Rape and Abuse Crisis Center

The Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead (RACC) provides crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy, and education to male and female, child, adolescent, adult and elder victims of domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, and human trafficking/sexual exploitation.  All victim services are free and confidential and distributed on a nondiscriminatory basis. In addition to direct services to victims and families, the organization seeks to educate and inform the community on the prevalence of sexual and domestic violence in the area, the impact it has, and what can be done to make the community a safe place to work, play and live.

Throughout its 40 year history, RACC has been dedicated to its mission and has proudly served over 80,000 victims. In 2016, the 43 member staff served 3,145 victims, including 612 children, with the assistance of over 298 volunteers. Services provided include crisis intervention and sexual assault exam support to 115 victims in area emergency rooms and in receiving 91 emergency Orders for Protection. Staff reviewed 1396 domestic and sexual violence law enforcement incident reports, and 920 victims from those reports were contacted to provide support and information on services available. In addition to direct service, the education team gave 753 prevention/ education presentations reaching 17,044 community members.

Crisis Contact info:

If you or someone you care about has been affected by personal violence, please contact us by phone. If you live in the Fargo-Moorhead area, call 701-293-7273. If you live in Minnesota or North Dakota, call 1-800-344-7273. All services are free of charge and confidential as defined by law.

If you don’t live in our local service area, please call 1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233) for help with domestic violence or 1-800-FYI-CALL (1-800-394-2255) for help with sexual assault. Either number will refer you to someone in your area who can help you.

Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead

Physical Address

317 8th St North
Fargo, ND 58102

Mailing Address

PO Box 2984
Fargo, ND 58108-2984

Phone
701-293-7273 / 1-800-344-7273

Fax
701-293-9424

Email
info@raccfm.com general information only—due to confidentiality, sensitivity, and timeliness, we are unable to respond to personal email inquiries related to abuse, please call (701)-293-7273 for assistance.

Website
http://www.raccfm.com

24 HOUR CRISIS PHONE LINE
701-293-7273 or 1-800-344-7273