Reprinted from Patch, copyright 2025 Patch Media Somerset County resident Jessica Fernandez speaks on the importance of Safe + Sound after hearing of their federal funding cuts. Alexis Tarrazi, Patch Staff Posted Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 3:28 pm ET...
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Somerset County Awards Nearly $50K to Nonprofits to Address Substance Use Disorders, Opioid Crisis – Somerset County
Reprinted from somersetcountynj.gov, copyright 2025 CONTACT: PublicInfo@co.somerset.nj.us, (908) 231-7020, somersetcountynj.gov (For Immediate Release – Somerset County, NJ): The Somerset County Board of County Commissioners presented grants, totaling $47,250, to eight award recipients selected through Somerset County’s unique Opiate Settlement Community Solutions Grant Program, which...
Celebrating Pride Month Is An Act of Prevention: Ending Violence Requires Us to Challenge All Forms of Oppression
Joelle Piercy, LSW, MSS, MLSP (she/her/hers) | Safe+Sound Somerset Director of Outreach and Community Engagement Pride Month is a celebration of identity, visibility, and hard-won progress. At Safe+Sound Somerset, we also use it as a time to reflect on what it will truly take to create a world free from...
Call Your Legislators to Ensure Critical Funding for 2026!
Call your legislators today. Urge them to support the resolutions – Vote “YES” – for the full $7 million, sponsored by Assemblywomen Lopez and Dunn (Resolution #709) and Senator Ruiz (Resolution #1040). We are asking you to call because these are...
Sexual Assault Services
For over 45 years, Safe+Sound Somerset has provided a path to safety, hope, and healing for survivors of domestic violence. In 2021, we expanded our trauma-informed services to include survivors of sexual violence, offering the same high-quality support to adults...
Protecting Yourself Online
Understanding Image-Based Abuse: Protecting Yourself Online As smartphones and online activity become more common, the use of technology for violence and abuse has unfortunately risen. Safe+Sound Somerset has noticed a significant increase in these harmful behaviors. Abusive behaviors take away...
Supporting the Transgender Community: Gender Affirming Care Resources
Information compiled by registerednursing.org
D.U.L.C.E.®: Our New Spanish-Language Tool for Talking About Consent
D.U.L.C.E. is our culturally specific tool promoting health equity and increasing access to care, adapted from the original F.R.I.E.S. tool outlining outlining characteristics and conditions of true consent that need to be met every single time someone engages in sexual...
Understanding Consent
Article talking about what consent looks like, what sexual assault is, and how to give and ask for consent for sexual activity. From NO MORE.
How to Empower Young People in the Age of Social Media: Supporting Body Acceptance & Self-Compassion
Resource about the effects of social media and how to facilitate positive conversations about media and body acceptance with youth. Includes a list of positive social media accounts related to body image.
