Organizations Filed Purposes:
The mission of the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault is to prevent sexual violence and reduce the harm it causes through education, research and advocacy.
Intervention & Best Care Program:The Alliance currently organizes one of the largest training programs for licensed medical personnel in New York State called the Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Training Institute ("SAFETI"). It provides a 40-hour Basic course certified by the NYS Department of Health and by the International Associate of Forensic Nurses. The Alliance also trains Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners to serve as expert witnesses.Training is also provided to human services professionals and courses that provide Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to social workers. In FY 2020, we trained many Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners and many professionals from human services and law enforcement entities.
Sexual Assault Prevention Program:The Alliance provides education and technical assistance services to all five boroughs of New York City and works closely with rape crisis centers programs statewide, hospitals, District Attorneys Offices, the New York City Police Department, court officials, city leaders and others to develop and implement best practices and policies in the treatment of sexual assault survivors. The Alliance facilitates public education campaigns, provides technical assistance and policy guidance to rape crisis center programs, as well as generates a bi-weekly e-newsletter, which is distributed to over 6,500 people on timely up-dates in the field. By providing technical assistance, the Alliance works to enhance the existing infrastructures at hospitals, organizations and other stakeholders through the facilitation of training on sexual violence intervention and response strategies. Our Policy efforts are directed towards improving systemic responses to survivors of sexual assault and are active on criminal justice, intervention and prevention policy issues.
Legal Services Program:We were awarded a 5-year contract from NYS Office of Victim Services to begin a legal service program for survivors of sexual assault in October, 2018. Legal services program is assembling staff and resources to provide legal representation in the following areas:Family and Housing courts;immigration cases;crime victim compensation;support to students adjudicating campus sexual assault;non-consensual porn and technological abuse;and finally,consumer protection and credit issues.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Mary Haviland | Executive Dir. | 40 | $110,775 |
| Tamara Tami Steckler Cy | Executive Dir. | 0 | $0 |
| Samantha Simchowitz | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Marty H Kang | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Rutledge | Treasurer | 1.5 | $0 |
| Rashmi Gill | CHAIR | 3 | $0 |
| Michael Fagan | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Julia Katz | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Seres | BOAR MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Carin M Keegan | VICE CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Susan Xenarios | Secretary | 1.5 | $0 |
| Nikki Sheth | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
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public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202141379349308094_public.xml