Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Hiring and Training Program

The Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Hiring and Training program supports efforts to establish or expand access to pediatric and/or adult/adolescent sexual assault forensic exams by funding the salaries of full- and part-time sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs)/sexual assault forensic examiners (SAFEs) providing forensic exams or serving as a regional preceptor or as a SANE/SAFE instructor.

Funds under this program must be used for one or more of the following purposes:

1. To provide access to simulation laboratories and other resources necessary for clinical education.
2. To provide full- and part-time salaries for SANEs and SAFEs, including pediatric SANEs and SAFEs.

Examples of activities that may be supported include:

1. Providing didactic and clinical preparation of prospective pediatric and/or adult/adolescent SANEs/SAFEs.
2. Providing regional preceptorships to prospective pediatric and/or adult/adolescent SANEs/SAFEs, including preceptorships in a program providing care to sexual assault patients’ medical forensic needs or in a simulation setting using medical simulation models and/or standardized patients.
3. Paying fees related to the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner – Adult/Adolescent (SANE-A) Certification and the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner – Pediatric/Adolescent (SANE-P) Certification, including certification renewal.
4. Paying fees related to state SANE/SAFE certification/credentialing, including certification/credentialing renewal.
5. Providing medical forensic examinations to pediatric and/or adult/adolescent victims of sexual assault.
6. Providing direction or consultation about sexual assault forensic examination cases via telehealth.
7. Participating in peer review of sexual assault cases.
8. Providing court testimony, as a fact witness or expert witness, for a case.

Eligible applicants include:

1. State, Tribal, or local governments
2. Sexual assault examination programs
3. State or territorial sexual assault coalitions, health care facilities, community-based programs, and faith-based organizations

If you have questions about the Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Hiring and Training program, you can email us or call 202-307-6026

This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 40723.