What Advocacy is:

Advocacy is trauma-informed, victim-centered, empowerment-based, and confidential. It provides support and resources to any student, faculty or staff member in the campus community regardless of where or when an incident took place.

BYU Survivor Advocacy Services

• Trauma-informed support and counseling on interpersonal violence.
• Help understanding the Title IX reporting and investigation process and help reporting if that option is chosen.
• Assistance making a crime report to BYU or local police.
• Assistance and support through a sexual assault forensic exam.
• Assistance with basic medical help.
• Counseling on safety planning and available options: protective orders, stalking injunctions, and no-contact orders (on campus).
• Referrals for on- and off-campus resources, such as therapy, housing needs and financial assistance.
• Information about BYU's Amnesty Policy (please provide link to this site https://policy.byu.edu/view/index.php?p=155) ,
• Assistance with academic concerns
• Assistance getting accommodations through the Title IX Coordinator. 
  
  • Test retakes
  • Deadline extensions
  • Excused absences
  • Class schedule changes
  • Financial aid appeals or emergency funding
  • Changes to on-campus housing situation or work schedules

What advocacy is not:

Advocacy is not professional therapy, legal advice, or medical advice. It is not an official report to the university or police (advocates are confidential).