New York State Resource Center for Hospital Sexual Violence Services
New York State Resource Center for Hospital Sexual Violence Services supports hospitals with statewide training and technical assistance to improve medical and forensic care for sexual violence survivors.
Funder: New York State Department of Health
Due Dates: November 5, 2026 (Optional letter of interest and questions) | December 1, 2026 (Anticipated answers and updates) | December 17, 2026, 4:00 p.m. EST (Application in SFS and by email)
Funding Amounts: One anticipated award of $1,000,000 annually for five years, July 1, 2027–June 30, 2032
Summary: Supports a statewide resource center providing training and technical assistance to improve hospital medical and forensic care for sexual violence survivors.
Key Information: Both online SFS responses and emailed application PDFs are required for review.
Description
The New York State Department of Health will fund a Resource Center to help New York hospitals build sustainable capacity for high-quality, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, patient-centered medical and forensic care for sexual violence survivors of all ages. The program is administered through the Center for Community Health, Division of Family Health, Bureau of Perinatal, Reproductive, and Sexual Health.
The center will develop, implement, and evaluate statewide training and technical assistance, improve access to certified Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners (SAFEs), and strengthen collaboration and resource sharing. Activities include Department-approved SAFE curriculum and courses, preceptorship coordination, hospital staffing and quality-assurance support, a public website, and one or two conferences. In years two through five, the center must target at least 60 emergency-service hospitals annually, including rural emergency hospitals, for support developing self-sustaining on-site SAFE programs.
