Volunteers provide crisis intervention, advocacy, information, and emotional support for sexual assault survivors. They meet with survivors at the hospital to offer support, information and advocacy immediately following a sexual assault. They also answer our 24/7 hotline.

Requirements: 21 years or older, have reliable transportation to INOVA Fairfax hospital (not metro accessible), commit to two 12-hour on-call shifts per month, attend the 40-hour initial volunteer training plus 12 hours of shadow shift, ability to work with numerous community response teams, ability to work calmly and independently, maintain confidentiality  and background Check is required.