The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime seeks applications for funding to develop or enhance a Sexual Assault Forensic Examination (SAFE) or Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/20/2023
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
With this solicitation, OVC seeks to establish or expand sexual assault examination programs, including sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) programs and sexual assault forensic examiner (SAFE) programs, that focus on increasing the number and availability of SANEs/SAFEs, expanding access to sexual assault forensic examinations to communities that have been historically underresourced, and improving the quality of post-sexual assault care using a hospital-based, community based, campus-based, or corrections-based approach.
Goals
The goal of this program is to establish or expand SANE/SAFE programs that provide sexual assault medical forensic exams and sexual assault victim services using coordinated community response strategies. Applicants may propose innovative ways of bringing experienced medical forensic examiners to rural, Tribal, and historically marginalized and underserved communities, as well as correctional facilities, using a telehealth, Family Justice Center, Children’s Advocacy Center, or other modality of care that best meets the needs of the community (funding can support limited equipment costs).
Objectives
- Provide high-quality, comprehensive medical forensic exams and post-sexual assault care that promotes healing and reduces trauma.
- Coordinate with a rape crisis center, victim service provider, and/or state sexual assault coalition to facilitate advocacy services that will support victims and survivors before, during, and after the examination process.
- Increase the number and availability of SANEs/SAFEs by establishing a support network of SANE leaders that can develop or build a network of SANEs/SAFEs in the service areas that currently lack a comprehensive SANE response. Hiring and recruitment efforts to increase the diversity of SANEs to better reflect the communities served by the project is strongly encouraged.
- Improve access to training and clinical education that supports training needs, peer networking, mentoring, and retention of SANEs/SAFEs, and identify strategies that combat vicarious trauma and burnout. Funding may be used to support attendance at the International Association of Forensic Nurses annual conference.
- Support the use of coordinated community responses to sexual assault (e.g., Sexual Assault Response Teams or Multidisciplinary Teams, also known as SARTs or MDTs). Partnerships with local culturally specific organizations whose primary purpose is to provide services to specific racial and ethnic groups in the community are encouraged.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
36
Eligible Applicants
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- State governments
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- County governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
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