Confidential Victim Advocacy and Support
Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention & Prevention (SAVIP)
Phone: 803-777-8248
SAVIP offers 24/7 confidential advocacy to students who are impacted by interpersonal violence (sexual assault, harassment, stalking and relationship violence). You can call the phone number above 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
SAVIP Staff will answer the hotline during our business hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. After hours and on weekends, callers will be supported by UWill counselors. These counselors are highly trained in trauma-informed care and possess extensive knowledge of the resources available to students on our campus.
Confidential resource: This office is not required to disclose the survivor's identity.
Support, Investigation and Victim Advocacy
USC Police Department
Phone: 803-777-4215
USC police can help connect a survivor with an advocate, take a report, transport a survivor to the hospital and assist them with obtaining a court-issued restraining order/order of protection. Reporting an assault is not the same as prosecuting it. The decision to pursue legal action can be made later. Victims should consider preserving evidence by avoiding showering or cleaning themselves or their clothing.
Rights and Process Assistance
Office of Civil Rights & Title IX
Phone: 803-777-3854
The Office of Civil Rights & Title IX is on a mission to create an environment where all people are treated with dignity and respect and have an equal opportunity to learn and work at a university free from discrimination, harassment, and sexual misconduct.
Counseling and Health Care
Counseling & Psychiatry
Phone: 803-777-5223
Sexual assault survivors are more at risk for suicidal thoughts, anxiety, depression and other mental health concerns. Counseling & Psychiatry can provide sexual assault survivors a confidential and safe place to speak privately about these concerns and others, such as substance abuse and related issues.
Confidential resource: This office is not required to disclose the survivor's identity.
Student Health Services
Phone: 803-777-3933
Getting medical attention immediately after an assault is important whether or not you report the assault or file charges. Medical attention can detect, document and treat physical injury, sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy.
Confidential resource: This office is not required to disclose the survivor's identity.
Local and National Resources
love is respect
Phone: 1-866-331-9474
TTY: 1-866-331-8453
Trained advocates offer support, information and advocacy to young people to help them prevent and end abusive relationships. A "Chat Now" feature is available online.
Confidential resource: This office is not required to disclose the survivor's identity.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Phone: 1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224
Trained advocates are available 24/7 to speak with anyone experiencing domestic violence or questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship. A "Chat Now" feature is available online.
Confidential resource: This office is not required to disclose the survivor's identity.
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)/National Sexual Assault Hotline
Phone: 1-800-656-4673
At any given moment, 1,100 trained volunteers are available to help callers at crisis centers across the country.
Confidential resource: This office is not required to disclose the survivor's identity.
Pathways to Healing
Phone: 803-771-7273
Pathways to Healing advocates for and supports survivors of sexual assault and abuse in Richland, Lexington, Newberry, Clarendon, and Sumter counties and educates the community to identify and prevent sexual violence.
Confidential resource: This office is not required to disclose the survivor's identity.
Sistercare
Phone: 803-765-9428
Sistercare is a safe haven for survivors of intimate partner violence, including children, women and men.
Confidential resource: This office is not required to disclose the survivor's identity.
The Hive Community Circle
Phone: 803-888-7725
The Hive Community Circle is a survivor-driven, culturally specific peer advocacy organization helping people with marginalized gender identities in South Carolina overcome the trauma of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and stalking.
Confidential resource: This office is not required to disclose the survivor's identity.