Funding Area: Health
Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence (SEMO-NASV) seeks to be an advocate for those affected by sexual trauma through the coordination of community services to provide professional, compassionate, and timely interventions and education. Founded in 1997 and serving eight counties in southeast Missouri (Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Scott, and Stoddard), SEMO-NASV is the only dual Child Advocacy Center and Rape Crisis Center in southeast Missouri. All services and programs are completely free to survivors and their families. As of its 25th anniversary, SEMO-NASV had provided forensic interviews and exams to nearly 12,000 individuals.
Projects We Support
The Green Bear Project Program Evaluation
SEMO-NASV began sponsoring The Green Bear Project to provide abuse prevention education programming to children and adults in southeast Missouri in 2001. This one-of-a-kind FREE program educates children from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, mandated reporters, and parents/caregivers. Programming is developmentally appropriate, and research informed. The project’s mission is to instill more accountability and openness regarding disclosure of child victimization in communities.
The Green Bear Project is excited to partner with The Tomberg Family Philanthropies to complete an evaluation of their program. The program is unique to southeast Missouri and combines several researched prevention techniques to deliver programming. The elementary school program has been available since 2001, while the middle/junior high school program has been around for just over 5 years, and the high school program for around 3 years. Since its inception, Prevention Specialists have only had the elementary school program briefly evaluated on effectiveness in schools. With the assistance of the University of Missouri’s Assessment Resource Center, The Green Bear Project staff will be able to fully evaluate the effectiveness of prevention in southeast Missouri. This evaluation will assist with future fundraising efforts for the program as well as increasing awareness and scheduling of the current program. Thank you to The Tomberg Family Philanthropies for allowing us to perform this much needed evaluation!
Support Dates: March, 2025 – Ongoing
Organization and Project Photos
Note: This information was provided by Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence.
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