With this solicitation, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks to support the development or expansion of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner/Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SANE/SAFE) programs using a coordinated community response strategy and (2) the provision of training and technical assistance (TTA).
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/28/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The goal of this program is to establish or expand SANE/SAFE programs that offer trauma informed sexual assault medical forensic exams and victim services using coordinated community response strategies through a variety of settings (e.g., hospital, community, telehealth, campus, correctional). Applicants may propose innovative ways of bringing experienced medical forensic examiners to communities, such as using a mobile or telehealth model.
Objectives
- Increase the number and availability of health care providers who are trained or certified to perform medical forensic examinations, especially in rural, Tribal, or underserved communities. Programs are encouraged to establish a network of SANE/SAFE leaders in the service areas that currently lack a comprehensive SANE response. Funding may be used to support SANE salaries and any additional positions according to the needs of the project (i.e., project director/coordinator).
- Provide timely, high-quality medical forensic exams incorporating victim-centered, trauma informed approaches to all victims of sexual violence.
- Expand access to training and clinical education for SANEs/SAFEs to build and maintain competency (e.g., peer support, mentoring). Funding may be used to support education, training, and certification as well as efforts to promote health and wellness and combat vicarious trauma and burnout.
- Improve access to comprehensive post-assault care and other support services that promote healing and address the emerging needs of victims and survivors (e.g., advocacy; accompaniment—accompanying victims to court, medical facilities, and police departments; mental health treatment; legal services; shelter; and transportation).
- Support activities that facilitate and strengthen coordinated community responses (e.g., Sexual Assault Response Teams or Multidisciplinary Teams, also known as SARTs or MDTs). Partnerships should include culturally specific organizations that represent special or underserved populations and victims/survivors as members of the SART/MDT to ensure a culturally relevant and survivor-informed response.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Solicitation: $3,550,000
- Purpose Area 1: Establish or Expand SANE/SAFE Programs: $500,000
- Project Period: 36 months
- Purpose Area 2: Training and Technical Assistance Provider: $1,050,000
- Project Period: 36 months
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
- Public– and State-controlled institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- 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
- Private institutions of higher education
- Units of local government, such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a State
For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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