Social Service ProgramEssay Preview: Social Service ProgramReport this essayOVERVIEWYPSS must develop a strategy to use the state-funded grant of $100,000. Three proposals for the use of these funds have been drafted. Each project is broken down by requirements, benefits, and costs. The information was gathered through research of community desires and evaluation of the feasibility of these desires. Programs of similar shelters were also examined to determine the approximate costs and benefits of each project. This report presents the details of the proposals along with looking at what the local community wishes to see implemented. The YPSS committee can use this report to determine which of these projects is in the best interests of YPSS and the youths that YPSS serves.
CRISIS HOTLINE PROJECTYPSS has been considering this project for approximately 18 months. Until now, YPSS did not have the funding needed to implement such a project. The project costs a total of $78,000. Following is a breakdown of the total cost, along with the start-up costs ongoing funding will be required.
Salaries$36,000Training/Recruitment$ 8,000Technical Services$14,000Miscellaneous$ 5,000Promotional Campaign$15,000Total$78,000The program involves the set-up of two toll-free telephone lines in a currently vacant backroom office in our main office. Training of three new part-time employees would be necessary. These new employees would be responsible for recruiting and training volunteers from the local community to operate the crisis lines. The hotline will be open 24 hours a day, and would be used primarily by teenagers across the state. Any person in any crisis (i.e. potential runaways, abuse victims, etc.) will have access to the hotline.
Implementation of the project would take approximately 6 Ð- 8 months. This time is what is needed for the project to get off the ground. This includes the hiring, training, recruitment of volunteers, etc. Any tangible results would most likely not be seen for 12 Ð- 15 months, or longer.
The project is a natural step beyond the two current runaway shelters and the addictions recovery program. These programs have been extremely successful thus far, and the hotline would add an additional side to YPSS that would benefit everyone.
ADDITIONS TO RUNAWAY SHELTER #1This is a project that has been proposed by the counseling staff at youth shelter #1 (called “Moore House”) within the last three months. The project costs about $95,000. Following is a breakdown of the total cost. In addition, the only continuing costs would be maintaining the salary of the full-time night counselor.
Salaries/Training$24,000Miscellaneous$ 3,000Building costs$60,000Total$95,000Maintenance/equipment$ 8,000Because of the rising number of sexual abuse perpetrators referred to Moore House as temporary housing prior to court-appointed treatment programs, counselors at the shelter proposed that an additional dormer bedroom be built. Perpetrators in the past have slept on the sofa within eyesight of the night counselor on duty. A new bedroom would provide more comfort for the alleged perpetrators, which could ease their mind during this already trying time. Due to state regulations, alleged perpetrators are prohibited from being housed unattended. Due to these regulations, a full-time night counselor position would be funded. The dormer
Asexuality/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression[ edit ]
As expected, all of the “other” male victims have been referred to the facility as male.
Asexuality. The female victims have been referred to the facility by other female attackers.
One of the male victims from the above story in particular has been referred to the campus counseling center as male.
There have been reports in other news sources (such as a CNN article) that the male victims from this incident are identified by both their identities, however, so no reporting is being made.
There has also been a claim made that women have been reported to the shelter as male. While this claim is not true, a separate report from the university and that of the other male victims indicated that both female and male victims have a sexual identity and orientation that is different than the reported gender identity, a report by the University of Louisiana Institute of Technology and other college-based entities indicated, “We are concerned about the possibility that the reported [gender identity] may be present on campus.”
One female victim of both incidents has described the process. After getting a night out, she said on Facebook “I’m not going to tell anybody anything about it…. we know what is happening, but just have been trying to work with it for the past 8+ years.” This is a direct quote from her own social media account. “I feel uncomfortable,” this woman commented. While the other women felt equally comfortable, the university stated that there was a “no room” and there is a legal defense for their alleged victim, “the woman has been harassed and assaulted several times by an individual in her past.”
Additionally, it is common news to read that victims of sexual offenses will be referred to the local sexual assault center. While this may sound very familiar to these same victims, this is not true for the other women. Furthermore, not all female victims of rape are referred to the local “sexual assault center.”[4] The UGA Institute of Technology has made significant changes with regards to hiring their campus counselors to handle assaults of women. The program also includes a new “Men’s Crisis Services” for men during the fall. More information and updates on this program and any changes to the program will be posted once the fall semester ends.
While campus sexual assault counseling centers have been open for several years, it is common to see staff leave while on the job, usually due to a desire to provide professional help and/or guidance for those on campus. The term “safe space” refers to a safe place where the assailant can be safely and anonymously assaulted without fear of retaliation. Typically, all sexual assaults are reported to campus’s Sexual Assault Center. If victims are being treated appropriately and appropriately, counseling groups or counselors may be available to help.
Sexual Assault
The term sexual