Alaska Statewide Protocol: This protocol is designed to provide standardized structure for the development, training and implementation of SARTs throughout the state of Alaska. The protocol includes sections on team structure, training recommendations and checklists for SART activation, confidentiality and payment for services.
Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault SART Manual Version 1: This manual covers the importance of SARTs for victims and the community, building sexual assault response teams, decision making, advocacy/law/ enforcement/medical/prosecutorial responses, evaluations, case reviews and community outreach.
Halton (Canada) Community Response Protocol: This 2002 protocol consists of community agencies that agreed to sign memoranda of agreements in the response to sexual violence so that victims would receive a consistent, knowledgeable and compassionate response from any agency. The document starts with a flowchart of the response to sexual assault disclosures.
Handbook on Justice for Victims: This handbook provides practical and comprehensive guidance for service providers. The appendix provides a checklist for programs to consider.
Kentucky: Developing a Sexual Assault Response Team: This resource guide is designed for rape crisis centers, health care providers and other community agencies in Kentucky that are interested in starting SART programs. It can easily be adapted to jurisdictions nationally.
Michigan—The Response to Sexual Assault—Removing Barriers to Services and Justice: The overall goal of the document is to enhance the ability of the community, victim advocacy organizations, medical system and criminal justice systems and other key systems to design and support effective local and state sexual assault system responses for adult and adolescent victims of sexual assault.
New Jersey Attorney General’s Standards for Providing Services to Victims of Sexual Assault: These 2004 standards were developed with the intention of implementing a systematic focus on the needs and concerns of sexual assault victims. Chapters include: Rape Care Advocacy, Law Enforcement, Standardized Medical Treatment, Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kits, Examination Facilities, Specialized Services for Child and Adolescent Victims, Special Needs and Vulnerable Victim Populations, Discharge and Safety Plan, Evaluation of SART Services, Prosecution SART Training, and County SART Advisory Boards.
North Dakota Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Protocol: This 2005 protocol contains sections on the roles of community agencies, law enforcement and medical personnel; overview of the forensic medical exam; information on sexual assault evidence kits; evidence collection from suspected perpetrators; and post-evidence collection procedures.
Oregon SART Handbook: This handbook was developed by the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force. It is designed to assist SARTs in varying degrees of development. It provides recommended practices for responders, information on victim-centered and offender-focused response, as well as sample protocols, policies and resources in Oregon.
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape—SART Guidelines: The 2002 guidelines are intended for use by communities of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in order to promote a comprehensive set of recommended practices in the response to sexual violence. The material can help communities set goals, evaluate current policies and practices and identify policy directions.
Protocol to Assist Victims of Relationship, Domestic and Sexual Violence, Penn State University: This document describes procedures and services for victims of domestic, relationship and sexual violence. It includes chapters on: Victims Initial Contact, Medical Care for Sexual Assault Victims, Evidence Collection Exam, Non-Evidence Collection Exam, Costs, Medical Care for Relationship and Domestic Violence Victims, Counseling Services, Administrative Services, Sexual Assault Reporting and Policy, and University Disciplinary Procedures.
San Diego SART Manual: The manual outlines standards of practice, including roles and responsibilities, for members of an interdisciplinary SART team.
West Virginia Protocol for Responding to Victims of Sexual Assault: This protocol offers a multidisciplinary, victim-centered approach for victim advocates, law enforcement, hospitals and medical personnel prosecution. Its primary purpose is to assist hospitals to minimize the physical and psychological trauma to the victim of a sexual assault and maximize the probability of collecting and preserving the physical evidence for potential use in the legal system.
Winona County, MN Sexual Assault Response Team Protocols: The site includes links l for the county attorney protocol, law enforcement protocol, hospital protocol, clinic protocol, and advocacy protocol.