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Fair Haven Direct Services Department Provides 24-hour Rape Response

We provide a rape survivor emergency access to a professionally trained Sexual Assault Victim Advocate who will support you through the entire medical and legal proceedings, and healing process.

Our emergency 24-hour hotline: 219-218-2552. Call or text us just as soon as you can.

Toll-free: Call or text 24-hour hotline: 877-345-2552

If you live in Lake County, Porter County or LaPorte County, Indiana and are a survivor of sexual assault, we would like to speak to you. Please contact our office to make an appointment 219-961-4357.

Our Anti-Trafficking Team responds 24/7 to our regional hospitals with a Human-Trafficking Victim Advocate. They would be present prior to and during all medical and legal proceedings and throughout the entire legal and healing process. Individual advocacy services are held at our office, where a victim advocate works through an individualized care plan with a trafficking survivor. Trauma therapy is available as well.

Crisis Advocacy Services

What does an Advocate do? Fair Haven’s Community-Based Advocates are professionally trained to walk alongside survivors of sexual assault and human sex trafficking. Our advocates provide compassionate support, ensuring survivors never have to navigate the medical, legal, or emotional aftermath alone.

Advocates can help with:

Emotional Support – One-on-one guidance, weekly support groups, and coping strategies to promote healing and stability.
Medical Advocacy – Support during forensic evidence exams at the hospital, ensuring care and rights are respected.
Judicial Advocacy – Presence during police interviews, ongoing support throughout investigations, accompaniment during court proceedings, and information about victims’ rights.
Practical Assistance – Safety planning, help completing Victim Compensation paperwork, and referrals to trusted community resources.
Confidentiality – Fair Haven Advocates are privileged under Indiana law and cannot be compelled to testify. Your privacy is respected and protected at all times.

At Fair Haven, we believe survivors deserve not just to be heard—but to be supported, believed, and empowered on their journey toward healing.

Support for Survivors

Healing looks different for everyone, and there’s no single “right” way forward. At Fair Haven Rape Crisis Center, we help guide survivors toward recovery paths that honor their unique experiences. Our services Include:

Support Groups for Teens and Adults- A safe space to share and learn tools that reduce shame, build resilience, and lower risks of self-harm or substance use.
Individual Supportive Counseling- One-on-one sessions focused on developing coping strategies in areas like self-care, emotional awareness, telling your story, healthy relationships, boundaries, and breaking harmful cycles.
Professional Trauma-based Therapists- We understand the realities of PTSD and other effects of trauma. Our therapists offer evidence-based, compassionate support to help survivors heal and grow.

Weekly support groups meet:

- Bilingual Support Group (Spanish Speaking)
- Curriculum-Based Support Group
- Adolescent Support Group (Ages 11-18)
- Open Support Group utilizing the S.E.L.F Curriculum
- Offsite Groups hosted at Work Release & St. Jude House

Call us to confirm our most recent schedule. Now more than ever, we are here to help you move beyond survival—and begin thriving.

Coming Soon: Transitional Housing

Healing requires more than emotional support. Survivors also need safety, stability, and a place to call home. Fair Haven is preparing to open Transitional Housing for survivors of sexual assault and human trafficking.

This program will provide:

A safe and supportive home environment during the rebuilding process
Continued access to advocacy, counseling, and support groups
Guidance with employment, education, and financial stability
A healing space that honors privacy, dignity, and individual goals

Survivors deserve more than survival—they deserve a safe space to rest, recover, and thrive. Updates will be shared as this new housing program takes shape.