Transcript Response Circles Sexual Assault Prevention Project

Response Circles
Sexual Assault Prevention Project
Ryan Swafford, BS (Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Project Coordinator
About the Project
• Funded by IHS Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative
(DVPI)
• Initial 3 year project, but has been extended 2011-2015
• Areas of Focus:
– To Provide training to Tribal community collaborative
groups to address sexual assault.
• Sexual Assault Response & Resource Circle (SARRC)
• Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)
• Tribal Sexual Assault Dynamics
• Tribal Sexual Assault Advocacy Skills
– Public Awareness
– Tribal mini-grant funding
IHS information taken from IHS Policy Update
presentation by Beverly Cotton, National SANE/SART
Coordinator
Project Partners
Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force
• Private, non-profit statewide organization
• Mission: effective prevention of and response to
sexual violence through collaborative,
comprehensive, survivor-centered strategies
• Programs: SATI, SANE, Prevention, Policy/Legislation
• Members appointed from across state to TFAC with
8 subcommittees:
IHS information taken from IHS Policy Update
presentation by Beverly Cotton, National SANE/SART
Coordinator
Sexual Assault Prevention
Training Updates
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Grand Ronde
Warm Springs
Swinomish
SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner):
Largest turnout yet with 30 participants
• SARRC Reunion at the NPAIHB
-Review the three project with the Tribes to evaluate
successes, needs of improvement, and future
collaboration
IHS information taken from IHS Policy Update
presentation by Beverly Cotton, National SANE/SART
Coordinator
Training Updates
• 3rd Annual Tribal Sexual Assault Advocacy
Training
-May 4th- 6th ,2015 hosted by
Confederated Tribes of Umatilla
IHS information taken from IHS Policy Update
presentation by Beverly Cotton, National SANE/SART
Coordinator
Project Closing
Last year of project, ending August 2015
• NPAIHB currently looking for new funding
• Tribes have expressed needs
-Continue sexual assault prevention training
-Continued mini grant support from NPAIHB
-Support with costs associated with certifying SANE nurses
while keeping them current
-Increase Tribal community buy-in addressing sexual
assault
-Assistance searching and writing grants for their Sexual
Assault Programs
IHS information taken from IHS Policy Update
presentation by Beverly Cotton, National SANE/SART
Coordinator
Questions?
Contact:
Ryan Swafford [email protected]
(503) 416-3304