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WCASA is Wisconsin's only state-wide coalition dedicated to ending sexual violence.

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        Our Mission

        The Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault creates the social change necessary to end sexual violence. 


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        Intervention

        SART

        The primary purpose of a Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) is to provide a resource for communities surrounding systemic response to sexual assault. Although similar to a Coordinated Community Response Team (CCR), a SART is smaller in number and made up of members from four disciplines:

        • Advocates
        • Law Enforcement
        • SANE nurses/medical personnel
        • Prosecution

        Goals of a SART:

        • Maximize community safety, protection, and response
        • Ensure victim-centered response and access to community resources
        • Hold sex offenders accountable

        SART Protocol thumbnailFor more information, please contact the OJA Statewide SART Coordinator: CJ Figgins-Hunter.

        You can view or download the SART Protocol (2011 ed.) here [2MB] PDF: portable document format

         

        The U.S. Department of Justice has just launched an online SART Toolkit link to external web page under their Office for Victims of Crime.

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        Upcoming Events

        WCASA's Got a New Newsletter Design! - See the newsletter and help us choose a name for it.

         

        Currently Open

        6/10-14: SANE Pediatrics Plus Seminar, Green Bay

        ♦ 6/20: Paths to Healing (conference on child sexual abuse survival), Madison

         

        Save the Date

        7/17-18: Northern Training, Lac du Flambeau

        11/5-6: Transform the Conversation: Explore, Expand & Create (WCADV, WCASA, AIAA), Wisconsin Dells

             (see Save the Date)

         

        2013 Training & Events Calendar PDF: portable document format

         


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        WCASA Blog

        Just browsing around…

        The more information becomes available online, the more hours of our days we will spend using a web browser. Most people don’t pay too much attention to their browser – after all, it’s the content it serves up, the web pages you’re visiting, that are the important part, right? True. Still, there are ways that [...]

        Of NOte:

        2013-02: Governor and Attorney General Seek to Fund Sexual Assault Services with General Purpose Revenue for First Time Ever.

        2013-01: Sexual Assault Law Enforcement Trainer Ray Maida on EVAWI Website:

        Ray Maida on EVAWI Website

        New Research:
        Strengths and Silences: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students in Rural and Small Town Schools (report by GLSEN; link to press release on their site; study can be downloaded as PDF from linked page)


        Resource highlights – some items that have been updated:

        For more, see our Resources pages.