Shelter House Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Center, formerly Shelter House, now offers 24-7 sexual assault advocacy and support to sexual assault survivors.
After learning that Okaloosa and Walton counties’ rape crisis services were ending this spring, Shelter House leadership filed a letter of intent with the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence to become a certified rape crisis center.
Following the organization’s name change, an on-call team will soon respond to all hospitals and police departments for sexual assault survivors and those involved with forensic rape examinations.
Survivors seeking services may call the Crestview outreach office, 290 Martin Luther King Blvd., at 850-683-0845.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Shelter House now serving sexual violence survivors