The state’s nearly $2 billion budget for the new fiscal year includes $1.5 million to boost Fayetteville State University’s fledgling training program for sexual assault nurse examiners, or SANE nurses.
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Cumberland leaders coalition backs plan to train and retain sexual assault nurses
A loose coalition of community leaders has formed in hopes of bringing millions of dollars to Cumberland County to increase the number of sexual assault nurse examiners in the region.
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Pilot program brings sexual assault nurse training to historically Black university
By the end of summer, a handful of nursing students at Fayetteville State University will have started taking courses on how to care for sexual assault survivors. It’s a small start but …
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NC attorney general’s initiative to train 50 sexual assault nurse examiners
The best care for sexual assault victims comes from nurses trained to help victims process their trauma and collect evidence of the attack against them. These trained nurses, called Sexual Assault …
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Sexual assault nurse database and funding part of package signed by President Biden
President Joe Biden signed a law Tuesday that includes $30 million in grant money per year through 2028 to, in part, train and retain Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners nationwide. Inside the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill was the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which includes the funding for SANE nurses as well as money for rape crisis centers.