Don't Have to Navigate This Alone: Community Resources for Sexual Assault Prevention, Advocacy & Healing
💜 SAAM Resource Guide: Local, Texas & National Support for Survivors & Advocates
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month — and as we close out this month together, I want to leave you with something tangible. Something you can hold onto, share with someone you love, or come back to when you need it.
Over the past few weeks, we've talked about the reality of sexual assault in our culture, the deep connection between trauma and eating disorders, and the healing approaches that go beyond surface-level symptom management. But healing doesn't happen in a therapy office alone. It happens in community. It happens when survivors feel seen, believed, and supported — not just by their therapist, but by the people and organizations around them.
Whether you are a survivor looking for support, someone who wants to show up better for the people they love, or a community member who wants to be part of the solution — this post is for you. Below you'll find a curated list of local Texoma resources, Texas-wide organizations, and national networks for prevention, advocacy, crisis support, and long-term healing.
Change doesn't start at the national level. It starts right here — in Sherman, in Grayson County, in our neighborhoods, schools, and homes.
📍 LOCAL TEXOMA RESOURCES
These organizations are right here in our community — serving survivors in Grayson County and the surrounding Texoma area.
• Grayson Crisis Center
The Grayson Crisis Center is the only designated emergency shelter for victims of family violence and sexual assault serving an area of over 3,000 square miles in North Texas. They've been serving survivors since 1976 — starting as the Rape Crisis Line of Grayson County — and today offer emergency shelter, a 24/7 hotline answered directly by an advocate, crisis intervention, safety planning, support groups, and community education. No appointment is necessary for walk-in crisis support.
📞 24-Hour Crisis Hotline: (903) 893-5615 | 📍 4200 N. Travis St., Sherman, TX 75092
💬 Se Habla Español | 🤝 Volunteer and donation opportunities available
• Grayson County District Attorney's Victim Services Division
The Grayson County DA's Victim Services Division provides information, support, and advocacy for victims of crime — including sexual assault — as they navigate the criminal justice system. They can help with victim rights information, assistance with crime victims' compensation, accompaniment through the court process, and connecting survivors with additional community resources.
🔗 co.grayson.tx.us — Victim Services
📍 Grayson County Courthouse, Sherman, TX
• Grayson College Title IX & Sexual Misconduct Resources
Grayson College students, faculty, and staff have access to campus-based Title IX support and referrals. Whether or not you choose to report an assault, the Title IX office can serve as a resource for rights, protections, and connections to campus and community support.
🤠 TEXAS-WIDE RESOURCES
These organizations serve survivors and advocates across the entire state of Texas with resources, legal support, policy advocacy, and professional training.
• Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (TAASA)
TAASA is the statewide coalition of survivors, rape crisis centers, advocates, and allied professionals working to eliminate sexual violence in Texas. They provide a resource library for survivors and advocates, policy and legislative advocacy, professional training and education, and community awareness campaigns. TAASA is the backbone of survivor advocacy in our state.
📞 (512) 474-7190 | Texas Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-252-5400
• Texas Advocacy Project
The Texas Advocacy Project provides free civil legal services to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking across Texas. Their services include legal help with protective orders, family law matters, housing, and more — because survivors deserve legal support, not just emotional support.
Family Violence Legal Line: 1-800-374-4673
• Texas Governor's Sexual Assault Survivor Task Force (SASTF)
The SASTF compiles an interactive map of rape crisis centers across Texas by county, provides curated resources for survivors including LGBTQ+ survivors and male survivors, and advocates for policy improvements in Texas's response to sexual violence.
🌐 NATIONAL CRISIS & SUPPORT RESOURCES
These national organizations offer 24/7 crisis support, long-term resources, and survivor community connections regardless of where you live.
• RAINN — Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. They operate the National Sexual Assault Hotline in partnership with local crisis centers, provide online resources and chat support, and run prevention and public awareness programs. If you're in crisis, this is one of the fastest ways to connect with local support.
📞 National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) | Online chat available 24/7
• National Domestic Violence Hotline
The NDVH provides 24/7 crisis support, safety planning, and resource referrals for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and related abuse. They also offer resources for friends and family members who want to support a survivor.
📞 1-800-799-7233 | Text START to 88788 | Online chat available
• Crisis Text Line
Free, confidential crisis counseling available 24/7 via text. No phone call required — sometimes that matters.
💬 Text HOME to 741741
• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
For anyone in emotional distress or suicidal crisis. Call or text 988 to connect with a trained crisis counselor — 24/7, free, and confidential.
📞 Call or text 988 anytime
• MaleSurvivor
A nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing, healing, and eliminating the sexual victimization of boys and men. Because sexual trauma doesn't only happen to women — and male survivors deserve compassionate, specialized support too.
• 1in6
Named for the statistic that at least one in six men have had unwanted or abusive sexual experiences by age 18, 1in6 offers education, peer support, and advocacy resources specifically for male survivors of sexual abuse and assault.
🔗 1in6.org
🤝 HOW TO SHOW UP AS A COMMUNITY — FOR PREVENTION & ADVOCACY
Awareness without action only goes so far. Here are concrete ways to be part of the solution right here in Texoma:
Volunteer with the Grayson Crisis Center as a rape crisis advocate (SARA). Training is provided and the work is transformational — for survivors and for you.
Donate to the Grayson Crisis Center. They operate with 100% of funds going directly to survivor services.
Learn how to be a trauma-informed supporter for a friend or loved one who discloses assault. RAINN's website has free guides.
Talk about consent — in your home, with your kids, in your community. Prevention starts with culture change.
Share resources. Not everyone in your circle knows these organizations exist. Your share might be someone's lifeline.
Believe survivors. It sounds simple. It is not always easy. But it matters more than almost anything else you can do.
💜 A CLOSING WORD TO CLOSE OUT SAAM
Sexual Assault Awareness Month ends in April, but the work — and the need for support — doesn't. Survivors are in our community every single day, navigating recovery while going to work, raising kids, sitting in the pew next to you, showing up in our therapy offices.
At Texoma Specialty Counseling & Wellness, we are committed to being a part of the solution — not just in April, but all year. Through trauma-informed therapy, EMDR, KAP, wellness classes, the Recovery Academy, and our growing team of specialized clinicians, we are here for the long haul.
If you or someone you love needs support, please reach out. And please share this post — because somewhere in your network, someone needs to know these resources exist.
You are not alone. You never were. 💜
📍 Find Support at TSC
🔗 texomaspecialtycounseling.com/counseling-services