Who We Serve – Survivor Advocacy and Feminist Education Center

ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023

Follow the link below to view our annual report which details our advocacy touch points and programming outreach.

Follow the link below to view our annual report which details our advocacy touch points and programming outreach.

Advocates provided 2601 interventions to 324 survivors. Our interventions increased to 2601 from 1742 in 2015-2016.

These interventions totaled 901 hours of advocacy.

The on-call Victim Assistance Team volunteers received 117 calls and provided 60 hours of these interventions.

CSU Affiliation: 52% undergraduate student (19% first year, 10% sophomore, 10% junior, 8% senior), 5% graduate student, 43% affiliation unknown (could include parents, faculty/staff, callers who chose to remain anonymous, and others).
Gender: 78% women, 14% male, 2% trans*, 6% no response
Race: 5% Asian American/Pacific Islander, 5% Black, 12% Hispanic/Latinx, 2% Multiracial, 1% Native American, 44% White, 31% unable to obtain
Sexual orientation: 10% Bisexual, 1% gay, 38% heterosexual, 1% lesbian, 1% pansexual, 2% Queer, 1% other, 46% unable to obtain
Of the 246 new survivors, 77% were primary survivors and 20% were secondary survivors (3% no response).

50.6% sexual assault, 5.1% stalking, 19.1% intimate partner violence, 5.4% adult survivor of child sexual abuse, 5.4% sexual harassment, 1.6% attempted sexual assault, 9.3% other, 3.5% no response
Time since assault: 9.8% less than 24 hours, 18% 24 hours -5 days, 8.6% within past month, 18.4% 1 month to 1 year, 9.8% 1-5 years, 2.3% 5+ years, 11.3% ongoing, 4.3% historical (time unknown), 5.9% recent (time unknown), 11.6% unable to obtain
Location of assault: 60.9% off campus, 15.2% on campus, 3.5% on and off campus, 2.7% Primarily Electronic, 17.7% unable to obtain

Perpetrator’s Relationship to Survivor: 18% acquaintance, 7.8% dating relationship, 2.7% date, 12.1% friend, 6.6% stranger, 9.4% previously dating, 1.6% current spouse/intimate partner, 4.7% former intimate partner, 1.2% teacher/professor, .4% service provider, 2% parent/guardian, 2.7% other relative, 6.6% co-worker, 1.2% other, 24.2% unable to obtain
Perpetrator Gender: 78.9% Men, 5.5% Women, 15.6% unable to obtain

Reporting to police: 29% reported to the police.
Reporting to the University: 14.2% of reported to the university. (35.2% of the cases were not eligible to report to the university because the perpetrator was non-affiliated).
An additional 7.1% were mandatory reports.
Referral Source: 8.2% another student, 5% other staff/faculty on campus, 5.8% Residence/Apartment Life , 1% CSUPD, 1.6% Case Management, 8.9% CSU Health Network Counseling/Medical Services, 1.6% CSUPD, .8% Fort Collins PD, 3.9% internet, 4.3% Known to office, 5.8% other fac/staff, 3.1% presentation, 5.8% residence life, 2.7% Student Resolution Center, 7.8% Support and Safety Assessment, .4% community agency, , 9.7% VAT poster, .8% VAT magnet, 7.4% other, 18.6% unable to obtain