Webinars
In Your Reach: Providing Services to Survivors in Rural Detention Facilities
“In Your Reach: Providing Services to Survivors in Rural Detention Facilities,” discusses best practices for small and/or multi-service agencies on providing rape crisis services to survivors in facilities that are located far from large cities and towns.
JDI reviews some of the unique challenges of working in rural detention facilities, and ways to work around barriers such as distance and a lack of community response teams.
We hear from the Executive Director of a multi-service agency in rural Washington state who shares her strategies for working in a community with multiple needs and limited resources.
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