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Pam’s work at SCCADVASA has been of the highest quality, and SCCADVASA and its member programs are the better for it. While the agency may be undergoing some changes, the work – to support member programs and educate and advocate for social reform to eradicate domestic and sexual violence in South Carolina – will continue.

SCCADVASA is searching for a new Executive Director. The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability to lead and to manage a nonprofit organization that seeks to facilitate social reform to eradicate interpersonal violence in South Carolina. 

Please find the entire position description at our website.

http://www.sccadvasa.org/about/careers/213-executive-director-sccadvasa.html

SCCADVASA’s Annual Sexual Assault Awareness

and Prevention Month Conference

It’s Time to Talk About It

April 11-12, 2013

The Medallion Conference Center

7309 Garners Ferry Road

Columbia, SC  29209

Registration and Additional Information

at: http://sccadvasa.org/training.

Space is Limited, so please register soon.

For Hotel Reservations Call:

Hampton Inn on the Lake at Harbison

101 Woodcross Drive

Columbia, SC  29212

803.749.6999

Refer to group code: C-SAC

For more information, please call Donna Thompson, SCCADVASA’s Training Coordinator, at 803.256.2900 ext. 106 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

SCCADVASA 2012 Annual Report now available

sccadvasa-2012-annual-report

The looming sequestration and federal budget cuts have many advocates and victims in South Carolina worried. These cuts would directly impact sexual assault and domestic violence advocacy programs in our state, and their ability to serve victims.

It is anticipated that sequestration cuts would impact the following programs:

• $20 million in cuts to Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) funding.  The White House has estimated that this would result in approximately $99,000 in cuts to South Carolina, and approximately 400 less victims being served
• $6 million in cuts to the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) funding.  This is the funding that provides safe shelters and many other domestic violence services in our state
• $37 million in Victims of Crime Act (VOCA).  VOCA funding in our state provides necessary crisis intervention and support services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.   While we are unsure at this time what the exact impact on South Carolina might be, any cut in this funding stream would be very detrimental to victims.

In just one year, domestic violence programs in South Carolina provided shelter to approximately 2,000 adults and 1,300 children; non-shelter services (counseling, support, court advocacy) to 12,000 adult victims and 6,000 children; and answered 28,000 hotline calls.  Sexual assault programs provided services to almost 5,000 victims and 2,500 secondary victims (spouses, friends, family members), provided support to 800 rape victims in the hospital, and answered close to 5,000 hotline calls.

As the state ranking second in the nation for the rate of women murdered by men, and with sexual assault rates surpassing national averages for over 30 years, South Carolina is in desperate need of funding to provide services to victims and their families, and to help reduce these rates.  We are hopeful that our elected representatives will reach a solution to avoid these devastating cuts.

The South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (SCCADVASA) represents the 22 sexual assault and domestic violence advocacy programs across South Carolina.  These programs provide direct services to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  For more information, please contact Pam Jacobs, SCCADVASA’s Executive Director, at (803) 256-2900 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

January 30, 2013

SCCADVASA to Host Youth Leadership Summit in Columbia February 1-2, 2013

The SCCADVASA Youth Leadership Project will utilize the powerful impact peers have on adolescent development by empowering a select group of youth leaders to train their peers on healthy relationships, respect, and preventing interpersonal violence.  The project will kick off this Friday with a two-day statewide Youth Leadership Summit. Following the initial summit, youth leaders will participate in four one-day regional trainings, and will then go on to educate and empower peers in their communities.

The Verizon Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (SCCADVASA) to create a Youth Leadership Project, aimed at preventing teen dating violence.

“For well over a decade Verizon has been a champion to nonprofits providing support, relief and resources to survivors of domestic violence. Verizon is pleased to partner with SCCADVASA as they continue to be prevention leaders in the community and engaging teens and young adults is such an important piece of breaking the cycle” said Julie Smith, vice president of external affairs, Verizon. Recently, the Verizon Foundation launched a domestic violence awareness campaign that seeks to engage and empower men to speak up and be part of the solution to end the violence. For more information visit www.verizonfoundation.org/yourvoicecounts.

The Verizon Foundation is focused on accelerating social change by using the company's innovative technology to help solve pressing problems in education, health care and energy management. Since 2000, the Verizon Foundation has invested more than half a billion dollars to improve the communities where Verizon employees work and live. Verizon's employees are generous with their donations and their time, having logged more than 6.2 million hours of service to make a positive difference in their communities. For more information about Verizon's philanthropic work, visit www.verizonfoundation.org; or for regular updates, visit the Foundation on Facebook (www.facebook.com/verizonfoundation) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/verizongiving).

SCCADVASA is a network of the 22 sexual assault and domestic violence advocacy programs across South Carolina.  This Youth Leadership Project it is a part of SCCADVASA’s Primary Prevention Project, SC Says No More, which exists to bring an end to sexual assault and domestic violence through education, collaboration, and awareness.

To find out how you can help prevent sexual assault and domestic violence, visit SCCADVASA at www.sccadvasa.org/scsaysnomore or www.facebook.com/SCCADVASA.

For more information, please contact Rebecca Williams-Agee at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (803) 256-2900.