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Mary reached out: I met with Em, our SANE Coordinator yesterday, and we have some TA questions. Some background: PAVSA runs a community-based SANE program, so it’s technically housed within advocacy. We do have in place some boundaries between our advocates and our SANEs, and there are other information security practices that are in place due to HIPAA. We use SAKI funds to support our SANE program in terms of personnel and training.
Em attended a training recently with Roger Canaff (Justice 3D) as a speaker: https://www.justice3d.com/. It was hosted by the WI chapter of IAFN, and one of the main topics was defensible SANE practice.
Roger raised concerns about how defense attorneys are now hiring their own SANE nurses to pick apart SANE practice, particularly to raise issues about the relationship between SANEs and Advocacy programs. He sees this as, in part, a backlash against #metoo/
Lisa responded and let Mary know that she could reach out directly to Patti and Julie. Lisa was cc'd on Mary's email to Julie and Patti.
Dear Patti and Julie,
Greetings from Duluth! We have some questions here about defensible SANE practice, specific to a program operating as a unit of a community-based rape crisis center.
These questions have popped up following a training offered by the WI chapter of the IAFN “Testifying as an Expert” with Justice 3D’s Roger Canaff.
Roger raised concerns about how defense attorneys are now hiring their own SANE nurses to pick apart SANE practice, particularly to raise issues about the relationship between SANEs and Advocacy programs. He sees this as, in part, a backlash against #metoo.
Would you have time for a conference call with our SANE partners to talk through our concerns?
We were wondering if you’ve been hearing about this trend, and if you have some thought about how best to develop some more practical strategies for defensible boundaries between SANE and advocacy to avoid the appearance of bias.
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