Indiana University Health, Inc. was awarded a $473,754 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program. The award will support increasing access to sexual assault forensic exams and victim advocacy services in four rural Indiana counties through September 2025. Specifically, IU Health will utilize telehealth equipment and training at four...
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...
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 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime has awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Providence St. Mary Medical Center to implement the High Desert Sexual Assault Survivor Resilience Program. The purpose of this 3-year project under the Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations (CFDA 16.053) federal grant program is to increase the number of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) providing timely, high-quality medical forensic examinations for adult and...
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) received a $494,444 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime through the Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations (CFDA 16.053) program. The primary purpose of this 3-year project is to increase the number and quality of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) in Middle Tennessee by: 1) Developing and implementing a formal SANE training program to train 90 internal and external SANE providers;...
This federal Project Grant award of $495,514 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912). The award, granted to the Vermont Program For Quality In Health Care, Inc. (VPQHC), will fund the "Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Care Collaborative & Innovation...
The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $950,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) grant to Avera Health to implement a 3-year project to improve access to sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) services and provide training for medical personnel caring for victims of interpersonal violence in rural communities across South Dakota and Minnesota. Key activities include: Enhancing SANE protocols,...
Owensboro Health received a $500,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The funding will support Owensboro Health in improving medical services and advocacy for survivors of sexual assault in western Kentucky through three primary goals. First, Owensboro Health will obtain Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner designations...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $973,948 Formula Grant under the Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (CFDA 16.017) to the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute to support comprehensive services for sexual assault victims across Indiana. This two-year grant, running from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026, will enable the Institute to provide core intervention, advocacy, counseling, and related assistance to adult, youth, and child victims of sexual...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime awarded a $499,973 cooperative agreement to Samuel Merritt University (SMU) to implement the "Health Bridge" program. The primary activities of the Health Bridge program include: Educating future healthcare practitioners in culturally responsive and trauma-informed care for victims of gender-based violence and human trafficking, in partnership with MISSSEY and Highland Hospital. Creating custom simulation-based learning...
ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION - SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS PROGRAM - ADDRESS: 340 W. TENTH STREET, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46202 PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME: BARBRA BACHMEIER, JD, MSN, APRN, NP-C, DF-AFN, FAEN. CONTACT NUMBERS: 317-840-1145 EMAIL ADDRESS: GRANTSADMINISTRATION@IUHEALTH.ORG WEBSITE ADDRESS: IUHEALTH.ORG GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS REQUESTED: $1,393,410 INDIANA UNIVERSITY (IU) HEALTH, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE IU SCHOOL OF NURSING, PROPOSES THE "IU HEALTH AND IU SCHOOL OF NURSING ACADEMIC-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP FOR FORENSIC NURSING TRAINING, PRACTICE, AND RETENTION" TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY, DISTRIBUTION, AND QUALITY OF THE SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINER (SANE) WORKFORCE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF INDIANA. ONE IN FIVE WOMEN IN INDIANA HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, AND THE STATE RANKS THE 4TH HIGHEST IN THE NATION FOR THE NUMBER OF REPORTED RAPES AMONG HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS. IN ADDITION, THE UNITED HEALTH FOUNDATION RANKED INDIANA 41ST OUT OF 50 IN THE NATION FOR COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SAFETY IN 2021, WITH AN OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME RATE OF 371, DEFINED AS 371 MURDERS, RAPES, ROBBERIES AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS PER 100,000 POPULATION. MOREOVER, INDIANA RANKS AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION FOR CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT REPORTS. THE IU HEALTH METHODIST CENTER OF HOPE-THE LEAD ENTITY FOR THIS PROJECT-IS THE BUSIEST FORENSIC NURSING PRACTICE IN THE STATE. AS A LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER, IU HEALTH METHODIST RECEIVES A HIGH VOLUME OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES, MANY OF WHICH ALSO INVOLVE STABBINGS AND STRANGULATIONS. THE COH HAD 2,053 PATIENT ENCOUNTERS IN 2023, UP FROM 1,710 IN 2022 FOLLOWED BY STEADY INCREASES IN PRIOR YEARS. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS WORKFORCE TRAINING PROJECT IS TO ENSURE ACCESS TO TIMELY FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS AND PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND LEGAL CARE FOR ALL SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN INDIANA. TO REACH THIS GOAL, IU HEALTH AND THE IU SCHOOL OF NURSING WILL: PROVIDE 40-HOUR DIDACTIC SANE TRAINING TO QUALIFIED AND INTERESTED NURSES AT LEAST THREE TIMES PER YEAR TO INCREASE ACCESS TO MEDICAL FORENSIC EXAMS FOR ADULT/ADOLESCENT AND PEDIATRIC SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN INDIANA PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE PRECEPTORSHIP THROUGH AN UP-TO-60-HOUR FELLOWSHIP FOR NEW SANES AND UP TO 20 HOURS FOR EXPERIENCED SANES SEEKING MORE TRAINING. OFFER A VARIETY OF EVIDENCE-BASED CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO ENABLE SANE TRAINED NURSES TO MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE THEIR SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES. PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR NURSES TO ATTEND DIDACTIC, CLINICAL TRAININGS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES OFFER ONSITE COMPETENCY ASSESSMENTS AND CASE REVIEWS FOR SANES ACROSS THE STATE TO VALIDATE AND IMPROVE THEIR CLINICAL ASSESSMENT, DOCUMENTATION, AND PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETENCIES. BUILD A COMMUNITY OF FORENSIC NURSING PRACTICE AMONG SANES IN INDIANA FOR PEER SUPPORT AND SHARING OF BEST PRACTICES THROUGH NETWORKING AND MENTORSHIP. FOSTER RESILIENCY AND RETENTION AMONG THE SANE WORKFORCE THROUGH RESILIENCE COACHING BY A FORENSIC NURSING EXPERT WHO IS CERTIFIED AS A HEALTH AND WELLBEING COACH. THE TARGET POPULATION FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 300 FORENSIC NURSES AND NURSING STUDENTS ACROSS INDIANA OVER THE THREE YEAR GRANT PERIOD. TARGETED TRAINEES INCLUDE RNS AND APRNS CURRENTLY IN PRACTICE WITH A VALID NURSING LICENSE IN THE STATE OF INDIANA AND STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A GRADUATE NURSING PROGRAM. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL RECRUIT PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE INSTITUTIONAL NETWORKS (IU HEALTH AND IU SCHOOL OF NURSING) AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE INDIANA EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION, INDIANA STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION, AND INDIANA RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION. IU HEALTH REQUESTS A STATUTORY FUNDING PREFERENCE FOR SUBSTANTIALLY BENEFITING RURAL POPULATIONS (QUALIFICATION 1) AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS (QUALIFICATION 2).