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Delhi community advocate reports steady caseload; sexual-assault reporting up as residents connect to services
Summary
Community advocate Kaylee Vickers told trustees that she handled just over 1,000 contacts in 2024 and about 678 year-to-date in 2025, with mental-health cases making up the majority and a notable increase in sexual-assault reports that the advocate said likely reflects increased reporting and connection to services.
Kaylee Vickers, Delhi Township—s community advocate embedded with the police department, presented program data and partnerships at the Oct. 29 trustees meeting.
Vickers said 2024 saw just over 1,000 total contacts and roughly 256 cases that carried across multiple touch points; year-to-date 2025 she reported about 678 client contacts. She described her caseload as primarily mental-health related but also including substance abuse, domestic violence, sexual-assault advocacy, indigent services and other noncriminal needs."
Vickers said the township—s mental-health contacts were tracking close to past years and that the area with the most notable increase was sexual-assault cases, which she cautioned should not be interpreted as necessarily meaning more assaults are occurring but rather that more survivors are coming forward and being connected to resources: "just because we have a large jump here, it doesn't mean that more sexual assaults are happening, but it does mean that more people are feeling comfortable reporting and more people are being connected to resources and services to help them heal," she said.
Vickers described her role as freeing officers to handle criminal matters while she handles sensitive noncriminal cases, noted her involvement with the county CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) specialist team and domestic-violence task force, and introduced her University of Cincinnati intern, Eduardo "Manny" Mullins.
Trustees praised the program and expressed concern about future workload and sustainability given the sizable caseload.
Provenance: Presentation introduction at 00:06:30; data slide and comments at 00:07:48 and 00:09:15.
Speakers quoted: Kaylee Vickers; Eduardo "Manny" Mullins (intern).
