SAPCS-Federal RPE Funded Programs

TAASA’s Prevention Team is dedicated to providing training and support to RPE funded programs (rape crisis centers) as they develop, implement, and assess the effectiveness of sexual violence primary prevention programs. We provide training for RPE funded programs and their community partners, one-on-one support to prevention workers, and prevention-focused resources.

Prevention Training and Support Topics

Primary Prevention Overview

  • Distinctions between awareness, risk-reduction, and primary prevention approaches

  • Prevention theory, history, and practice  

  • Risk and protective factors for sexual violence  

  • RPE prevention program guidance

Prevention Program Planning and Implementation

  • Planning and developing culturally resonant programming  

  • Facilitation skills and approaches  

  • Assessing program effectiveness  

Community Engagement and Mobilization

  • Cultivating community partnerships  

  • Community-led prevention programming  

  • Engaging communities in supporting youth-led prevention initiatives  

  • Assessing community focused prevention efforts  

  • Engaging men in prevention programming

Cultivating Youth Leaders

  • Youth-led prevention programming  

  • Cultivating leadership skills  

  • Dismantling adultism  

  • Healthy youth and adult allyship

RPE Specific Resources

Community Engagement and Mobilization

  • Cultivating community partnerships  

  • Community-led prevention programming  

  • Engaging communities in supporting youth-led prevention initiatives  

  • Assessing community focused prevention efforts  

  • Engaging men in prevention programming

Cultivating Youth Leaders

  • Youth-led prevention programming  

  • Cultivating leadership skills  

  • Dismantling adultism  

  • Healthy youth and adult allyship

Request Training and Support

Please contact TAASA Prevention Team at prevention@taasa.org to request training or support.