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NJCASA History Timeline (http://www.njcasa.org/about-us/njcasa-history)

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  • NJCASA is established

    NJCASA is established by a group of sexual violence service providers to ensure that funding is utlizied for services to survivors
  • Funding for services to sexual violence survivors becomes a line item on the state budget – the initial allocation is $250,000

    Funding for services to sexual violence survivors becomes a line item on the state budget – the initial allocation is $250,000

    Funding for services to sexual violence survivors becomes a line item on the state budget – the initial allocation is $250,000

  • NJCASA is incorporated

  • NJCASA becomes statewide

    By the early 90s there is a Sexual Violence Program in each county of New Jersey

  • NJCASA opens first executive office

    NJCASA obtains 501(c) 3 status, hires its first Executive Director and opens the first Executive Office

  • Establishes Standards

    NJ Dept of Law and Public Safety establishes standards for providing services to survivors of sexual assault

  • Begin By Believing

    NJCASA launches its first public education campaign: Begin by Believing
  • Establishes a Hotline

    Establishes a Hotline

    NJCASA establishes a statewide hotline to direct calls to local sexual violence hotlines

  • Teresa's Truth & Courage Fund

    Teresa's Truth & Courage Fund, honoring Teresa Carbone, is established to provide emergency funding to survivors of sexual violence and to offer educational programs to prevent childhood sexual abuse

  • Invasion of Privacy/Video Voyeurism becomes a crime

  • NJCASA holds its first statewide conference: The Other Half of the Solution: Men Taking a Stand to End Sexual Violence

  • SAVE

    NJCASA launches the SAVE project to train health care professionals on screening patients for sexual violence

  • Legislation is passed for Emergency Contraception, Anti-Human Trafficking, Charitable Immunity and Sex Crimes Treatment Fund

  • EMPOWER Project

    New Jersey chosen by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as one of six states to participate in the EMPOWER Project to increase state-level capacity for the prevention of sexual violence

  • Sexual Harassment in the Workplace is produced to inform survivors of their rights

  • Voices in Action

    NJCASA's quarterly newsletter in renamed: Voices in Action, and reaches over 750 readers statewide and across the nation

  • Guide to Legislative Advocacy

    Guide to Legislative Advocacy is produced to inform the public about ways to proactively participate in the legislative process

  • Confidential Sexual Violence Advocates' Training Manual

    Confidential Sexual Violence Advocates' Training Manual and accompanying Facilitator's Guide is produced for all local Sexual Violence Programs to provide consistency across the state. This is the first step in developing standards of service for sexual violence survivors in NJ.

  • Training for first responders on sexual violence

    First NJCASA Law Enforcement Advisory Board meets to plan for training for first responders to sexual violence

  • No Wrong Door

    No Wrong Door collaborative created with the Arc of NJ, the Mental Health Association in NJ, and the NJ Coalition for Battered Women to provide seamless services to survivors with developmental disabilities and/or mental illness

  • Denim Day

    State legislation is passed designating April 28 as New Jersey Denim Day
  • College Campuses

    College Campuses

    NJCASA prioritizes outreach to college campuses
  • State-Wide Survey

    State-Wide Survey

    NJCASA partners with the Rutgers Center on Violence Against Women and Children (CVAWC) to develop a state-wide survey on gender norms, rape myths, and bystander behavior as part of a statewide baseline measure for the prevention of sexual violence

  • Training is Instituted

    NJCASA hosts 4-day "Green Dot" training for the primary prevention of sexual violenceNJCASA hosts 4-day "Green Dot" training for the primary prevention of sexual violence

  • College Consortium is launched

  • Sexual Violence Victim's Bill of Rights is introduced in the legislature

  • Awards first SASP grants

    NJCASA awards first SASP grants to SVPs and one designated specifically for under-served populations