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["Tuttle Bell, Cara" <>]

We do offer trained advisers as an option for accused students.  These individuals are student affairs staff outside of our conduct and prevention education/victim advocacy services who have volunteered to be available if requested.  They are not confidential resources.  They receive a day of training on our sexual misconduct process, in addition to training they would have already received about being responsible employees and campus security authorities.  We also always make sure that either the Director of Student Accountability (conduct), our Title IX Coordinator or our Title IX Compliance Manager provides support options information to accused students, preferably via in-person meeting.  While our victim advocacy center, Project Safe, is not available to accused students, the interim measures are, and we refer accused students to the Psychological and Counseling Center, Student Health Center, and/or various University chaplains for additional support.

 

Kind regards,

 

Cara

 

Cara Tuttle Bell, JD

Director

Project Safe Center for Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response

Vanderbilt University

Pronouns:  she, her, hers

(615) 875-0660

(615) 875-0735 (fax)

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/projectsafe

 

 

From: Torres-Zickler, Alina M. [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 2:45 PM
To:
Subject: Support for Accused

 

Good afternoon -

There are several administrators on my campus that are requesting that our office (which oversee Title IX and houses the Title IX Coordinator and Title IX deputy) create support positions for accused students. We currently have three staff on our campus who are considered confidential as part of our sexual misconduct support. These three confidential supports are not full time devoted to support work, it is about 20% of their jobs. Those three staff members support survivors of sexual misconduct. These staff members do not include the support and counseling provided by our counseling center which is available to all students and of course, confidential.

 

My questions are: Do your campuses have specific support people for accused students? If so, are they confidential? What type of support do they provide.

Does anyone have cases or references you can point me towards that suggest/require that we have support services for the accused?

Any insight would be appreciated!

-Alina

 

 

Alina Torres-Zickler

Assistant Director

Office of Social Equity

West Chester University

Ph. 610.436.2838

Email:

 

Pronouns: She, her, hers

 

Be kind, for everyone is fighting their own quiet battle. - Cicero