ResourcesRape Crisis Center
128 East Olin Avenue
Madison, WI 53713
(608) 251-7273 -- 24-hour Crisis Line
(608) 251-5126 -- Other Business
(608) 251-6229 -- Fax
rcc@itis.com
- email
We provide the following services:
- Short-term Counseling: for survivors of recent or past sexual assaults, their families, friends, or lovers.
- Telephone Crisis Line: a place to call for support, information, counseling, and referral 24 hours a day.
- Support Groups: for survivors of sexual assault, for survivors of incest, for teen survivors, and for significant others of survivors.
- Legal and Medical Advocacy: for any individual(s)
wanting an advocate with legal expertise to accompany them through police
investigations, medical procedures, and the criminal and juvenile justice
systems. Available 24 hours a day. We also provide sexual harassment-related
school and workplace advocacy.
Our services are confidential, and our counselors and advocates are sensitive to gay/lesbian and minority issues.
Additional RCC Services include:
Chimera Self-Defense for Women
Community Education
Volunteer Opportunities
Referrals
Other Resources
Police Departments
The following police departments have investigators (detectives) who are trained to handle sexual assault investigations in a sensitive manner and can provide information and assistance upon request. The following numbers are for their offices, and are not the police emergency numbers:
- Dane County Sheriff
284-6820 -- Detective Bureau (7:00 am - 11:00 pm) - Madison Police Department
266-4945 -- Detectives - University of Wisconsin
262-4524 -- Police and Security (24 hours)
Hospital Emergency Rooms
- 267-6206 -- Meriter/Madison General
(Offers Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program) - 258-6800 -- St. Marys
- 262-2398 -- University of Wisconsin
Dane County District Attorney's Office
City-County Building, Room 305
210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Madison, WI 53710
(608) 266-4211
Victim/Witness Unit: This unit of the District Attorney's office has Sensitive Crime Specialists who provide orientation to the legal system, case status, information, notification of court hearings, preparation for testifying in court, accompaniment to court, and referral to treatment resources.
