STAR® and Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office to Announce Launch of Sexual Assault Services in Concordia Parish

Ferriday, LA (May 27, 2026): Sexual Trauma Awareness & Response ® (STAR®) Center, in partnership with the Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office (CPSO), will host a press conference to announce the launch of STAR’s Services in Concordia Parish through a new rural initiative funded by the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW).

Through a $700,000 Office on Violence Against Women Rural Grant award, STAR is expanding critical services to survivors of sexual trauma in Concordia Parish. Services will include trauma-focused therapy, advocacy, outreach, and prevention programming.

Members of the media are invited to attend.

What: Press Conference Announcing STAR’s Rural Services Expansion in Concordia Parish
When: Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 11:30 am
Where: Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office, 27797 Hwy 15, Ferriday, LA 71334
Who: Sheriff David K. Hedrick from the Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office and Morgan Lamandre from Sexual Trauma Awareness & Response (STAR) Center

Following the press conference, attendees and community members are invited to participate in a meet and greet with STAR’s rural program staff, and Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office Victim Advocate in CPSO’s soft interview room named Hope’s Space.

Sheriff David Hedrick is thrilled to announce the new partnership with STAR. He stated, “I am proud of CPSO’s Victim Advocacy Program. We have had the honor of serving hundreds of victims and survivors during my administration. However, we have been limited in resources for adult victims of sexual assault and for parents whose children have been sexually abused. Not only will STAR serve those individuals, but they will also bring much needed prevention education and other much needed resources to Concordia Parish as well. I look forward to having STAR in Concordia Parish.”

Interested parties and members of the press should direct inquiries to Morgan Lamandre at (225) 615-7093 or morgan.lamandre@star.ngo.