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We plan to start small. We want to hire one coordinator to <br />do just that -- coordinate effori:s i;c�tween law enforcement, Pledical <br />personnel, prosecutors and the vict-im. For a time she will be <br />the Team. Once the program is fully operational, we may expand <br />with trained and qualified voluri`Cceors as back-ups in each county. <br />The Coordinator will have to be a dynamo writh background or <br />experience in social work, criminal justice, behavioral sciences <br />and public relations in addition Lo formal education. She will need <br />to be an organizer familiar with government bureaucracy and <br />social resource networks. <br />The State Attorney's Office will provide office mace, supplies, <br />and support personnel. We need you to contribute- S 0. <br />to the $25,000 .salary/benefits package we will have to offer to <br />get a qualified coordinator. That represents <br />percentage - the same as you contribute to our office. <br />You may not think your county has enough rapes to justify <br />hiring a full-time coordinator. But keep this in mind: When <br />Ocala opened its rape crisis center, they handled 69 rapes in the <br />first six (6)months - only 16 of these were reported rapes. <br />As we said, the statistics don't tell the whole story. <br />The victims know the story from the terrifying beginning <br />to the grueling end. It's time they shared their story - with <br />Police, with Prosecutors, with the community. <br />WON'T YOU HELP? <br />STATE ATTORNEY STONE REPORTED THAT DURING THE PAST TEN <br />YEARS RAPE HAS INCREASED MORE THAN ANY OTHER CRIME IN FLORIDA. HE <br />EMPHASIZED THAT THIS PROGRAM IS AIMED AT AIDING THE RAPE VICTIM, WHO <br />IS SOMETIMES PRACTICALLY IGNORED IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO APPREHEND <br />AND PROSECUTE THE OFFENDER. MR. STONE BROUGHT UP A PARTICULARLY <br />VIOLENT CASE OF RAPE IN MARTIN COUNTY WHERE THEY CONTACTED THE SEXUAL <br />ASSAULT TEAM IN PALM BEACH COUNTY TO HELP WITH THE VICTIM WHO WAS IN <br />A VERY SEVERE STATE OF EMOTIONAL SHOCK. THEY NOT ONLY HELPED THE <br />VICTIM THROUGH THE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, BUT HELPED OBTAIN A CONVICTION <br />41 <br />� SEP 2 4190 <br />nay 44 FaceRl <br />