Current RFPs:
Organizational Strategies Training
PCAR is seeking to partner with an organization, individual, or team to provide a training on organizational strategies for recruiting, supporting, and retaining sexual assault center staff. In the anti-sexual violence field, turnover is often high and funding can ebb and flow affecting staffing. While many factors are out of the control of sexual assault centers, how we treat, recruit, and retain staff is something that is within our control.
Updating the PREA Advocate Guide
PCAR is seeking to partner with a consultant to update and revise the content of the Meeting the Needs of Prison Rape Victims for PA sexual assault center staff. The resource will be between 25 and 50 pages. The purpose of the resource is to provide advocates with essential information on understanding PREA, providing services to incarcerated survivors, and navigating relationships with correctional facilities.
Traumatic Incident Reduction Training
PCAR is seeking to partner with an organization, individual, or team to provide a training on traumatic incident reduction for sexual assault center staff. Advocates support survivors of sexual harassment, abuse, and assault who may benefit from a variety of therapeutic modalities tailored to their individual healing needs.
Statewide Hotline & Local Services Awareness Campaign
PCAR is planning a statewide public awareness campaign to help Pennsylvanians recognize the hotline number and understand that support is available through their local rape crisis center. The campaign should make information about services clear, memorable, and easy to find for people seeking support for themselves or someone else.
Salary Study Consultant
PCAR is seeking a consultant to conduct two salary studies on our internal salary structure and job descriptions and a statewide study of the salaries and job descriptions of Pennsylvania's network of Rape Crisis Centers.