SANE Sustainability

^{Last Updated 10/22/2014. Minor link correction on 9/18/2018.}

This collaborative project with the International Association of Forensic Nurses and Office on Violence Against Women, provides free training, technical assistance, and consultation to local Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs and State/Territory and Tribal SANE Coordinators.

Getting Started

The mobile app (iOS version at iTunes) offers key information about how to grow and sustain healthy SANE Programs. You can also download tools from the app below.

• Building Sustainable Programs from the Ground Up
• Sustainability Fundamentals
• Seminal Literature
• Sustainability 101: Long Range Thinking for SANE Program Managers
• NSVRC SANE Sustainability Project Evaluation Report
• SANE Sustainability Glossary of Terms

Staffing & Leadership

Key elements for SANE program leadership include: managers that model behaviors expected from the team, opportunities for professional growth, clear performance measures and feedback to support staff development. Explore tools that will help grow a strong team.

• Managing People
  • Management Resources
  • Building a Healthy Work Environment
  • Malpractice Insurance
  • Legal Resources
  • Performance Management Resources
• Cultivating Leadership
  • Cultivating Leadership Overview
  • Succession Planning Worksheet
  • Guide on Fostering Collaboration between SANE Program Coordinators and Medical Directors

  Watch a video podcast on how to cultivate leadership within SANE Programs.
• Recruitment & Retention
  • Staff Recruitment and Retention
  • Staff Orientation Overview
  • SANE Orientation Checklist
  • Staff Educational Resources
  • SANE Practice Standards and Guidelines
  • Resources for Vicarious Trauma

Collaboration

Healthy collaboration is a necessity for sustainability. Get ideas to help support your collaborative relationships below.

• Collaboration (Intra & Interdisciplinary)
• Sexual Assault Response Team Development Guide
• Fostering Collaborations with Medical Directors Guide

Assessment and Evaluation

Every program needs to identify measures of success. Because SANE programs are health care programs they should predominantly focus on health care measures. The following tools help answer your basic questions about program evaluation.

• Assessment and Evaluation Overview
• Quality Assurance and Improvement
• Policies and Procedures Overview
• Performance Management Resources
• Policy Checklist

Funding

Creating a business plan is necessary for starting a SANE service, and is a critical tool for sustaining an existing service. We have gathered the most important tools to help you develop or expand your plan.

• Business Planning Resources
• Budgeting Overview
• Sustainability 101: Creating a Business Plan for SANE Program Managers
• Fundraising and Grantwriting
• Sexual Assault Billing and Coding
• Billing Process Overview
• Cost Revenue Workbook
• Taking Stock of your Funding Worksheet
• Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Exams and VAWA 2005: Payments, Practices and Directions for the Future

Program Expansion

SANE programs might choose to add other patient populations in addition to sexual assault survivors, but should only do so slowly and with intention once the program is stable and sustainable. The tools below can help you assess your readiness.

• Program Expansion Overview
• Program Expansion Worksheet

Download the mobile app for interactive planning tools.

Pediatrics

• Resources related to children

This project was supported by Grant No. 2011-TA-AX-K077 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice (OVW DOJ). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this course are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OVW DOJ.