San Miguel Resource Center

THE MISSION OF THE SAN MIGUEL RESOURCE CENTER (SMRC) IS TO EMPOWER AND ADVOCATE FOR INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT THROUGH INTERVENTION AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, WHILE PROMOTING SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH PREVENTION EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS.

SAN MIGUEL RESOURCE CENTER - 2021 ACCOMPLISHMENTSVICTIMS SERVED - 176-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMIZATIONS - 136-SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMIZATIONS - 19-OTHER VICTIMIZATIONS - 2124-HOUR HELPLINE-5,692 HOURS OF SERVICE DONATED BY 28 VOLUNTEERSADVOCATE TRAININGS - 4 (1 PEER/STUDENT AND 3 ADULT), 36 PARTICIPANTSIN 2021, SAN MIGUEL RESOURCE CENTER (SMRC) ADVOCATED FOR AND SUPPORTED 176 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND OTHER CRIMES. DESPITE THE RISK AND UNCERTAINTY OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, OUR OFFICES REMAINED OPEN FOR WALK-IN AND APPOINTMENT-BASED SERVICES IN TELLURIDE, NORWOOD AND NATURITA, AND OUR HELPLINE CONTINUED TO ANSWER CALLS 24-HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK WITH A STRONG STAFF OF SEVEN ADVOCATES AND 28 VOLUNTEERS. THE CLIENT SERVICES PROGRAM SERVED 66% OF OUR CLIENTS FROM OUR TELLURIDE OFFICE, 16% FROM OUR NORWOOD OFFICE AND 18% FROM OUR NATURITA OFFICE. 86% OF OUR CLIENTS WERE FEMALE AND 20% WERE FROM THE LATINX COMMUNITY. WE SUPPORTED 14 CLIENTS WITH 35 NIGHTS OF EMERGENCY SAFEHOUSING AND 73 CLIENTS WITH $44,618 IN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, THERAPY AND BASIC NEEDS. SURVEY RESULTS SHOWED THAT 96% OF OUR CLIENTS INDICATED THAT OUR SERVICES PROVIDED THEM WITH MORE TOOLS AND MORE WAYS TO PLAN FOR THEIR SAFETY AND INCREASED THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES. ALTHOUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC MADE OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS MORE DIFFICULT, WE WERE ABLE TO REACH OVER 550 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS THROUGH 60 OUTREACH EVENTS, TABLING EVENTS, COMMUNITY PARTNER TRAININGS, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, RADIO INTERVIEWS, AND FUNDRAISING EVENTS. SURVEY RESULTS FROM OUTREACH EVENTS INDICATED THAT 95% OF PARTICIPANTS AGREED THAT THE PRESENTATION INCREASED THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF SMRCS SERVICES AND 93% AGREED THAT THE PRESENTATION HELPED THEM FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE REFERRING SOMEONE TO SMRC. THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR SHOWED AN INCREASED DEMAND FOR OUR YOUTH FOCUSED SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL CURRICULUM. OUR PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM SERVED 1,528 STUDENTS IN THE TELLURIDE, NORWOOD, WEST END AND RIDGWAY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AN 87% INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR. SCHOOL STAFF SOUGHT THE SUPPORT OF OUR PROGRAMMING AS STUDENTS ADJUSTED FROM THE IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC. SURVEY RESULTS FROM STUDENTS ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS SHOWED THAT 91% OF STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION, NONVIOLENT BYSTANDER INTERVENTION, AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP SKILLS. OUR COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE (CCR) PROGRAM CONTINUED TO BRING TOGETHER VICTIM SERVING PARTNERS TO IMPROVE TRAUMA-INFORMED SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY. CCR TEAM MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN A TRAINING SPONSORED BY ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN INTERNATIONAL ON SUPPORTING LGBTQ+ SURVIVORS. THE PROGRAM SPONSORED A PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT AT THE UNCOMPAHGRE MEDICAL CENTER IN NORWOOD FOR HER SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINER (SANE) TRAINING, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SANES IN OUR SERVICE AREA TO THREE.