IDVSA and BBR are conducting the project “Texas Sexual Assault Survivors’ Study: Services, Gaps, and Accessibility” with funding from the Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office. The study is a required component of House Bill 1590, passed in the 86th legislative session, which created the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Task Force. The first report from this study offers findings on baseline availability of resources for sexual assault survivors across Texas as well as unmet needs and the impact of COVID-19 on service providers.
Research Team
- Bruce Kellison
- Noël Busch-Armendariz
- Matt Kammer-Kerwick
- Caitlin Sulley
- Victoria “Torie” Camp
- Deirdre Rabideau
- Stepha Dragoon
- Susan Sookram
- Melanie Susswein
Full Report
Executive Summary
The Executive Summary portion of the Resources for Texas Sexual Assault Survivors Inventory and Survey Findings on Services, Gaps, and Accessibility.
Summary Tables
The supplemental tables in Appendix F offer a more nuanced view of the data collected on service provision, referrals, and availability, including percentages as well as raw numbers on:
- Categories of services in which at least one service was provided by each provider type (baseline availability).
- The degree to which at least one service in a service category was rated by providers as “completely” meeting survivor needs, shown in percentage form by provider type.
- The degree to which participants report that at least one service in a service category has been available at normal levels during the COVID-19 pandemic, by provider type.
- The degree to which participants report providing a service (baseline availability) for each service category, by region.
- Services that were provided directly, by referral, or not at all, by region.
- Complete respondent ratings of the degree to which needs for specific services have been met, by region.
- Complete respondent ratings of the degree to which specific services were available during the COVID-19 pandemic, by region.
