FACT is a non-profit agency dedicated to helping Nevadans heal from the traumas and cycle of abuse, neglect, & violence through education, prevention, and treatment services FACT website
Understanding the factors that make people more vulnerable to interpersonal violence can also help us identify protective factors that can keep them safe. This is how we begin to understand violence prevention in a more holistic way. It’s not just about addressing restrictive gender roles and educating people about healthy relationships. We also need to look at how various forms of oppression make people more vulnerable to violence, and understand that the struggle to end interpersonal violence is tied to other struggles for justice. Poverty is one such form of…
Party Smart started out as a public awareness campaign to provide basic safety tips to local and visiting party goers on the Strip. Over time, as new research and best practices for violence prevention became available, Party Smart shifted to educating the public about active bystander intervention. A few years ago, that public education turned into structured training in bystander intervention for staff at bars and nightclubs. Today, Party Smart encompasses both the Stay SAFE (Sex Assault Free Environments) and SAint (Sexual Assault Intervention) trainings. In partnership with LVMPD Crime…
The epidemic of violence against Indigenous women reaches back beyond the beginnings of the United States as a nation. We now recognize how sexual violence has been deployed against Indigenous communities as a tactic of genocide. In recent history, we’ve made small moves to begin addressing this violence – like increasing protections for Indigenous women in the Violence Against Women Act. Now, following tireless activism by Indigenous communities, the federal government is taking significant action to address these issues. In October 2020, two bills seeking to address violence against Indigenous…
Outreach/Events Signs of HOPE has made it our goal to increase our community engagement efforts, and volunteers are a huge part of that. Volunteers helping with events will table on the organization’s behalf, handing out information and speaking with the public about our programs and services. Volunteers must also be prepared to help someone who discloses having experienced abuse and provide the services they need. Must be comfortable with public speaking. Shifts are on a first come first served basis when a request is submitted. Must be 18 years or…
RISE Hotline Our human trafficking hotline operates 24/7 which requires the support of volunteers. Volunteers answer this hotline during Signs of HOPE business hours, after hours, on weekends, and on holidays. Calls to this hotline come directly from law enforcement or other crime service agencies. This is not a public-facing hotline. Volunteers working on this project will also gain experience in the field responding alongside law enforcement to crime scenes or to locations where a human trafficking victim has been identified. Volunteers will help the client with immediate crisis…
Phone Hotline Our phone hotline operates 24/7 which requires the support of volunteers. Volunteers answer this hotline after Signs of HOPE business hours, on weekends, and on holidays. Calls can range from questions from the public to a client in immediate crisis and needing support. Volunteers working on this project will also gain experience in the field responding to the hospital to be with the client as they go through the Sexual Assualt Nurse Examiner (SANE) exam. A typical volunteer shift on this hotline is a regular, scheduled 4-hour…
Earlier this month, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals restored the Texas ban on abortions after six weeks. Dr. Alan Braid of San Antonio is already facing multiple lawsuits under the “bounty hunting” provision of the ban, which allows any private citizen to sue a person who in some way assists or facilitates a patient’s access to abortion services to the tune of $10,000. This law is troubling enough even before noting the lack of exceptions for rape or incest. But this law doesn’t just leave out victims of…