If you or someone you know has been the victim of a sexual assault, help is available.
Story County SART
Individuals can contact the Story County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART). SART consists of specially trained professionals from ten agencies on campus and in the community who take a survivor-centered approach toward sexual assault. The team offers immediate and follow-up care, advocacy, counseling and criminal justice services 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. Translation services are available. When SART is contacted, team members respond to the location of the survivor. All options are explained thoroughly, and any decision to act rests solely with the survivor.
To Reach SART, call 515.292.5378 (29-ALERT). To find out more about SART and sexual assault, or to make a report online, visit the Story County Sexual Assault Response Team website at http://www.dps.iastate.edu/sart/
Participating agencies include:
ADVOCACY SERVICES
ACCESS (Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support)
http://www.assaultcarecenter.org/
515.292.5378 or (29-ALERT)
MEDICAL SERVICES
http://www.mgmc.org/
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/greater-iowa
2530 Chamberlain St.
877.811.7526
ISU Thielen Student Health Center
http://www.health.iastate.edu
515.294.5801
Local health service or clinic of outside the Ames area www.dexonline.com
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Note: Please understand that you can contact law enforcement for assistance or investigation without having to file fromal charges. An initial investigation can preserve evidence so that you have more options later.
Room 55 Armory
515.294.4428
E-Mail : isupolice@iastate.edu
http://www.cityofames.org/police/
515 Clark Avenue
Ames, IA 50010
(entrance on 6th street)
Emergency phone: 911
Non-Emergency phone: 515.239.5133
http://www.storycounty.com/index.aspx?DN=23,6,1,Documents
1315 South B Avenue
Nevada, IA 50201
515.382.6566
COUNSELING
ISU Student Counseling Service
3rd Floor, Student Services Building
515.294.5056 (let the receptionist know you are requesting a same-day crisis appointment)
If this is after hours or on a weekend/holiday when SCS is not open and you feel it is important to speak to someone, you may call the Richmond Center at 515.232.5811
http://www.public.iastate.edu/eap/#
Richmond Center
125 S. 3rd Street, Suite 200
Ames, IA 50010
Locations also in Boone, Jefferson and Carroll
http://www.richmondcenter.net/locations.cfm
515.233.5811 (Ames) 800.830.7009 (outside of Ames)
CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS
Story County Attorney’s Office
315 South B Avenue
Nevada, IA 50210
515.382.7255
ISU ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
Several ISU officials are available to listen and help with concerns over sexual assault. If you are not able to reach any of these individuals, please consider contacting an ACCESS advocate at 292.5378 or (29-ALERT) 24 hours a day so someone can assist you right away.
Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, Todd Holcomb
294.4420
Dean of Students, Dione Somerville
294.1020
Director of the Office of Judicial Affairs, Michelle Boettcher
294.1021
Director of the Women’s Center, Penny Rice
294.4154
Director of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, Carla Espinosa
294.6458
Associate Director of the Athletic Department, Calli Sanders
294.1087
Coordinator of resident Life/Judicial, Sally Deters
294.6428
Please know that an ISU official has the obligation under the Clery Act and ISU Violence-Free Campus policy to report a sexual assault to law enforcement, but can do so without using your name if you prefer.
OTHER SOURCES
Violence-Free Campus Policy
Women’s Center
Department of Residence
Sexual Abuse Information (http://www.savp.iastate.edu/abuse/info.html)
If an ISU employee learns of a sexual assault, please review the following information and obligations.
As a member of the Iowa State University community, you may be called upon to provide support to survivors of sexual assault and to refer them to professional resources. It is best if you can establish the context in which the survivor is speaking with you - is the survivor seeking assistance or advice, or is the survivor mentioning it from a factual perspective relating to work or class, such as a request not to respond to a certain topic or a need for accommodation in getting work done.
For a survivor seeking your assistance, or if the survivor otherwise informs you of a recent sexual assault, you should be prepared to discuss or identify the following areas with the survivor:
Encourage the survivor to contact SART (Sexual Asssault Response Team) or ACCESS (Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support). These options can provide the survivor support, advocacy, and assistance in exploring counseling, medical, and legal options. If possible, offer the survivor the use of your phone and a private space to make the call.
Encourage the survivor to obtain medical services to care for her/himself and to preserve evidence from the assault.
Explain that no records or reports of sexual assault are kept in the survivor’s permanent academic or personnel records.
Sexual asssault is a crime. Inform the survivor that it is ther choice to file a report with the police (ISU Police, Ames Police, or local law enforcement (if outside the Ames area)) and encourage them to do so. Remind the survivor that reporting the incident does not have to result in charges being filed, but can make sure the survivor’s options are preserved.
Explain, however, you are required (under Clery Act, Violence-Free Campus policy and Title IX) to file an anonymous sexual assault report with ISU Police as soon as you can. A form you may use for doing that is located at htttp://www.dps.iastate.edu/sart/SARTonlinereport.htm. Please also explain to the survivor that by meeting your obligation to notify law enforcement that an assault has occurred, you are not revealing the survivor’s identity if that is not desired, or otherwise forcing the survivor to go to law enforcement if another option is preferred.
If the survivor is a student, inform the survivor that it is their choice to report the assault to a Department of Residence or Dean of Students staff member for assistance.
If appropriate, arrange for a follow-up time to talk with the survivor and offer support.
Provide the survivor with written information about resources available. Information can be printed from the following web sites:
ISU Department of Public Safety (Reporting Sexual Assault)
ACCESS (Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support)
515.292.5378 (24 hours a day)
Dean of Students Office
294.1020 (business hours)
