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SEXUAL ASSAULT
SUPPORT SERVICES
(SASS)
East Hawaii
1382 Kilauea Avenue
Hilo, HI 96720
p: 961 -3877
Extension 109 West Hawaii
75 -5706 Hanama Place
Suite 202
Kailua -Kona, HI 96740
p: 334 -1624
Sexual Assault Support
Services (SASS)
Services for the healing and
prevention of sexual violence
We provide:
• 24 hour telephone support
• Crisis intervention
• Counseling & referral
Advocacy
• Available for all ages
• Community education for schools,
professionals & any organization
wanting to increase awareness for
the prevention of sexual
harassment or violence.
Crisis Hotline
935 -0677
Available 24 hours a day
Island Wide
For more information on YWCA programs
www.ywcahawaiiisland.org
808 - 935 -7141
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Sexual Assault Support
Services (SASS)
Helping sexual assault victims heal
with the only 2417 rape crisis line
on the Big Island.
YWCA Hawaii Island
1382 Kilauea Ave
Hilo, HI 96720
808 - 961 -3877
www.ywcahawaiiisland.org
24 Hour Crisis Line:
935 -0677
TTY Accessible for the Hearing
Impaired Call 711 or (808) 447 -5991
& ask for (808) 935 -0677
Since the 1970's, the YWCA has provided
response programs known as Sexual Assault
Support Services (SASS), Sexual Assault
Response and Advocacy Services (SARAH)
and Empowering Alternatives program (EAp).
Our name reflects our goal of changing the
beliefs that accompany sexual violence. We
seek to create a society that does not
minimize sexual crimes, that does not allow
the shaming or silencing of the assaulted or
hides the crime due to shame. A society
where perpetrators are held accountable,
mandated for treatment and prevented from
offending again.
Partnerships are sought with organizations
and agencies to further our goals.
Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS)
seeks to improve lives by providing an
array of services and referrals.
Services for victims, family, and
significant others to work through the
trauma of sexual assault include:
Free, confidential counseling
• Crisis intervention
Emotional and moral support
Support during a medical exam and the
legal process
Assistance in deciding whether to file a
police report
Therapeutic services
• 24 -Hour crisis line
Community education awareness and
prevention workshops
• Prevention education for the whole
community
Sexual Assault Is:
• A crime of violence committed About Sexual Assault
Sexual Assault is an umbrella term that
against girls, boys, Women &men. refers to any unwanted, forced, tricked or
• The distorted sexual coerced sexual activity.
expression of power and anger. Sexual assault includes both contact and
•
A criminal activity punishable by law. noncontact activity. It occurs when one does
not give consent to the sexual activity or
when one is unable to.
SexualAssault
Sexual contact without consent is a crime.
I sNEVER
Consent Includes:
• Cooperation in act and attitude
• An exercise of free will
the Victims Fault!
" Knowledge of what is happening
Consent is Not:
• Silence
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• Submission because of fear
• Having had a previous sexual relationship
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•You have the right to say no
• You have the right to stop sexual activity at
any time
Available
• Intoxication impairs a person's ability to
give consent
24 hours a day
Donations
TTY Accessible for the Hearing
If you'd like to help extend our reach, your tax
Impaired Call 711 or (808) 447 -5991
deductible donation can be sent to:
& ask for (808) 935 -0677
YWCA - SASS 145 Ululani St Hilo, HI 96720
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empowering women
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Supported by funding from:
• The Hawaii Attomey General's Office through
KMCWC Sexual Assault Treatment Center
VOCA and VAWA, US Government
The County of Hawaii
• Individual, private donors