Sexual Assault Services

The Sexual Assault Services at MUSC Health offers free and confidential services to individuals who have experienced sexual assault.

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Services We Offer

• Phone calls to check in on your well-being.
• Assistance with scheduling medical follow-up exams.
• Up to 5 sessions with a mental health provider to help you cope. 
• Help connecting to support services. 
• Assistance completing victim compensation applications.

We also offer therapy for trauma. Therapy may be offered at any time following your trauma, even if the sexual assault happened to you years ago. Whenever you are ready, we are here. We have options for people who lack payment. 

Free Services

With the exception of medical follow-up exams, these services are provided free of charge as part of a grant award by the Office of Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Medical follow-up exam services may or may not be provided free of charge. If you are not eligible for free services, we may be able to assist you with completing a victim compensation application depending on your eligibility for victim compensation. Please contact us if you have any questions about this.

Who is Eligible for Sexual Assault Services?

You are eligible for Sexual Assault Services at MUSC Health if you've been sexually assaulted AND:

• You live in, or were assaulted in, Charleston county.
• You live in, or were assaulted in, Berkeley county.
• You live in, or were assaulted in, Dorchester county.

Contact Sexual Assault Services

Please call or text us at 843-860-5508 if you are interested in our services.

Hours

Our program hours are:

• Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• If you are seeking emergency services, please visit the emergency services page for more information.