Partners
- Safelight Inc
- The Free Clinics
- UNC Health Pardee
- AdventHealth
What is it?
In 2023 Henderson County had 1.5 available Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) to do adult forensic medical exams to document violence or abuse for prosecution. SANE-A nurses serve ages sixteen years and older. Safelight identified funding to increase SANE providers in Henderson County, with a goal to have 24/7 coverage for adults needing forensic medical exams. The Free Clinics is subcontracted through Safelight to expand this program by overseeing an on-call schedule of SANEs starting in 2025. The Free Clinics will identify and enroll nurses to be trained as a SANE nurse, and then contract SANE nurses to be on call and respond to cases located at Safelight’s Family Advocacy Center or local Emergency Room. *Safelight’s Child Advocacy Center sees ages 0-18 years for child forensic medical exams, the Safelight Family Advocacy Center or SANEs can see ages 16+.
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