1. Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Program Volunteer Training Guide
Capt Tameka Alderman, 374 AW/CVK
Duration: 45 min
Expected Outcome: Info Only

2. Overview Mission & Vision Organization Structure
Roles & Responsibilities
Reporting Options
Advantages and Disadvantages
Eligibility
Key Points

3. Mission & Vision Mission Vision
Reinforce the Air Force’s commitment to eliminate sexual assaults through awareness and prevention training, education, victim advocacy, response, reporting, and accountability.
Vision
Promote sensitive care and confidential reporting for victims of sexual assault and accountability for those who commit such crimes.

4. Organization Structure
Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC)
Capt Tameka Alderman
(Primary duty - USFJ Protocol)
Alternate SARC
Maj Dexter Nelson
SrA Rebecca Maturan
SARC Assistant
Case Management Group Members
Volunteer Victim Advocates
Program Volunteers

5. Roles & Responsibilities
Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC)
Reports directly to the installation Vice Wing commander and executes the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program at the installation level
The installation’s single point of contact for integrating and coordinating sexual assault victim care services
Will, unless services are declined by the victim, assign a VA as soon as possible after initial notification of an assault

6. Roles & Responsibilities
Volunteer Victim Advocates (VA)
Provides essential support, liaison services and care to victims of sexual assault
Ensures victims continue to receive the necessary care and support until the victim states or SARC determines that support is no longer needed
Provides crisis intervention, referral and ongoing non-clinical support, including providing information on available options and resources to assist clients in making informed decisions
Does not provide counseling or other professional services

7. Unrestricted Reporting
Reporting Options
Restricted Reporting
Unrestricted Reporting
Used by a service member to report or disclose that he or she is the victim of a sexual assault to specified officials on a requested confidential basis
The victim’s report and any details provided to the SARC, Healthcare Personnel, or a VA will not be reported to law enforcement to initiate an official investigation
A process anyone in the Yokota community uses to disclose, without requesting confidentiality or restricted reporting, that he or she is the victim of a sexual assault
The victim’s report and any details provided to the SARC, Healthcare Personnel, a VA, command authorities, or other persons are reportable to law enforcement and may be used to initiate the official investigation process 

8. Advantages of Restricted Reporting
Victims will have increased control over the release of personal information
Victims will receive appropriate care and treatment that empowers them to seek relevant information and support to make informed decisions
Incident details provided to the Wing Commander gives a clearer picture of the Yokota’s safety climate (Personal identifying information will not be provided)
Evidence collected during a forensic exam is maintained in a secure location for a year and will only be processed if the VICTIM decides to change the report from restricted to unrestricted and thus initiate an investigation
The SARC may only inform the Vice Wing Commander that an assault has occurred and restrict information about the assault to non-identifying information

9. Disadvantages of Restricted Reporting
Law enforcement will not be informed
The unit, group or wing command does not become involved so no contact orders may not be issued
It eliminates the opportunity for offender accountability

10. Restricted Reporting Eligibility
Restricted reporting is available at this time ONLY to military personnel of the Armed Forces and the Coast Guard
Military personnel include members on active duty and members of the Reserve component (Reserve/National Guard) provided they are performing federal duty (active duty training or inactive duty training and members of the National Guard in Federal (Title 10) status)
Members of the Reserve Component not performing Federal duty are not eligible. Retired members of any component are not eligible.
Dependents are not eligible
Department of Defense civilian employees are not eligible 

11. Advantages of Unrestricted Reporting
Ensures the widest range of rights protections are afforded to the victim
Provides commander support, such as protective orders and separation from offender
Provides for full investigation
Crime scene preservation and witness/suspects interviews enhance opportunity to hold offender(s) accountable
Enhances community and Airmen safety through timely prosecution of offender(s)

12. Disadvantages of Unrestricted Reporting
A victim may not have control over the release and management of their personal information
A victim may not be completely prepared for the investigation process

13. Key Points
The SARC or VA may transport victims to receive medical assistance following their initial call to report a sexual assault to both on- and off-installation medical facilities for immediate medical attention
VAs will not be from the same unit as the client they are supporting

14. Key Points
VAs may accompany clients, at the client’s request, during investigative interviews and medical examinations, including, but not limited to interviews with medical personnel, law enforcement, investigators, trial counsel and defense counsel
Prophylactic treatment options for STDs, emergency contraception, and behavioral health services are available to all clients

15. Key Points
Any AF military member or civilian employee, other than those personnel authorized to receive confidential communications or otherwise exempted by operation of law, regulation, or policy, who receives a report of a sexual assault incident about a subordinate in the individual’s supervisory chain, shall, as soon as possible, report the matter to the AFOSI to avoid disciplinary action

16. Key Points
Only SARCs, VAs, and Healthcare Personnel may receive restricted reports of sexual assault (The requirement of AFI , Medical Care Management, paragraph , to report incidents of sexual assault to the AFOSI or other authorities as appropriate is waived for restricted reports)
A report made to a chaplain will not be considered a restricted report until the information is forwarded to a SARC for determine eligibility

17. Key Points
If a victim tells Healthcare Personnel that a sexual assault has occurred, the Healthcare Personnel will notify the SARC (Per DoD R, “DoD Health Information Privacy Regulation,” pertinent protected health information from the victim's medical records may be released to the SARC without the consent of the victim)
A SARC, VA, or Healthcare Personnel who has received covered communications as part of a restricted report is prohibited from disclosing those communications to any law enforcement official, command authority, or other entity not authorized to receive restricted reports

18. SAPR Program Contact
Bldg 920, Room 118 Office Phone: 225-SAPR (7277) 24 Hr Emergency Hotline: 225-SARC (7272)