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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.

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...

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.

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.

“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.

This...

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