This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations (CFDA 16.053) program, supports the implementation of the High Desert Sexual Assault Survivor Resilience Program by Providence St. Mary Medical Center. The project aims to increase the number of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) providing high-quality, trauma-informed medical forensic examinations for adult and...
This $500,000 Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations (CFDA 16.053) Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime will support the Gulf Coast Center For Nonviolence, Inc., in collaboration with the Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Memorial Health Systems, to establish a new Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program in southern Mississippi. The project aims to increase access to culturally responsive, trauma-informed forensic...
This $700,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) will fund the Rural Forensic Services Program project delivered by Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC) in partnership with Kawerak Child Advocacy Center. The project aims to: 1) increase access to forensically trained providers in the emergency department and child...
This $998,190 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the Department of Justice's Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations (CFDA 16.053) program. The International Association of Forensic Nurses, Incorporated (IAFN) will provide comprehensive training and technical assistance to OVC grantees to help them develop, expand, and sustain Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs across the United States and its territories. Key deliverables include conducting...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $500,000 three-year Cooperative Agreement to Community Violence Solutions, a non-profit organization in San Pablo, California. The award is funded through the Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations (CFDA 16.053) federal grant program, which aims to expand access to sexual assault forensic exams and increase the availability of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs). Under this Cooperative Agreement,...
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...
The Alaska Native Women's Resource Center (ANWRC) was awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589). This 36-month grant will fund the "Improving Sexual Assault Services Awareness and Access in Rural Alaska through the Alaska Native Village Culturally Based Sexual Assault Training Project." The project aims to: 1)...
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) received a $644,879 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to support its Advancing Hospital-Based Victim Services Demonstration Project. The three-year project, running from October 2018 to September 2021, aims to enhance victim services at YKHC's Delta Regional Hospital in Bethel, Alaska. As part of the discretionary grants...
The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $931,048 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant to Women In Safe Homes. Through this 36-month project, Women In Safe Homes will implement a comprehensive program to enhance support services and improve the community response to sexual assault in rural Alaska. Key activities include: Hiring 2 sexual assault advocates in Ketchikan and Petersburg to...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) will enable Saint Joseph Hospital and its partners, Rape Response Services and AMHC Sexual Assault Services, to develop and implement four new Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs at rural critical access hospitals in Washington, Piscataquis, Somerset, and Penobscot...