WHAT:
Attorney General Peter C. Harvey will
announce that more than 100 county Sexual
Assault Response Team Advisory Board members
have completed a mandatory training session
on the newly revised “Standards
for Providing Services to Victims of Sexual
Assault.” The training is part of
the SART (Sexual Assault Response Team)
and SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner)
Program, a statewide initiative to raise
awareness of the programs and resources
that are available to victims of sexual
assault. The program uses a “team”
approach, ensuring that every victim of
sexual assault has access to the best
possible care and services available from
health care, law enforcement and rape
care advocacy agencies throughout the
state.
The revised guidelines promote a victim-centered
approach to sexual assault. The new guidelines
will serve as a foundation for establishing
county policies and procedures specific
to the needs of each county’s population
and local resources.
WHO:
Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General
Vaughn L. McKoy, Director, Division of
Criminal Justice
Steven R. Briggs, Provost, The College
of New Jersey
Honey Spirito, NJ Sex Crimes Officers’
Association
Eileen Caraker, Gloucester County SART/SANE
Coordinator
Deborah Shepherd, Executive Director,
NJ Coalition Against Sexual Assault Linda
Rinaldi, Deputy Attorney General, DCJ
Jackie Deitch-Stackhouse, Office of Anti-Violence
Initiatives, TCNJ
Representatives from the Division of Criminal
Justice
WHEN:
Mon., April 18 at 11:15 A.M.
WHERE:
The College of New Jersey
Brower Student Center
AUDIO/VISUALS:
Sexual Assault Awareness Public Service
Announcement, Rape Kits, SART/SANE county
coordinators
SART/SANE
Press Conference
April 18, 11:15 A.M.
The College of New Jersey
Brower Student Center
Directions
From I-80:
Take I-80 East to the U.S. 206/Route 183
exit. Keep right at the fork in the ramp.
Merge onto US 206. Take the I-287 South
ramp toward Somerville (I-78)/Princeton.
Merge onto I-287 South. Take the US 202
South/US 206 South exit. *Continue on
US 202 South. Exit US 202/31 onto Route
31 South (Trenton). Follow Route 31 South
until the entrance to The College (about
1.5 miles past the junction of I-95, left
at the third traffic light).
From the New York State Thruway:
Take the New York State Thruway/I-87 South.
Take the I-287 South/Route 17 South exit.
Merge onto I-287 South. Take the US 202
South/US 206 South exit. *Continue on
US 202 South. At the Flemington Circle,
continue on US 202/31 South. Exit US 202/31
onto Route 31 South (Trenton). Follow
Route 31 South until the entrance to The
College (about 1.5 miles past the junction
of I-95, left at the third traffic light).
From I-95 South (Delaware/Philadelphia
International Airport):
Using I-95 North, continue into Pennsylvania,
through Philadelphia. Continue on I-95
North into New Jersey. Take exit 4 (Route
31/Pennington Road). Bear to the right
off the exit ramp, you will be traveling
south on Route 31. At the third traffic
light (about 1.5 miles), make a left into
The College entrance.
From Route
78 (Easton, PA and the West):
Take Route 78 East into New Jersey. Continue
to exit 17 (Route 31 South/Flemington
and Trenton). Continue south on Route
31 into the Flemington Circle. Take Route
202/31 South. Exit at Route 31 South (Trenton).
Follow Route 31 South until the entrance
to The College (about 1.5 miles past the
junction of I-95, left at the third traffic
light).
From the New Jersey Turnpike (Newark International
Airport and North):
Using the New Jersey Turnpike, travel
south to exit 7A, Trenton and Shore Points.
Follow signs toward Trenton onto I-195
West. Follow signs marked 295 Princeton/Camden.
Exit at "I-295 North/Route 1/95 South/Princeton."
Continue on I-295 (becomes I-95 South)
to exit 4. Turn left at the exit ramp
onto Pennington Road/Route 31 South toward
Ewing. At the third traffic light (about
1.5 miles), make a left into The College
entrance.
From the
Atlantic City Expressway:
Take the Atlantic City Expressway West
(toward PA). The expressway ends at Route
42. Follow Route 42 North to I-295 North.
Continue on I-295 North (becomes I-95
South) to exit 4. Turn left at the exit
ramp onto Pennington Road/Route 31 South
toward Ewing. At the third traffic light
(about 1.5 miles), make a left into The
College entrance.
From The College entrance:
Make a right onto the main access loop
around campus. The information booth is
on the left in front of Paul Loser Hall.
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