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Executive Director, Victim Service Center of Central Florida

Dear Friends,

Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of our grantors and donors we continued to have the resources to help those in need and our team members have worked hard to deploy those resources to make the greatest impact possible. And this year, despite soaring inflation, shifting attitudes surrounding work, societal divisiveness and a changing climate, our team has remained committed as never before. That is because we are driven by a common unifying mission of transforming lives by providing individualized healing services and resources for those that have been impacted by sexual assault, violent crime, and other traumatic circumstances. In this report you will see how we channeled our efforts to better serve the underrepresented in our community, be more inclusive, retain our best people, increase opportunities for people to get involved, and expand our services. 

In our therapeutic program we continued to diversify and expand our team with trauma informed bilingual therapists and hybrid session offerings to provide the greatest scheduling flexibility for our clients which resulted in us providing more than 3,000 free therapy sessions for the second consecutive year! 

We also created a community-based accessibility committee to help us evaluate and find new opportunities to better serve the disabled community. Through this focused approach we were able to more than double our impact in serving persons with disabilities in just one year.
We continued to grow our volunteer program by expanding our use of college interns from across Florida and other states, and we provided more opportunities for our volunteers to directly aid in helping our clients in their healing journey. These combined efforts resulted in more than 4,100 hours of volunteer service in support of those we serve. 

You’ll also learn how we’ve exceeded our benchmarks for prevention education and outreach with newly developed community partnerships for trainings, a monthly television program, webinars, podcasts, and CEU courses. Through our efforts, we have been recognized as a Top-Rated Nonprofit and have been awarded the GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency. Further, we were honored to have been selected to host and present to groups of international leaders and one of our team members was recognized nationally for her visionary leadership. 


At VSC, we understand that our people are at the heart of our ability to deliver on our mission. That is why one of our organizational goals is to become an employer of choice where great talent can use their skills to help our clients overcome the trauma they have endured and regain control of their lives. To that end, we focused our energies on the wellbeing of our staff by providing a supportive work environment that values and encourages diversity, equity, inclusion, self-care, and a proper work-life balance. 


We are grateful for your continued support, and we understand that none of our success is possible without you. Together with our incredible staff, Board of Directors, grant funders, sponsors, donors, volunteers, and community partners who share our passion, the VSC continues to be an essential and extraordinary resource in our community.

Sincerely,

Lui Damiani

Executive Director, Victim Service Center of Central Florida

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