Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Training-March 2025

Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Training is an advanced 4-day course which offers an in-depth and multi-disciplinary approach to statewide sexual assault response, sponsored by the Alaska Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in partnership with the Alaska State Troopers, State of Alaska Department of Law, the Alaska Nurses Association, the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, and the Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center.

Who is eligible to attend this training? Eligibility for this training is limited to the following: Members of active* SART Teams in Alaska to include:

Advocacy: Victim Advocates who have received CDVSA approved DVSA training in domestic violence or sexual assault, crisis intervention, victim support, treatment and/or other related topics in Alaska such as at APU, AKNWRC, at an Alaska DVSA agency, or other online DVSA Training

Medical: Nurses/Forensic Examiners who have completed the 40 hour Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Didactic Adult Training Program

Law Enforcement: Commissioned law enforcement in Alaska

Law: Prosecutors, and paralegals from Alaska Department of Law.

* If your community is starting a SART team and does not have policies, procedures, and an MOU with all MDT members, please contact Lorraine Willis at Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault at [email protected] for technical assistance.

What is the cost to attend this training?

There is no registration fee and CDVSA will cover travel and lodging costs for accepted applicants traveling from greater than 50 miles from the training site. Per diem is not covered. After being accepted into the training, participants will be informed about how to arrange travel and lodging in order to have those costs covered.

What are the training times and requirements?

Training will begin at 8:00 am and end at 5:00 pm each day, with lunch and breaks scheduled. Attending the 4 full days of training is mandatory, as well as completing one online training segment prior to the start of in-person training (approx. 1 hour). Accepted attendees should plan to arrive at 7:30 a.m. on March 18, 2025, to sign in.

The application period is open until Friday, January 31, 2025. The Eventbrite link is for the APPLICATION to attend only. If accepted, you will be notified by email. Please await instructions on booking travel/lodging.

For questions, please contact Katie TePas, AST at [email protected], (907) 538-4845 or Meredith McDaniel-Stroh, AST at [email protected], (907) 444-2850

AaNA is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Aana and (APSC) Alaska Police Standards Council credits are offered with full participation.

This project is supported by Grant Nos. VAWA 15JOVW‐21‐GG‐00546‐STOP, VAWA 15JOVW‐22‐GG‐00406‐STOP and VAWA 15JOVW‐23‐GG‐00556‐STOP awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Host or Publisher DPS, LAW, AKNWRC, CDVSA, ANDVSA, Aana and APSC