Governor Patrick cuts $1 million from Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Line Item 4510-0810, which funds MACA, CACs, SANE, and Pediatric SANE services for child victims of sexual assault. MACA responds to this devastating and disproportionate cut to victim services with:

• Legislative alert newsletters
• Letters urging legislators to restore funding to the SANE Line Item

Speak out against this drastic cut to services for child victims today!

Contact your legislators by phone or email to ask them why child victims are being asked to bear the burden of budget cuts:

• Click here to find your legislators
• To send a letter to your legislators, click here to find a template. We encourage you to personalize your letter as much as possible.
• Want to know where your local CAC is? Click here.

Press related to the Governor’s cuts to services for victims:

• “Funding for Rape Assistance in Jeopardy.” WFCR Local News, Amherst MA. 6 November 2009.
• “Rape treatment plan facing big budget cut.” Boston Globe 5 November 2009.
• “Rape Exam Cuts” (video). WCBV TV Boston, Channel 5 4 November 2009.