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Resources and Information for EIM Oversight
- General Resources For Those Affected by Abuse
- For Elderly Adults or Adults with a Disability
- For Parents
- For Parish & School Administators
- For EIM Workshop Facilitators
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Catholic Charities Counseling Services
“Providing high-quality mental health services to help individuals and families overcome life’s challenges.”
https://ccctx.org/counseling-services/
Hours & Locations
Office hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM; Tuesday: 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Appointments are 50 minutes in length and are scheduled weekly, biweekly, or as needed.
How to Get Started
Call us at 512.651.6150. Leave a voicemail with your name, phone number, email address, and a brief description of the type of mental health support you are seeking.
On the day of your appointment, bring photo ID and a document with your current address with you.
Cost
We believe cost should not be a barrier to receiving mental health support. We are committed to ensuring our services are affordable. Fees will vary based on your individual circumstance. Please reach out to us to discuss your mental health needs. We will find a solution to ensure you get the support you deserve thanks to generous gifts from our community.
St. Edward’s University Community Clinic
https://www.stedwards.edu/communityclinic
About our services
We are currently open to the Austin community to provide low-cost individual, relationship, and/or family counseling. We charge $15 for individuals and $20 for couples and families--if cost is an issue, we can work with you. Our counselors are student interns working towards finishing their counseling degrees under the supervision of licensed faculty. In-person and online services are being offered. Online services can be delivered to anyone who resides in Texas.
Clinic Hours
Fall Hours:- Monday 3 pm - 8 pm
- Tuesday 1 pm - 6 pm
- Wednesday 1 pm - 6 pm
- Thursday 3 pm - 8 pm
How to become a client
Call us at (512) 428-1242 or send email us at [email protected] with your name, contact number, and the best time to reach you.
Travis County Sheriff’s Office Victim Services Resources
Offers resources for those affected by family violence, sexual assault, and death & grief.
https://www.tcsheriff.org/services/victim-services/resources#H2811
About Victim Services
The Victim Services Unit is comprised of a Victim Services Director, a Social Services Program Coordinator and six Victim Services Specialists. Additionally, we benefit from of a large pool of trained volunteers who contribute their time and skills.
We are here to provide services and support to individuals affected by crime and crisis circumstances to reduce the impact of trauma and enhance the ability for individuals to rebuild their lives.
Services- Crisis intervention
- Information on constitutional and/or statutory rights
- Information on establishing/maintaining personal safety
- Assistance with Crime Victim Compensation applications
- Referrals to community agencies
- Informational and emotional support throughout the criminal justice process
For more information, please contact the Victim Services Unit at:
To register, email Paula Kaempffer, Outreach Coordinator for Restorative Justice and Abuse Prevention, Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, [email protected]. Click here for more info on the support groups available. These support groups and presentations for survivors have been held for the past three years. Many survivors who attend these groups have experienced healing, care, affirmation, and support as they grow and become who they were created to be. The harm and damage to the human person from abuse is horrific. Survivors need and deserve all the compassion, concern, and loving kindness that we can give to them. Please consider joining one of these groups and also the presentations on the fourth Monday of every month. Past recordings of the presentations can be found here, under Special Presentations: Recordings of Past Presentations.
[email protected] | 512-854-9709 Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Should you need to speak with Victim Services outside of normal business hours, please call 512-974-0845, Option 3 and request contact from the on-call representative.\
Victim/Survivor Support Groups and Monthly Presentations on Topics Pertaining to Victim/Survivors and Those Who Care for Them
(click here)
GeneralPodcasts
- The Catholic Project is an initiative of The Catholic University of America that falls into three basic categories: education, research and events. Crisis Clergy Abuse in the Catholic Church is a podcast series about the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church: its origins, characters, causes, and reforms.
Documents and Articles
- Pain Never Disappears from Unhealed Wounds, August 28, 2018, Nineteen Sixty-four is a research blog for the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University edited by Mark M. Gray. CARA is a non-profit research center that conducts social scientific studies about the Catholic Church. Founded in 1964, CARA has three major dimensions to its mission: to increase the Catholic Church's self-understanding; to serve the applied research needs of Church decision-makers; and to advance scholarly research on religion, particularly Catholicism. Follow CARA on Twitter at caracatholic.
- Separating Facts About Clergy Abuse From Fiction, August 23, 2018
- Annual Report on the Implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People
- A 10-year Progress Report on the Charter, June 2012
- The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States 1950-2010 (published 2011 by John Jay College of Criminal Justice)
- The Nature and Scope of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States 1950-2002 (published 2004 by John Jay College of Criminal Justice)
- Nature & Scope Supplementary Report, 2006
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Program for Education Minors
Empowering God's Children - promulgated by Most Rev. Joe S. Vásquez, Bishop of Austin on January 1, 2023
Empowering God's Children - Information for Parents/GuardiansAs Catholics, we believe that every human being is created in the image and likeness of God. Each of us is sacred and our lives — body, mind and soul — should be treated with respect. Empowering God's Children (EGC) is an age-appropriate comprehensive safety education and sexual abuse prevention program that gives our youth practical tools, using simple activities, to help them understand this fundamental teaching of our faith.
Each parish and Catholic school in the Diocese of Austin is required to use Empowering God's Children every school year to help educate all K-12th grade students about abuse prevention and personal safety. Besides being developmentally appropriate and sequential for each age group, EGC differs from other Ethics and Integrity in Ministry programs in that it is classroom-based (rather than a facilitator-led workshop) and the program instructors are the teachers/catechists the students already know.
Students are not “required” to attend EGC, but they and their parents should understand the importance of this program as part of their education about boundaries, appropriate interactions between adults and minors and related personal safety issues. This should not be considered an optional program; students that cannot attend should have a valid reason for their absence. Parents may choose to complete an opt-out waiver to excuse their child from the program; this can be obtained from the parish/school representative coordinating the session. Students that do not attend are not required to “make up” the session, but parents may be asked to provide supervision for their child during the session. Parents of students that do not attend EGC for any reason (opt-out or absence) receive the curriculum information to teach their child.
Links and Resources for Parents
- USCCB Child Safety Information
- Education Services - Center for Child Protection
- Youth Protection/Safe Environment resources from the Knight's of Columbus
- The Catholic Church is Committed to the Safety of Children
- 10 Points to Create Safe Environments for Children
- Faith and Safety - Technology Safety through the Eyes of Faith
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Local Site AuditResources
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If you are interested in serving as an EIM-VIRTUS Facilitator, please fill out and return this facilitator application along with a current resume. We will reach out to you with an RSVP Invite when we have training dates scheduled.
Training is typically one day long, from 9am – 5pm and we ask that our facilitators teach at least 4 workshops a year. With VIRTUS, our workshops are around 3 hours long.
We are grateful to our current facilitators, who are so dedicated to the safety of our diocese.
If you have any questions about the roles and responsibilities of a facilitator, please reach out to [email protected] for more info.
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