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Advocate’s Guide to Talking to Parents/Guardians About Healthy Relationships and Sexual Violence Prevention for Children and Youth
Learning healthy relationship skills is a vital part of sexual violence prevention and sex education, all of which are most impactful when taught together. Parents/guardians…
Healthy Relationships Activity Book
Stopping sexual violence and other forms of harm can feel like a complicated and overwhelming task. Education is an important form of sexual violence prevention.
What Can We Talk About? Common Rules & Regulations
It is important for all members of a sexual assault response team (SART) to understand one another’s different professional and ethical obligations before the team…
Tools & Resources
MNCASA 2023 Legislative Agenda
MNCASA’s 2023 legislative priorities.
LGBTQIA+ Cultural Humility Readiness Assessment for SARTs
The following readiness assessment can be completed by individual agencies or as a team. It is meant to bring to light current efforts and highlight…
Best Practices for Sexual Assault Response Teams Supporting LGBTQIA+ Victims/Survivors
In the absence of traditional safety nets, many victims/survivors in the LGBTQIA+1 community find support within their family of choice, which typically includes trusted friends…
Statewide Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing and Cold Case Sexual Assault Investigative Guidelines
These guidelines are designed to provide law enforcement with information regarding sexual assault kit processing and cold case sexual assault investigation, increase clarity regarding recent…
Healthy Relationships Activity Book Parent and Guardian Guide
Stopping sexual violence and other forms of harm can feel like a complicated and overwhelming task. Education is an important form of sexual violence prevention.
SART Case Review MOU Template and Example
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is a helpful tool for recording agreements about a SART’s priorities for case review, the scope of that case review…
Communication Feedback Loop
This resource merges the Phases of Systems Change model and the Communication Feedback Loop model with virtual engagement. This resource describes each phase of system…
508 Compliance: What You Need to Know
This resource gives a synopsis of the 508 compliance guidelines that governmental entities have to follow when engaging online. Various resources are also linked to…
5 Steps of a Virtual Engagement Plan
This resource was designed to demonstrate a step-by-step process of planning their virtual engagement strategy. Through this five-step process, this resource describes how SART teams…
Parent Power: Partnering with Advocates to Prevent Sexual Violence
Sexual violence is a serious problem that affects many people across the United States. Youth are at significant risk for sexual violence but we can…