ZACHARIAS SEXUAL ABUSE CENTER
From Here to Healing
Mission
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center’s mission is to mobilize the community towards ending systemic sexual violence while amplifying the voice of survivors through trauma-informed care, advocacy, and prevention education.
Ruling year
1984
Executive Director
Sandy T. Williams
Associate Executive Director
Wendy Ivy
Main address
4275 Old Grand Avenue
Gurnee, IL 60031 USA
Formerly known as
LaCASA
EIN
36-3314976
NTEE code
Sexual Abuse, Prevention of (I73)
Rape Victim Services (F42)
Children's and Youth Services (P30)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Counseling
ZCenter supports clients in healing from trauma and works to lessen their risk from future victimization. Individual, family, and group counseling provides survivors of sexual violence of all ages and their loves ones with supportive listening, advocacy, information, and referral services. Individual, family, and group support sessions are available in English and Spanish. Our services are provided from a trauma-informed and culturally grounded practice model.
Prevention Education and Outreach
ZCenter strives to effect change through educating children and the community with age-appropriate sexual abuse and sexual assault information. They provide research-based, Erin’s Law-approved, age-appropriate workshops that aid youth from Pre-K–College to understand their rights to their bodies and ways to seek help if they experience sexual abuse. Their Outreach Team offers professional training about the reality of sexual violence and advocacy to police officers, first responders, medical staff, faith-based leaders, court personnel, and others working with survivors of sexual abuse and assault.
Advocacy
Medical Advocacy
ZCenter provides support to the survivor and his or her family throughout the medical process. Our medical advocates can be present at the hospital during a survivor’s medical examination any time of day. Our medical advocates provide information and assist survivors in understanding their options. Medical advocates also provide followup services such as follow-up phone calls and crisis counseling.
Legal Advocacy
ZCenter provides support to the survivor throughout the criminal justice process. Legal advocates explain the legal system and accompany and assist the survivor in reporting to law enforcement, attending court proceedings, and filing for crime victim’s compensation. We are available to follow the legal proceedings of clients and assist them in receiving fair and respectful treatment. Our legal advocates also assist the Assistant State’s Attorneys in supporting the survivor.
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24 Hour Support Line
ZCenter provides emotional support, information, and community resources to survivors, significant others, and community professionals (e.g.: police, medical, schools, etc) through a 24-hour Support Line: 847-872-7799
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center GOALS
1. Strengthening the organization's leadership and infrastructure
2. Diversifying and increasing funding through meaningful engagement and strategic marketing
3. Diversifying and enhancing client services
4. Innovating and strengthening community programs
5. Establishing and growing the Skokie Center
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1. Support board leadership, provide staff professional development, maintain healthy work culture, strengthen and expand volunteer and intern programs, explore technology solutuions
2. Increase levels of giving through stewardship strategies, secure state and federal funding, complete campaign ($2 m), Plan and execute 3 fundraising events, establish young professionals board
3. Engage in therapeutic modalities to enhance services, explore and diversity therapy options, finalize and initiate data collection process, develop ZCenter tools and resources for client support, build and support Skokie team.
4. Strengthen and expand ZPN, Develop new secondary prevention curriculum, strengthen community partnerships, develop and implement innovative training efforts for advocacy professionals.
5. Build strong relationships, implement social media and PR, develop relationships rooted in mission.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
ZCenter is capable of meeting these goals through innovative and strategic planning and implementation.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We are maintaining a healthy work culture, involved in board leadership training, secured state/federal funding from IDHS, 2 events held and 3rd in planning stages. Young professionals board in progress, Skokie team development underway, data collection work-group underway, ZPN held member meeting and developed online chat through LinkedIn, continuing strong relationships with community groups in Lake county and Skokie area and relationships developed with new and continuing organizations rooted in mission.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
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ZACHARIAS SEXUAL ABUSE CENTER
Board of directorsas of 03/07/2023
Mike Farrell
Kyyba, Inc
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
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