The National Sexual Violence Resource Center's (NSVRC) Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Toolkit is an online toolkit to address the needs of sexual assault survivors through a continued partnership with the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC).
The SART Toolkit is designed to support multidisciplinary response teams with easy access to information and resources, as they constantly seek to support victims and hold offenders accountable. This comprehensive tool contains thousands of resources on over 80 topics including practical tips for effective teamwork, best practices, ideas for expansion and connections to guide development and improvement. The SART Toolkit also highlights the needs of underserved populations such as male survivors, LGBTQ+ individuals and people of color.
Since the 1990s, the multidisciplinary approach to responding to sexual violence has led communities to develop sexual assault response teams (SARTs). These groups are typically comprised of sexual assault advocates, medical forensic examiners, prosecutors and law enforcement officers who work together to support survivors in their communities and improve the system’s response to sexual violence.
SARTs are encouraged to use the SART Toolkit to identify opportunities to connect with victims and their community to make the most meaningful improvements.
The SART Toolkit is available at www.nsvrc.org/sarts/toolkit.
