SAFESTAR Training

SAFESTAR Training Requirements

• Application to the Southwest Center for Law and Policy to determine readiness and capacity to receive the free training (Note: some applicants may be steered towards a parallel track of developing or improving a Sexual Assault Response Team and/or contracting for services with a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner depending upon community readiness and capacity).
• One 2-day intensive, on-site assessment and technical assistance visit by SAFESTAR Tribal governance and sexual assault victim advocacy experts to:
  

  • assess community resources;
  • interview domestic and sexual violence victim advocates and other allies;
  • gather Tribal and State code provisions, Rules of Court and any InterGovernmental Agreements, protocols, , and Memoranda of Understanding;
  • assist in identifying potential SAFESTAR course participants and training location(s); and
  • assist in identifying challenges in implementation as well as strategies to successfully overcome these challenges.
• Successful delivery and completion of the one week, 40-hour SAFESTAR training.
• Successful delivery and completion of the 16-hour, facilitated MultiDisciplinary Team Meeting of Federal, Tribal, and State criminal justice, healthcare, advocacy, crime laboratory, and other professionals.