The PATH to Care Center is a confidential campus resource devoted to the primary prevention of SVSH and to support and advocacy for those who have experienced it. “PATH” is an acronym that represents the four essential functions of the PATH to Care Center: prevention, advocacy (survivor support), training, and healing. The PATH to Care Center approaches this work through social justice and public health lenses, with the aim of changing culture and transforming the Berkeley campus into a community free of violence.
The PATH to Care Center advocacy team served a total of 316 clients/survivors in the 2022-23 academic/fiscal year. Advocacy services provide various types of support that a survivor may need in order to continue working, living, or learning on campus after experiencing violence. This support can include but is not limited to:
- Academic, workplace, and/or housing adjustments
- Safety planning
- Assistance finding therapy
- Assistance in exploring whether or not to report
- Accompaniment throughout reporting process (police, Title IX, or both) or to receive medical care and/or forensic evidence collection
- Exploring emotional regulation tools and healing modalities
Each client served by the PATH to Care Center has their own unique needs and desires for such services. In 2022-23, PATH to Care provided at least 1,548 distinct advocacy services to their 316 clients. This total included 93 accompaniments, 14 of which were forensic evidence collection accompaniments. Accompaniments generally take several more hours than other types of services. This is especially true for accompaniments in the medical setting, which sometimes take up to 6 hours. In 2022-23, PATH to Care advocates provided over 150 hours of accompaniment.
