Causes: Crime & Law, Mental Health, Sexual Abuse Prevention, Sexual Assault Services

Mission: The jackson county sart works to bring healing, justice and hope to survivors of sexual assault, to hold offenders accountable, and to help prevent sexual violence through community involvement and change.

Programs: The jackson county sexual assault response team (sart) provides free, round-the-clock care to girls, women, boys and men throughout the county who are victims of sexual assault. In 2014, sart provided 84 exams. Sart coordinates a multi-agency response team of police, district attorneys, victim advocates from community works and sart's own, specially trained sexual assault nurse examiners (sanes), who provide immediate crisis intervention, medical screening and expert evidence collection. Sart also provides peer support groups for survivors and conducts prevention programs in county schools, as well as awareness and education programs for mandatory reporters, parents and community members.