CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Foothills Child Advocacy Center and the Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA) have announced their plans to co-locate at a new shared space located at 154 Hansen Road, Unit 201 in Charlottesville. Moving to one shared location will allow both organizations “to better support survivors of abuse and sexual violence in Central Virginia,” the organizations said in a press release Wednesday.
Foothills will be moving from their location at 1106 E. High Street while SARA will be moving from Greenbrier Drive.
The organizations already collaborate with one another to provide trauma-informed care and essential services for survivors of abuse in the Charlottesville community. Co-locating will streamline the process of assistance and eliminate the need for travel between the organizations. They hope sharing the space will also allow for more cost-effective operations so that more funding can be put directly into the services they offer…