Avalon Healing Center

Mission: to heal and empower those affected by sexual violence through free and immediate comprehensive services; promotes public awareness; and advances social change

Avalon is a non-profit, 501(c)3, comprehensive organization that provides compassionate and trauma-informed care to survivors of sexual assault. Avalon provides a safe, quiet, confidential environment with specially trained Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners in order to provide medical examinations and forensic evidence collection for rape victims.

At the local level, Avalon staff serves as the Coordinator for our community’s Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) – the Wayne County Sexual Assault Collaborative (WC SAC). WC SAC is a multi-disciplinary collaborative that includes law enforcement, prosecutors, health care, Avalon and other service agencies that deal with victims of sexual assault in order to improve the overall response and continuum of care for victims. WC SAC is victim-centered and offender-focused and is the best practice standard for a multidisciplinary approach to sexual assault.