The S.A.N.E. budget restored!
CRITICAL FUNDS PRESERVED FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINER (SANE) PROGRAM AND CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS
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Governor Patrick announced on Friday December 4th a FULL 1 MILLION DOLLAR restoration to the SANE program.
This would never have happened without YOU voicing your belief that sexual assault survivors throughout the Commonwealth deserve the gold standard response of Children's Advocacy Centers and SANE.
THANK YOU! YOUR VOICES MADE THE DIFFERENCE!
This means that SANE and Pediatric SANE services will continue as now provided across the Commonwealth and that child victims of sexual and physical violence will continue to have access to the high quality, comprehensive, and specialized services of one of the 11 Children's Advocacy Centers across the state!
Please take a moment to convey your appreciation to the Governor and Secretary Bigby:
Governor Patrick
By email: click hereBy phone: 617.725.4005
Dr. JudyAnn Bigby, Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services Throughout this campaign, we have had wonderful allies in the legislature including Senate President Therese Murray, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Representative Peter Koutoujian, Senator Joan Menard and Representative Vincent Pedone. We owe all of them our thanks.
We also had the honor and privilege of partnering with our colleagues at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC). Please join us in thanking Gina Scaramella, BARCC's Executive Director, for her leadership, by sending her an e-mail.
IF YOU JOINED THE "SAVE S.A.N.E" GROUP ON FACEBOOK DURING THIS CAMPAIGN, PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE TO SUPPORT S.A.N.E. AND STAY WITH US. |
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The SANE Line Item 4510-0810 funds SANE, Pediatric SANE, MACA, Children's Advocacy Centers, and rape crisis centers.
Children's Advocacy Centers:
Provide
coordinated investigations and medical and counseling services to child
victims of sexual assault and severe physical abuse
Get sex offenders off the street
through coordinated, skilled, reliable and sound investigations with
specialized medical providers, including Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse
Examiners, collecting evidence
Served over 6000 children in Massachusetts last year
Save the state $1000 per case by coordinating investigations*
*from Findings from the National Children's Advocacy Center of Community Responses to Child Maltreatment. To see the Executive Summary of the article, click here.
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