Sexual Assault Crisis Centre of Essex County Inc.

Published purpose

Through this 31-month project, the Sexual Assault Crisis Centre of Essex County will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the need to create a local inventory of opportunities and programs with clear pathways to address women’s and girl’s needs beyond violence. The project will work with experts to design a toolkit framework on wrap around services that is informed by research and local engagement with stakeholders. It will include scripts for engaging potential partners, tools, templates and resources and will subsequently be piloted with select local organizations to provide input into the toolkit. With the supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, the Sexual Assault Crisis Centre of Essex County (SACC) will: 1) Expand and digitize the local Resource Inventory; 2) Create companion resources to the Partnership Toolkit and provide French translation of the Toolkit and companion resources; and 3) Develop Partnership Toolkit orientation and dissemination materials. Through this they will further advance Gender Equality.