Providence health & services DBA providence willamette falls medical center proposes a three-year project to increase community connections with sane services through building partnerships with…

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime has awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations program (CFDA 16.053) to Providence Health & Services - Oregon to expand sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) services across six counties in Oregon. The 3-year project aims to increase community connections with SANE services by building partnerships with community-based sexual assault/domestic violence advocates. Key deliverables include: conducting an estimated 1,200 comprehensive medical forensic exams; co-locating and managing two hospital-based advocates at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center; formalizing the integration of community-based advocates within the Providence forensic nurse examiner program; increasing the number and availability of SANEs; and developing a coordinated sexual assault resource team across the six counties. The project will also provide training and professional development for SANEs and engage culturally-specific organizations such as those serving the Latino/a population.

Providence health & services DBA providence willamette falls medical center proposes a three-year project to increase community connections with sane services through building partnerships with community-based sexual assault/domestic violence advocates in clackamas, multnomah, yamhill, clatsop, hood river and washington counties in oregon. Proposal expands on existing providence health & services sane programming in washington and multnomah counties. Outcomes include comprehensive medical forensic exams; subrecipient CO-locating and managing two hospital-based advocates in providence willamette falls medical center; a more formal partnership with subrecipient to formally integrate community-based sexual assault/domestic violence advocates within the providence forensic nurse examiner program; increased number and availability of sexual assault nurse examiners; improved access to training and clinical education; and coordinated sexual assault resource team. Activities and deliverables include integration between entities to provide an estimated 1,200 forensic exams over 3-year project; written policies to standardize care; collaborative case management among the four counties; infrastructure for direct community dispatch of forensic nurse examiners; training plan developed and implemented for sexual assault nurse examiners professional development; and collaborative efforts for sexual assault resource team across the six counties, including culturally specific organization involvement such as for the latino/a population.