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About RCIS

Rape Crisis Intervention Service of Carroll County (RCIS) provides free counseling and other support services to victims of sexual violence and their families. We also offer prevention education programs and professional training in order to eliminate sexual violence through education and advocacy.

Our Mission

Rape Crisis Intervention Service of Carroll County (RCIS) is a non-profit organization formed in 1978 to provide counseling and support services to people in the community hurt by sexual violence and to eliminate sexual violence in Carroll County through education and advocacy.

Who Are We?

Rape Crisis is a private, non-profit agency with its own Board of Trustees. Services are provided free of charge. We ask people who take advantage of counseling services to help by making a personal donation when possible, but it is not required.

Funding sources which help make it possible for us to provide free services include local, state and federal governments, United Way, private donations and agency fund raising projects.

We are registered with the Maryland Secretary of State as a non-profit 501C-3 organization. Our registration number is 666. (Visit the How You Can Help section of this web site for additional information on this topic.)

For more than 30 years, Rape Crisis has been providing treatment services and education programs to the Carroll County, Maryland community.

Board of Trustees

President – Michael Shank
Vice President - Pamela Zappardino
Treasurer – Steve Aquino
Secretary - Michael Shank
Ex-Officio - Michele K. Carroll

Jesse DiMura
Ronald E. Drager, Jr.
Tracey Ellison
Michael Rittase
Diane Steckel
Janet Zeiler

Staff Members

Janice A. Kispert, CEO
Lisa Aughenbaugh, Business Administrator
Stacey Ezersky, Agency Therapist
Brandy Day, Agency Therapist
Sarah Hund-Brown, Community Educator/Outreach Worker
Shawn Trout, Hotline Services Coordinator/Admin Assistant
Eunice Wooten, Crisis Counselor