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Advanced Nurse Education‐Sexual Nurse Assault Examiner Program

About TAMIU-SANE

The TAMIU-SANE Program continues to improve health care access for survivors of sexual assault through a $1.3 million continuation grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The continuation grant focuses on Pediatric SANE (CP-SANE) Certification and Adult & Adolescent Renewal (CA-SANE) Certification.

Q&A #1*

“The program itself is tailored to help us complete it. Most of the program is a didactic online. We do a lot of the training person-to-person, but it’s around the schedule that we work on, so it’s very flexible.”

–Raymundo Arredondo

Q&A #2*

“What I like most about the TAMIU-SANE program is all the availability of resources that there is. We are never alone in this process.”

–Americo Gonzalez

*The production of these audiovisuals was supported by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number 2 T96HP32498-04-00 and title Advanced Nurse Education-Sexual Nurse Assault Examiner Program (Texas A&M International University-SANE Project) for grant amount $1.3 million. This content is solely the responsibility of the Grantee, TAMIU-SANE Project, and does not necessarily represent the official views of HRSA.

TAMIU-SANE Training Opportunities

Participants interested in CP - SANE Certification, CA-SANE Certification and/or the CA-SANE Renewal Certification, Dual Certification CA-CP SANE, can register and provide all program requirements listed on the registration application.

Register for SANE program


Inquiries can be directed to 956.326.2575 or email Rosario Benavides, Program Manager at maria.benavides@tamiu.edu.

Grant-funded Certified Pediatric SANE (CP-SANE) Certification

  • Online components offered
  • Hands-on clinicals offered
  • Stipends provided

Adult/adolescent sane (CA-SANE) Certification

  • Online components offered
  • Hands-on clinicals offered
  • Stipends provided

DUAL ADULT/PEDIATRIC SANE (CA-CP) CERTIFICATION

  • Online components offered
  • Hands-on clinicals offered
  • Stipends provided

Adult/adolescent sane (ca-SANE) Renewal Certification

  • Continuing education and case review
  • Online components offered
  • Hands-on clinicals offered
  • Stipends provided

Pediatric (CP-SANE) Renewal Certification

  • Continuing education and case review
  • Online components offered
  • Hands-on clinics offered
  • Stipends provided

Testimonials

Participants share how the TAMIU-SANE program offers flexibility and access to SANE experts, mental health training and financial support.

Denise Alvarez

“I felt when this opportunity came up, I had to jump on board to help, so that way we can help our community here in Laredo.”

Amy Guerra

“With TAMIU, it was a great opportunity. As nurses, you should always be seeking more experience, different opportunities for you. Here with TAMIU, there’s no cost to us for us to do this.”

TAMIU-SANE Program

Achievements Years 1-3

The TAMIU-SANE Program recently wrapped up its third year of the Adult & Adolescent Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program. We are happy to report a 3 Year Continuation Grant funding from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) focused on Pediatric SANE Certification and CA-SANE Recertification. We find it especially important to take time to reflect and celebrate. Here is an overview of the nurses trained and certified, and achievement highlights over the past 3 years.

  1. 36 Nurses

    Certified for Adult & Adolescent SANE (CA-SANE).

  2. Stipends

    Provided to 53 SANE program participants

  3. 53 Nurses

    Trained for Adult & Adolescent SANE

  4. SANE Capacity

    Met recruitment goals and built SANE capacity for the region.

  5. Resilience

    Program rescilience amidst Pandemic challenges.

  6. Improvement

    Quality improvement cycles developed to enhance SANE program

  7. Online Course

    Adult and Adolescent (CA-SANE) online didactic as a Continuing Education course offering.

  8. Mental Health

    Provided mental health support for program participants

  9. SMART

    Established SMART and continuing stakeholder partnerships

  10. Grant Outcomes

    Disseminated Grant outcomes in various forums


A sincere thank you to all our program partners and collaborators supporting the TAMIU-SANE Program. Our program is only successful with your interest and commitment to this work.

For more information on enrolling for either the CP-SANE, CA-SANE, CA-SANE Renewal, Dual Certification CA-CP SANE or information about $9,579 participant stipends, please email maria.benavides@tamiu.edu, or call 956.326.2575


This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number 2 T96HP32498-04-00 and title Advanced Nurse Education-Sexual Nurse Assault Examiner Program (TAMIU-SANE Project) for grant amount $ 1.3 million. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.