SAIC in the News

Below are articles and videos featuring SAIC and our partner agencies.

From Front Page:

Denver Health Medical Center Unveils New SANE Suite

The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program recently opened a new suite to conduct forensic exams for collecting pertinent sexual assault evidence. The three-room suite features a private waiting room secluded from other patients, a bathroom with a shower, and the exam room. See pictures below.

Phoenix Center Opens Doors

The Phoenix Center at Auraria (PCA) is a brand new tri-institutional Center on the Auraria campus. It is a partnership between the Community College of Denver, University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and the Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC) to respond to issues of interpersonal violence (IPV). The Center provides free and confidential resources and assistance to survivors of interpersonal violence and their friends and families. The Center serves all students, faculty, and staff on the Auraria Campus regardless of where or when the incident of violence occurred. The PCA also conducts training, education, and primary prevention initiatives across campus.

 PCA has an on call helpline that is available to the Auraria campus community, free and confidentially 24 hours a day, 7 days week. Trained advocates can explain options, provide emotional support, or provide accompaniment to the hospital or police station.  

The Phoenix Center is hosting a launch and ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, October 22, 11:30am in the Tivoli Student Center Rm. 329 on the Auraria Campus. 11:30am-12:30pm, Tivoli Student Center, rm. 329. For additional information please contact Lisa Ingarfield, Associate Director, 303-352-2745

 

Dialogue: Denver DA

Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey discusses legal issues in his monthly Channel 8 show. SAIC was featured in the June 2008 episode.