Word: sane
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...initiative, titled the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners program (SANE), will provide rape victims with a more dignified and private environment during the post-assault medical and forensic examinations...
...Massachusetts state SANE program is being modeled after a similar SANE program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Tulsa program won the 1994 Innovations in State and Local Government Award from the Ford Foundation and Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government...
...should make it easier for victims to come forward rather than create more obstacles that dissuade them from pursuing justice," Weld said in a statement. "The SANE program will greatly assist rape victims to overcome this horrible crime and help police put rapists in prison, where they belong...
Under the SANE program, Massachusetts will pay for forensic medical procedures, sparing victims from the difficulty of explaining the circumstances for the examination on insurance forms...
...difficult enough for victims to even admit that they have been raped, let alone have to wait for hours in an emergency room before being rushed through the assembly line for an exam," Weld said. "The SANE program will give victims who are sexually violated the supportive environment they need to deal with the trauma of rape...