Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examination (SAMFE) Virtual Practicum
Location
Online
Event Type
Web
Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE)
Improve Your Forensic Medical Response to Sexual Assault Survivors
Learn about an interactive training that teaches each step of a victim-centered medical forensic examination, shows how the evidence is analyzed in the crime lab, and prepares professionals to testify in court.
OVC FY 2022 Expanding Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
OVC seeks applications to establish or expand sexual assault examination programs, including sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) and sexual assault forensic examiner (SAFE) programs.
Colorado Forensic Program Development Project (CFPDP) - developing a leadership and advocacy support for SANEs in rural Colorado communities
15POVC-21-GK-04051-SAFE
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$599,874
Expansion of services to victims of Sexual Assault in Alaska.
15POVC-21-GK-04056-SAFE
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$596,887
Closing the Gap: Creating the First SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner) Hospital Program in Rhode Island (RI SAFE)
15POVC-21-GK-04058-SAFE
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$599,966
OVC Acting Director Katherine Darke Schmitt Commemorates Sexual Assault Prevention & Awareness Month
April 2021
Every April, the Nation commemorates Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Month. OVC Acting Director Katherine Darke Schmitt discusses our office's support for projects that serve victims of sexual assault. She also pays tribute to the dedicated service providers working to support victims, including forensic nurse examiner Kim Day, who is retiring after decades in service to victims of sexual violence.
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OVC FY 2021 Expanding Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Services to Victims of Sexual Assault
Closing Date
OVC is seeking applications 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 improving the provision of sexual assault care using a community-based approach, such as through a campus community, nonprofit, community-based, and/or tribe-affiliated victim services provider.
April 2021 Featured Resources
This featured news content includes information about 2021 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Resource Guide
The Sexual Assault Forensic Evaluation and Treatment (SAFE-T) Program: A Campus, Community, and Hospital Collaboration
2020-V3-GX-0044
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
$499,382
Strengthening Sexual Assault Services on the University of Wisconsin Campus
2020-V3-GX-0027
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
$498,986
Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center Campus Community Collaborative
2020-V3-GX-0069
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
$500,000
South Texas Forensic Nurse Project
2020-V3-GX-0023
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
$499,948
April 2020 Featured Resources
National Crime Victims' Rights Week is April 19–25, 2020
The 2020 National Crime Victims' Rights Week theme—Seek Justice | Ensure Victims' Rights | Inspire Hope—commemorates the individuals and groups whose advocacy has propelled the victims' rights movement forward for the past half century, inspiring in victims and their loved ones a feeling of hope for progress, justice, and healing.
The 2020 National Crime...
Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Network for Evidence-based Telemedicine (SAFE-NET)
2019-V3-GX-K013
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$3,992,632
Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examination Research Forum: Summary of Research Questions Identified
Date Published
March 2012
Publication Type
Program/Project Description,
Legislation/Policy Description,
Issue Overview,
Conference Material
Agencies
OVC,
NIJ
OVC FY 12 Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Examination Telemedicine Center: An Innovative Pilot Project
Closing Date
OVC will make one award of up to $3.5 million (including subawards for pilot sites) to develop a national telemedicine center to administer sexual assault forensic medical exam services to four pilot sites that will be selected through a separate solicitation issued by the recipient of this award in partnership with OVC. The telemedicine center will provide live access to Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, Sexual...
International Association of Forensic Nurses
The International Association of Forensic Nurses provides leadership in forensic nursing practice by developing, promoting, and disseminating information internationally about forensic nursing science.