SAS Open House 2025
Schedule
Wed Apr 02 2025 at 03:00 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
606 NW 5th St., Suite B, Brainerd, MN, United States, Minnesota 56401 | Brainerd, MN
Open to everyone & family friendly. Meet our team of Advocates, SANE Nurses, Board Members, & Volunteers to learn about our positive impact on the community!🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
WHAT IS SAS WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
In 2024 Sexual Assault Services served 295 individuals (223 of these were new cases)
Sexual Assault Services' mission is to bring hope, healing, and empowerment to those effected by sexual abuse and exploitation.
SAS is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
All our services are FREE and CONFIDENTIAL. We serve people of all genders, sexual orientations, and ages.
SAS Provides Victim Centered, Trauma Informed Services, Including:
• Crisis Intervention
• Assistance Filing Protection Orders
• Advocacy During Medical Exams
• SANE Trained Nurses
• Law Enforcement Interview Accompaniment
• Support Groups
• Information & Referral
• Training & Education for Professionals & Community Members
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Did you know? (denimday.org/did-you-know)
• In the US, over half of women and almost 1 in 3 men have experienced sexual violence involving physical contact during their lifetime (CDC)
• More than 4 in 5 female rape survivors reported that they were first raped before age 25 and almost half were first raped as a minor (CDC)
• Women and racial and ethnic minority groups experience a higher burden of sexual violence (CDC)
• Recent estimates put the lifetime cost of rape at $122,461 per survivor, including medical costs, lost productivity, criminal justice activities, and other costs (CDC)
• Every 68 seconds, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted. And every 9 minutes, that victim is a child. (RAINN & USDOJ)
• Nearly 1 in 10 women has been raped by an intimate partner (CDC)
• 7 out of 10 rapes are committed by someone who knew the victim (RAINN)
• 82% of sexual assaults committed by a friend or acquaintance are not reported to the police (RAINN & USDOJ)
• Only 25 out of every 1,000 perpetrators will end up in prison. (RAINN)
• 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted while in college (NSVRC)
• 15,000-19,000 people with developmental disabilities are raped each year in in the U.S.(NCDSV)
• 1 out of 10 rape victims are men (RAINN)
• 44% of sexual assault and rape victims are under the age of 18 (USDOJ)
• Victims of sexual assault are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression, 6 times more likely to suffer from PTSD, 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol, 26 times more likely to abuse drugs, and 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide (WHO)
• 63% of men who admitted to campus rape/attempted rape say they committed an average of 6 rapes (NSVRC)
• 28% of male victims of rape experience their first rape when they were 10 years of age or younger (CDC)
• Women who have been raped in the military have a higher rate of PTSD than men who’ve been in combat (DOJ)
• 47% of transgender people are sexually assaulted at some point in their life (HRC)
• Sexual violence affects Black women at high rates. More than 20% of Black women are raped during their lifetimes—a higher share than among women overall, which is 18% (CDC/IWPR.org)
