CONGRESSWOMAN CAROLYN MCCARTHY TO PROVIDE $200,000 FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NUMC’S SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINER/SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 20, 2010
PRESS CONTACT:
Shelley Lotenberg
shelley@numc.edu
516-572-6055
CONGRESSWOMAN CAROLYN MCCARTHY TO PROVIDE $200,000 FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NUMC’S SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINER/SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM
WHAT: Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy will present $200,000 federal funding to NuHealth System officials for the Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner/Sexual Assault Response Team at the Nassau University Medical Center. NUMC has had a SAFE program since 2008, providing sexual assault victims compassionate and timely healthcare in a private setting, to reduce further trauma through the intervention of a highly trained interdisciplinary team. These vital federal funds will enhance training and provide the most advanced technology associated with DNA and other sexual assault forensic evidence collection and preservation, resulting in an increase in the successful prosecution of sex offenders and encouraging more survivors to report these crimes to law enforcement.
WHO: Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy
Arthur A. Gianelli, President/CEO of the NuHealth System
NUMC’s Emergency Department Staff
Various advocacy agencies
WHEN: Thursday October 21, 2010 at 1:30 P.M.
WHERE: Nassau University Medical Center
First Floor Administration Board Room
WHY: Congresswoman McCarthy stated: “I was happy to help secure this funding; it is critically important and will provide training and the most advanced technology to recover and preserve evidence that will result in an increase and successful prosecution of sex offenders,” said Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy. “This funding will encourage more survivors to report these crimes to law enforcement. I thank all the groups involved in the collective effort to advance this issue and for helping law enforcement with the evidence they need to prosecute more sex offender cases.”
FOLLOWING THE PRESS CONFERENCE, CONGRESSWOMAN MCCARTHY WILL TOUR THE SOON TO BE OPENED NEW EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT NUMC
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