The Sexual Assault Spouse Abuse Resource Center, Inc.

The Sexual Assault Spouse Abuse Resource Center, Inc., doing business as Sarc, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization providing direct victim services—shelter, crisis intervention, counseling, legal advocacy, and case management—for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and child abuse, operating as a federal grant recipient in Harford County, Maryland. Sarc works predominantly as a sub-recipient (65% of recent awards) under state-administered federal grants, with a smaller footprint as a prime grant recipient (35% of awards); the organization holds no federal contracts.

Sarc's funding derives almost entirely from victim-services and homelessness grant programs. The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (9 awards) and the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (8 awards) together account for 65% of awards by count. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (4 awards) funds Sarc's Continuum of Care participation—shelter and transitional housing operations addressing homelessness. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (3 awards) and DOJ OJP (1 award) round out the six distinct customer agencies serving 96% of recent awards. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $12.7 million across the portfolio.

As prime recipient, Sarc holds a three-year Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) grant from the Office on Violence Against Women (awarded October 1, 2022, completing September 30, 2025) providing comprehensive legal services—family law, immigration, employment, housing, and criminal-justice advocacy—to adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Sarc also receives annual Continuum of Care grants from HUD's Community Planning and Development office (most recent award July 1, 2025, completing September 30, 2026) for permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and transitional housing operations.

As sub-recipient, Sarc operates under the Executive Office of the State of Maryland in a recurring pattern of annual sub-awards funding discrete program lines: Sexual Violence Crisis Services (24-hour helpline, crisis de-escalation, hospital accompaniment, safety planning), Essential Services for Victims (emergency and transitional shelter, crisis intervention, counseling, legal advocacy, case management), Comprehensive Domestic Violence Services (prevention and victim support), abuser intervention programming, and VOCA Federal Category A victim services. Sarc also received a sub-award from the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence for companion-animal support services within its domestic-violence shelter programs (awarded October 2, 2023).

Award volume has remained stable at two to five awards annually over the past five years. Sarc does not compete for federal contracts and maintains no IDIQs, GWACs, BPAs, or vehicles; all activity flows through grant awards and sub-awards from HUD, DOJ, and state pass-through entities. The organization's federal footprint is geographically concentrated in Harford County, Maryland, where it operates the county's sole 24-hour hotline and year-round shelter for domestic-violence and sexual-assault survivors.