We are at risk of losing our funding due to state and federal budgetary cuts.  We are initiating a call to action in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties.  Our legislators need to hear from our community RIGHT NOW! Please email and/or call our representatives below.  We have provided a script below to make it easier for you to make all of the difference in your community for survivors.  We cannot continue our services without your help.  The Lost Coast is very powerful when we all come together for a cause.  

Contact your local representatives on NCRCT’s behalf. Using the script below, you can call or email state officials to voice your support.

Senator Alex Padilla
Phone: (202) 224-3553 | Email: https://bit.ly/SenatorPadilla
Senator Adam Schiff
Phone: (202) 224-3841 | Email: https://bit.ly/SenatorSchiff
Congressman Jared Huffman
Phone: (202) 225-5161 | Email: https://bit.ly/CongressmanHuffman

Script:
Dear (Title/Name),
My name is ____, I live in (City, State); I am one of your constituents. I am calling/writing as
an ally and supporter of the North Coast Rape Crisis Team to express my concern and
dismay over the cuts to the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding. Survivors of sexualized
violence deserve their legal rights to be maintained and supported through their services; it
is unacceptable that funding for this organization is at risk. They provide life-saving and
supportive services to survivors in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties in the immediate wake
of the most traumatic and difficult moments of their lives. I urge you to do everything in your
power to fill the gap in core, necessary funding that victim service providers rely on and
allow the North Coast Rape Crisis Team to continue providing essential and crucial services.