The Bright CHARLOTTE

House NEMEC
What is The
Bright House?
• Division of the Southern Crescent
Sexual Assault and Child Advocacy
Center
• National and State Accreditation
• Mission: “to provide a collaborative,
coordinated community response in
an effort to reduce the incidence of
child maltreatment and sexual
violence
Services Provided

Education and
24-Hour Crisis Forensic
Prevention
Line Interviews
Workshops

Forensic Individual and Child and

Medical Family Family
Exams Counseling Advocacy
 Public Health
Issue
THE BRIGHT HOUSE SERVE TWO OF THE LARGEST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
THERE ARE: CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
Community
Served
Children
People with developmental disabilities
Anyone
Daily Tasks
Administrative Supervise Clients
• On Mondays and • Playing with and
Tuesdays, I answer the comforting children
phones while they are in the
lobby, either waiting for
• File paperwork for
an interview/medical
Shelley or Ashleigh
exam or for a family
• Clean lobby and house member to finish
counseling.
Advocacy
• The intern with whom
the clients are most
comfortable in the
lobby also sit with them
during their interview if
the child requests
someone to sit with
them.
Additional Projects

Flash Drive
SART
for Future Backpacks
Agenda
Interns

Closet CaseWorthy
Organization Updates
Semester Project
ON CAMPUS AWARENESS
The Inspiration
Inspired by a flyer we were instructed to
post around downtown
Spread awareness of Domestic
Violence and Sexual Assault on campus
Collaboration
Partnered with Gamma Sigma Sigma
to provide volunteers on campus
Research

• Seeking information
about what individuals
and their friends can do
before, during, and after
an assault to mitigate the
harm.
Materials

Presentation
Board Posters Flyers
Tabling
I spent Tuesday, March 28
and Thursday, March 30 on
campus informing students
how to identify and escape
domestic violence, what to
do in the event they, or a
loved one, is the victim of
sexual assault.
 Impact

Number of People
Advertising Materials Reached
Tabling Materials Number of People Reached
90 80 45 41
80 40
Number of Items

Number of People
68
70 62 35
60 50 30
50 39 43 23
3835 25
40 31 30
30 23 20
20 18
20 15 1515 15
8 6 10 6
10 3 0 0 4 3
0 5
Goody Brochure Koozie Silly Pen Serious Posters Flyers 0
Bag Pen Sunday Tuesday Thursday
Type of Item Day of the Week

Starting Tuesday Thursday Volunteers Visitors

Lessons Learned

Equity is key to quality care

Children are especially vulnerable

Outreach is just as important as providing

care