades into the healing process. Our counselors will provide referrals to services and explain the resources available, including accompaniment to the hospital for a sexual assault exam. Budget Category Mental Health, Substance Abuse Programs, General/other Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention Population Served Victims,, Program Short Term Success Program Long term Success Program Success Monitored By Examples of Program Success Community Awareness and Prevention Services Description We provide education and training to schools, college campuses, police, businesses, community-based organizations, and communities. Our trainings cover how to respond appropriately to survivors of sexual assault and how to create school and workplace cultures that reduce the occurrence of sexual assault in the first place. We also help develop the leadership of survivors, youth, and community members in ending sexual violence. For example, we offer trainings on how people can take action when they witness inappropriate comments or behaviors related to sexual violence. Another example is a workshop on consent for youth.) Budget Category Mental Health, Substance Abuse Programs, General/other Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention Population Served Victims,, Program Short Term Success Program Long term Success Program Success Monitored By Examples of Program Success 5

6 Counseling Description We provide short-term individual, couples, family, and group counseling with trained counselors for survivors and their families and friends. We work with survivors and their loved ones to find their strengths, to understand the impact of trauma on their lives, to build and use coping skills, and to explore ways to heal and thrive. Budget Category Mental Health, Substance Abuse Programs, General/other Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention Population Served Victims,, Program Short Term Success Program Long term Success Program Success Monitored By Examples of Program Success Case Management and Legal Advocacy Description We work directly with survivors and significant others to ensure that their immediate and longer-term health, housing, financial, and safety needs are being met. This includes providing information and comprehensive support to survivors in accessing health insurance, housing funds, emergency shelter, victim compensation, public benefits, and more. The program also advocates for policy changes that further economic justice for survivors. Our legal team helps survivors understand their legal rights and options. We do not offer legal representation, but we assist survivors as they navigate the civil and criminal justice systems, including campus processes. Our lawyers and advocates also assist with ongoing harassment or stalking. They advocate for survivors privacy and safety in every aspect of their life. We also offer referrals to attorneys who have experience with sexual assault cases. Budget Category Mental Health, Substance Abuse Programs, General/other Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention Population Served Victims,, Program Short Term Success Program Long term Success Program Success Monitored By Examples of Program Success 6

7 Management CEO/Executive Director Executive Director Term Start Aug Ms. Gina Scaramella Experience Gina Scaramella is the executive director of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Massachusetts' largest and oldest provider of services for sexual assault survivors and public education programs for the community. Before assuming her current role, Gina led the development of the Center's enormously successful medical advocacy program, in which highly-trained volunteers meet and support rape survivors at hospital emergency departments. This, along with other work of the Center, has contributed to a remarkable 700 percent increase in reporting of sexual assault crimes. She has worked with the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center for over eight years, and before that she worked with the Center as a volunteer counselor for two years. Gina serves on the Governor's Commission on Sexual and Domestic Violence, as well as numerous other boards and committees dedicated to the issue. She earned her Master of Social Work from Boston University, and her Bachelor of Science in Child and Family Studies from the University of New Hampshire. She lives in Newton, Massachusetts with her partner and two sons. Senior Staff Stephanie DeCandia Title Experience/Biography Kristy Cullivan Sierra Title Development Director Experience/Biography Shelley Yen-Ewert Title Director of Organizational Development and Learning Experience/Biography Stephanie Trilling Title Director of Community Awareness and Prevention Services Experience/Biography Peter Fernandes Title Director of Finance and Operations Experience/Biography 7

8 Staff Information Full Time Staff Part Time Staff Volunteers Contractors Retention Rate % Staff Demographics - Ethnicity African American/Black 3 Asian American/Pacific Islander 2 Caucasian 18 Hispanic/Latino 2 Native American/American Indian 0 Other 0 Staff Demographics - Gender Male Female Unspecified Formal Evaluations CEO Formal Evaluation CEO/Executive Formal Evaluation Frequency Senior Management Formal Evaluation Senior Management Formal Evaluation Frequency NonManagement Formal Evaluation Non Management Formal Evaluation Frequency Annually Annually Annually Plans & Policies Organization has a Fundraising Plan? Organization has a Strategic Plan? Date Strategic Plan Adopted 2011 Does your organization have a Business Continuity of Operations Plan? Management Succession Plan? Organization Policy and Procedures Under Development Under Development Under Development Under Development 8

