Combined $1M awarded to Duquesne, Penn State for program supporting sex-assault survivors (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Karen Clemmer 10/23/205:45 PM

By Lauren Lee, October 22, 2020, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Both Duquesne and Penn State are among eight universities across the country awarded a combined $1 million in grants to establish and nurture a U.S. Department of Justice program designed to offer medical forensic care, advocacy and other victim services to sexual assault survivors on campuses of higher education.

The department’s Office for Victims of Crime awarded around $4 million to various universities across the country to expand the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program to provide trauma-informed medical care training to support survivors of sexual assault. Around $500,000 each was awarded to Duquesne and Penn State.

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