LACASA

Adult Domestic Violence Services: LACASA provides counseling, shelter, legal advocacy, education, and support to victims of domestic violence and their families and friends. Our work with survivors and their family and friends is client-centered, confidential, nonjudgmental, and focused on an empowerment model. There is no charge for the services to survivors and their family and friends. In 2025, 11,546 nights of shelter were provided for 120 survivors (55 females, 3 male, 2 other, and 60 children). LACASA's shelter provides a secure, confidential and non-violent environment safe from abuse. LACASA's on-site animal kennel provided 2,160 nights of animal shelter for 21 family pets. The legal advocacy program provided 632 survivors (488 females and 140 males, and 4 trans-gender) assistance with the criminal justice system. LACASA's legal advocates assisted 53 individuals with developing a personal protection order (PPO). LACASA's 24-hour on-call service provided support to 292 survivors (211 females and 80 males) when an assault was reported to police or medical personnel. 24-hour toll-free crisis line support is available 365 days a year and 2,678 clients received assistance through the helpline. Individual and group counseling is available to survivors to explore feelings, clarify issues, review options and create safety plans. 310 adult survivors (282 females and 28 males) took advantage of these clinical services in 2024. 86 children received clinical services concerning domestic violence. All clients develop a safety plan while in services, including 68 individuals that developed safety plans through LACASA per the request of the Livingston County prosecutor's office. In addition, LACASA works with businesses and agencies to improve the systemic response to domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. LACASA has developed and implemented a Livingston County community response team which is comprised of three taskforces: Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART), Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) and community awareness team. The community response team develops and implements community-wide domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse protocols. The Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) and Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) are subgroups of LACASA's overarching community response team. The primary function of dart and SART are to provide a community collaborated response to domestic and sexual violence before, during, and after its occurrence. Both groups involve a variety of professionals who work with survivors, LACASA staff, and board members. The groups meet once per month addressing needs for community collaborated systemic change within Livingston County.

Adult Sexual Assault Program: LACASA's sexual assault services address the issues of sexual assault, incest, stalking, and sexual harassment. Sexual assault services are designed to respond to the needs of sexual assault victims and their families and friends. Sexual assault counseling was provided for 171 survivors (137 females, 32 males, and 2 transgender) in 2024. The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program provided forensic evidence collection and medical treatment for 18 victims (16 females, 2 males, and 0 transgender) of sexual assault in accordance with standards of practice established by the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN). In 2019, LACASA expanded the SANE program to include pediatrics. The SANE program provides a forensic examination to minors within 120 hours of an assault but also to minors who report the abuse outside of the 120-hour window. In 2024, the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program provided forensic evidence collection and medical treatment for 13 individuals who survived strangulation, comprising 12 female and 1 male.