Our partner highlight of this week is one that many of you may already be familiar with, the Riverside San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc. (RSBCIHI) clinic system. Found in 1968 on the Morongo reservation, the system is now the largest Indian Health program in the state of California.

Continuing with our series of highlighting the various other service providers in our region, we will be highlighting Partners Against Violence (PAV). Advocating for survivors for over 50 years, Partners Against Violence began as one of the earliest grass roots rape crisis centers in the state

It is difficult to think of the desert region in Riverside County without thinking about the many celebrities that have called the Palm Springs area home. Our partner highlight for this week owes its inception to two of these very celebrities from the region. Founded in 1986 by Barbara and Frank Sinatra, the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center is our featured partner this week!

For our blog this week, we are beginning a bit of a series in which we highlight community partners who are also dedicated to helping survivors of crime. Often when someone has been victimized, it can seem like there is no help or no way out. Therefore, we hope highlighting the many resources available to survivors can lend our readers some reassurance that there is help should they know anyone who is a survivor of a crime.

Last week, our entire staff was fortunate enough to attend a Tribal Sexual Assault Advocacy Training by the National Tribal Advocate Center, a program of Red Wind Consulting.

Last Saturday, September 30th, our staff participated in the Missing in California’s Indian Country hosted at Soboba Casino Resort.

When thinking of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, few cases have received widespread media attention. However, one case has received attention from mainstream media sources like its own episode of the popular true crime podcast Crime Junkie as well as a standalone episode on the Showtime special “Murder in Big Horn.”

In 2018, the Associated Press conducted an investigation which found that Indigenous Women make up .7% of all open missing person cases in the United States while only making up .4% of the total population.