9 Nondiscrimination Policy Whistleblower Policy Document Destruction Policy Directors and Officers Insurance Policy Permit? Awards Awards Award/Recognition Organization Year Non-Profit of the Year Cambridge Chamber of Commerce 2006 National Crime Victim Service Award Innovations Award United States Department of Justice Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance

10 Board & Governance Board Chair Board Chair Ms Beth Molnar Company Affiliation Northeastern University Term July 2014 to June Board Members Name Affiliation Status Toyin Ajayi Commonwealth Care Alliance Voting Laura Brelsford MBTA Voting Stephanie Brown Community volunteer Voting Duane de Four MIT Voting Lynn Eikenberry Community Volunteer Voting April Evans Monitor Clipper Partners Voting Karen Kupferberg Community volunteer Exofficio Beth Molnar Community volunteer Voting Shavonne Moore Justice Resource Institute Voting Kathryn Murtagh Harvard Management Company Voting Laura Nielsen Community Volunteer Voting Taneesha Peoples EMC Voting Cliff Pollan CEO, Sococo Voting Leslie Pucker Social Worker Voting Ed Reiss Deutsche Bank Voting Craig Stelmach Century 21 Northshore Voting Board Demographics - Ethnicity African American/Black 3 Asian American/Pacific Islander 1 Caucasian 9 Hispanic/Latino 0 Native American/American Indian 0 Other 3 Board Demographics - Gender Male Female Unspecified

11 Board Information Board Term Lengths Number of Full Board Meetings Annually Board Meeting Attendance % Written Board Selection Criteria? Written Conflict of Interest Policy? Percentage Making Monetary Contributions Percentage Making In-Kind Contributions Constituency Includes Client Representation % Under Development 100% 75% No 11

12 Financials Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Start July 01, 2016 Fiscal Year End June 30, 2017 Projected Revenue $3,110, Projected Expenses $3,063, Endowment? No Credit Line? Reserve Fund? Months Reserve Fund Covers 6 Detailed Financials Revenue and Expenses Total Revenue $2,840,204 $2,454,461 $2,320,273 Total Expenses $2,601,654 $2,360,665 $2,246,614 Revenue Sources Foundation and Corporation Contributions Government Contributions $1,972,051 $1,665,887 $1,458,198 Federal State Local Unspecified $1,972,051 $1,665,887 $1,458,198 Individual Contributions $462,266 $311,394 $458,041 Indirect Public Support -- $0 $3,574 Earned Revenue -- $0 $0 Investment Income, Net of Losses $275 $167 $580 Membership Dues -- $0 $0 Special Events $379,735 $432,204 $351,823 Revenue In-Kind Other $25,877 $44,809 $48,057 12

13 Expense Allocation Program Expense $1,904,684 $1,736,864 $1,656,708 Administration Expense $255,395 $241,340 $213,405 Fundraising Expense $441,575 $382,461 $376,501 Payments to Affiliates Total Revenue/Total Expenses Program Expense/Total Expenses 73% 74% 74% Fundraising Expense/Contributed Revenue 16% 16% 17% Assets and Liabilities Total Assets $1,366,003 $1,109,676 $970,983 Current Assets $1,325,170 $1,045,144 $944,611 Long-Term Liabilities $0 $0 $0 Current Liabilities $264,978 $247,201 $202,304 Total Net Assets $1,101,025 $862,475 $768,679 Short Term Solvency Current Ratio: Current Assets/Current Liabilities Long Term Solvency Long-Term Liabilities/Total Assets 0% 0% 0% Top Funding Sources Top Funding Source & Dollar Amount Second Highest Funding Source & Dollar Amount Third Highest Funding Source & Dollar Amount Capital Campaign Currently in a Capital Campaign? No Comments Foundation Staff Comments Financial summary data in the charts and graphs above are per the organization's IRS Form 990s. Contributions from foundations and corporations are listed under individuals when the breakout was not available. Created Copyright 2018 The Boston Foundation 13