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05.26.21

Come join our team! We still have 3 open employment positions to fill: Bilingual Therapist, Resource Line Advocate and Legal Advocate. Interested or know someone who is? Apply today or learn more: https://t.co/SmqSDA9eBT https://t.co/0n0O4h99IC

05.24.21

New Podcast Episode! Learn tips to help parents and caregivers respond to a disclosure of sexual abuse from a child. Through the acronym BASES, you’ll learn what to do, and why it's valuable: Believe, Affirm, Support, Empower, and Safety. https://t.co/0DBog1NbBH https://t.co/32gILo0lp7

05.24.21

"The average 16-year-old victim working with KCSARC was abused before age 13, and was a middle schooler when the charged defendant was arraigned. They deserve to know when to expect to be free from this process" -KCSARC Board President Jesse Franklin https://t.co/d9RYMalT7B

05.21.21

Data in our Report to the Community, "The Long Wait" https://t.co/dW2R00ZkKn

05.21.21

KCSARC legal advocates always prepare clients for the possibility of long waits in the criminal legal system. Before the pandemic closed courts, that wait could be many months. During the pandemic, things came to a standstill. We wanted to see what was happening /

05.21.21

Earlier this year, we analyzed client data in cases charged and pending to see how many sexual assault victims were among those waiting and for how long, to understand their age and gender and to assess the severity of charges that had been filed in their cases. /

05.21.21

The 408 sexual assault victims involved in these cases, have been waiting an average of 563 days — almost 19 months — from the time the defendant in their case was arraigned. Their median age was 16. Median age of the 319 defendants involved was 39. /

05.21.21

Their cases involve serious criminal charges: 73% of all charges are crimes committed against children. 38% of those are Class A felonies such as Rape of a Child 1, Child Molestation 1, and Assault of a Child 1. /

05.21.21

Long waits and lack of information is keeping victims from moving on with their lives, and potentially jeopardizing their safety, and mental as well as physical health now and down the road. /

05.21.21

Sexual assault victims, many of whom were abused as children and are now in their teens, have been waiting on average almost 19 months for resolution of their legal cases in King County. KUOW's @AmyRadil reports on delays that have reached a crisis point. https://t.co/7pfCvxmIbQ