Programs

Health and Forensic Services Project

Hospital emergency departments are the primary sites where victims of sexual assault, especially those who choose to report within 96 hours of a crime, come to be treated. Healthcare and criminal justice systems intersect to protect survivors from further injury, provide care, and ensure proficient evidence collection. In New York City, the city’s large population and concentration of many public and private emergency departments present unique challenges for the provision of the best care for all sexual assault survivors. Read more »

Community Programs

The Alliance's Community Programs encompass the work we do to develop sustainable community-based interventions to prevent and respond to sexual violence. This includes building the capacity of individuals, organizations and institutions to analyze the impact of sexual violence and providing them with the skills to develop interventions that best fit the needs of their community.  Principles of participation, theories of social norms change and community mobilization approaches are key to our community-based programming. Read more »

Community programs include:

• creating awareness about sexual violence and facilitating awareness campaigns through our SAY SO project
• working with community coalitions and community-based organizations to prevent sexual violence through Project ENVISION;
• developing youth leaders to become agents of change amongst their peers as part of our Youth Action Council;
• and improving services for immigrant populations through our ARISE (Action Research for Immigrant Social Empowerment) coalition