Project Grant T9645838

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...

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...

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...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences received a $1.50M Cooperative Agreement from the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Training and Services program (CFDA 16.064) effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. Under this award, UAMS will design and conduct comprehensive research on the nationwide availability of and access to trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) and Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Examiners (SAFEs),...

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...

The University of Illinois was awarded a $449,979 project grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026) to evaluate patient experiences with in-person and telehealth sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) care. The University will conduct qualitative interviews with patients who received in-person and tele-SANE care to guide development of a Patient Experience Assessment Tool (PEAT) for ongoing monitoring and...

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...

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 Texas Forensic Nurse Examiners - Forensic Center of Excellence (TXFNE) will receive $499,999 under a Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime. The funding is provided through the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) to expand specialized sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) and advocacy services, enhance SANE education and training, and facilitate interagency...

The International Association of Forensic Nurses, Incorporated (IAFN) received a $550,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative program (CFDA 16.526) to operate the Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Technical Assistance (SAFETA) Project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The SAFETA Project will provide technical assistance to communities and agencies to strengthen their response...