Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Training
Next Offering: March 17 -20, 2026
Location: The Hilton Hotel, 500 West Third Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501
Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Training is an advanced, 4-day course. This course offers an in-depth and multi-disciplinary approach to acute sexual assault cases. It is sponsored by Alaska’s Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in partnership with the Alaska Department of Public Safety, State of Alaska Department of Law, the Alaska Nurses Association, the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, and the Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center.
Who is eligible to attend this training?
To apply for this course, you MUST meet certain eligibility requirements and be a member of one of the positions listed below. To open/view the requirements specific to your discipline, please see Page 2 of the flyer linked here.
| Advocacy |
Paralegals |
| Medical/Nursing |
Prosecutors |
| Law Enforcement |
Other |
If you do not meet the eligibility criteria, please do not apply.
What is the cost to attend this training? Are there funds to assist with travel?
There is no registration fee and CDVSA will cover travel and lodging costs for accepted applicants traveling from greater than 50 miles from the training site. Per diem is not covered. After being accepted into the training, participants will be contacted regarding travel arrangements: do not make your own travel arrangements without permission.
How do I apply?
To apply to attend, please go to https://forms.law.alaska.gov/missystark/SART-March2026 or click here
The application period will be open until Monday, February 2, 2026.
The link above is for the APPLICATION to attend only. Applying does not guarantee acceptance. If you are accepted for the training, you will be notified of your acceptance and will be informed about how to arrange travel and lodging in order to have those costs covered.
What are the training times and expectations?
March 17-20, 2026 Training will begin at 8:00 am and end at 5:00 pm each day, with lunch and breaks scheduled. Attending the 4 full days of training is mandatory as well as completing one online training module prior to the start of in-person training (approx. 1 hour). Accepted attendees should plan to arrive at 7:30 a.m. on March 17, 2026, to sign in.
For questions, please contact Katie TePas, AST at katie.tepas@alaska.gov, (907) 538-4845 or Missy Stark, LAW at missy.stark@alaska.gov. (907) 942-1807.
* If your community is starting a SART team and does not have policies, procedures, or a signed MOU with all MDT agencies, please contact Lorraine Willis at Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault at
lwillis@andvsa.org for technical assistance.
AaNA is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. AaNa and (APSC) Alaska Police Standards Council credits are offered with full participation.
Funding for this training is provided by Grant number VAWA 15JOVW-24-GG-00560-STOP and VAWA 15JOVW-23-GG-00556-STOP , awarded to the Alaska Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice.