Saint Vincent's Hospital Rape Crisis Program

Mission Statement

The mission of the Rape Crisis Program of the Department of Community Medicine of St. Vincent's Hospital is:

- to assure that sensitive medical care, counseling, support, and advocacy are available to primary and secondary survivors of sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse who reside in Lower Manhattan and the New York City region and

- to educate the public and other service providers about the needs of sexual assault survivors an

- to work toward the elimination of sexual violence.