November 2024 Featured Resources
This featured news content includes information about National Native American Heritage Month, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Forensic Nurses Week, and the 40th Anniversary of the Victims of Crime Act.
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)
Four New SANE Regional Centers of Excellence Announced
Learn about four new regional programs whose goal is to strengthen the SANE workforce and provide survivors of sexual violence access to highly skilled forensic nurse professionals.
OVC FY24 Expanding Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program will support the development or expansion of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner/Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SANE/SAFE) programs using a coordinated community response strategy (Purpose Area 1) and the provision of training and technical assistance (Purpose Area 2).
Funding Opportunity: Apply To Become a SANE Regional Center of Excellence
The International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), in collaboration with OVC, invites forensic programs that are vested in preparing current and future Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) and Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners (SAFEs) for clinical practice to apply for funding to establish SANE Regional Centers of Excellence (SANE Regional CoE).
The program’s purpose is to increase the number and quality of the SANE/SAFE workforce and...
Low Prosecution Rates in Sexual Assault Cases: Can We Make Sustainable Improvements?
Report Details Center’s Work to Increase Access to SANE Services
Learn about a 5-year effort to train and grow the SANE workforce in Pennsylvania.
The Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Systems: Program Evaluation to the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime Final Report
Date Published
April 2022
Publication Type
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center Recorded Webinars
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examination (SAMFE) Virtual Practicum
Location
Online
Event Type
Web
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.
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: Message From the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime
Learn about OVC initiatives to improve services for victims of sexual assault in this message from OVC Director Kristina Rose.
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.
The Sharing Experience: From Violence in Our Lives to Peace in Our Communities
Event Dates
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Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Video Message from Director Hart Commemorating National Campus Safety Awareness Month
September 2020
Office for Victims of Crime Director Jessica E. Hart highlights that during the pandemic it is more important than ever to raise awareness about safety on college and university campuses across the country. In this message, Director Hart provides an overview of an Office for Victims of Crime initiative to provide grant funding to sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) programs on college campuses to offer medical forensic care and other victim services to sexual assault survivors.
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Video Message from Director Hart Commemorating National Campus Safety Awareness Month
To commemorate National Campus Safety Awareness Month, Office for Victims of Crime Director Jessica E. Hart released a video message.
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“In the wake of the pandemic, it is more important than ever to commemorate this month as National Campus Safety Awareness Month and to commit ourselves to raising awareness about the safety on college and university campuses across the country” states Director Hart.
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OVC Help Series for Crime Victims: Sexual Violence
Date Published
June 2012
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
OVC
Sexual Assault
Anyone can be a victim of sexual violence, regardless of age, race, or gender. Likewise, assailants can be anyone: strangers, friends, or family members.
Crimes involving sexual violence often lead to long-term negative consequences for the victim. In addition to any physical injuries from the assault, victims often suffer from emotional and psychological trauma that sexual violence introduces into their lives.
Funding Opportunity: OVC FY 2020 Expanding SANE Services to Victims of Sexual Assault on Campus
Apply for the OVC FY 2020 Expanding SANE Services to Victims of Sexual Assault on Campus solicitation.
OVC is seeking applications to establish or expand Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs that will offer medical forensic care, advocacy, and other victim services to sexual assault survivors on college campuses.
To the extent possible, campuses should collaborate with victim service providers in the community in which...
The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit
The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) was developed on the premise that exposure to the traumatic experiences of other people—known as vicarious trauma—is an inevitable occupational challenge for the fields of victim services, emergency medical services, fire services, law enforcement, and other allied professionals; however, organizations can mitigate the potentially negative effects of trauma exposure by becoming vicarious trauma-informed.