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Kit Tracking Project

In fall 2020, Alaska Department of Public Safety was awarded a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence – Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting (SAFE-ITR) grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Alaska Department of Public Safety now has a software for tracking sexual assault evidence kits (also known as sexual assault kits, or SAKs) from collection through final storage. This system, called Track-Kit, is used by law enforcement, medical-forensic providers, and the Crime Lab to track kits' statuses and locations.

Alaska went live with Track-Kit on a regional basis. Only the kits that were collected on or after a region's go-live date are tracked in Track-Kit. Below is a list of the go-live dates for each region of Alaska.

Region	Track-Kit Go-Live Date
Aleutians & Pribilof Islands	June 27, 2023
Anchorage & Whittier	June 27, 2023
Bristol Bay (including Dillingham, Naknek, King Salmon)	June 27, 2023
Cordova	July 12, 2023
Interior / Fairbanks Area	June 15, 2023
Kenai Peninsula	July 24, 2023
Kodiak Area	June 1, 2023
Kotzebue Area	June 15, 2023
Mat-Su Area	July 12, 2023
Nome Area	June 1, 2023
North Slope	June 15, 2023
Southeast (including Haines, Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Prince of Wales, Sitka, Skagway, and Wrangell)	June 7, 2023
Valdez & Glennallen	July 12, 2023
Yukon Kuskokwim Delta (including Aniak, Bethel, Emmonak, and Hooper Bay)	June 1, 2023

This system includes a portal for survivors where they can check the status and location of their kit, as well as opt in and out of notifications related to their kit. The login for that portal can be accessed at this website: https://ak.track-kit.us/.

Click on the sections below to learn more about the kit tracking project.

Most Common Tracks for Kits

Definitions for key terms can be found here.

Typical Reported Kit Track (click here to print or download image as PDF)

Typical Anonymous Kit Track (click here to print or download image as PDF)

How Survivors Can Access the Tracking Website

The login page for the survivor portal can be accessed at this website: https://ak.track-kit.us/

Starting mid-year 2023*, during the process of the kit collection, medical providers should provide survivors with a card that has the website url, their kit barcode number, and a password that they can then reset once logged in.

If a survivor does not have that card and would like access after the kit collection, they can contact the medical facility that collected their kit or the law enforcement agency.

If contacting the medical facility, ask for the Forensic Nursing or SART (Sexual Assault Response Team) department, coordinator, or nurse.
Contacts for local Alaska State Trooper posts can be found at https://dps.alaska.gov/AST/Contacts. A list of links to local police departments in Alaska can be found at https://dps.alaska.gov/APSC/Agencies.

Survivors can also contact advocacy programs for assistance in contacting the medical facility or law enforcement agency. A list of advocacy resources is available here: https://dps.alaska.gov/Comm/SAK/Survivors

*Note: Only kits that were collected on or after their region’s go-live date are tracked in Track-Kit (meaning, for a kit to be in Track-Kit, the date of the exam was on or after a region’s go-live date). Below is the list of go-live dates for each region of Alaska.

Region	Track-Kit Go-Live Date
Aleutians & Pribilof Islands	June 27, 2023
Anchorage & Whittier	June 27, 2023
Bristol Bay (including Dillingham, Naknek, King Salmon)	June 27, 2023
Cordova	July 12, 2023
Interior / Fairbanks Area	June 15, 2023
Kenai Peninsula	July 24, 2023
Kodiak Area	June 1, 2023
Kotzebue Area	June 15, 2023
Mat-Su Area	July 12, 2023
Nome Area	June 1, 2023
North Slope	June 15, 2023
Southeast (including Haines, Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Prince of Wales, Sitka, Skagway, and Wrangell)	June 7, 2023
Valdez & Glennallen	July 12, 2023
Yukon Kuskokwim Delta (including Aniak, Bethel, Emmonak, and Hooper Bay)	June 1, 2023

Grant Metrics on Kits at the Crime Lab

SAFE-ITR grant metrics reflect the tracking of kits that were awaiting testing and/or in the process of testing at the Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (the Crime Lab) on January 1, 2021 and any kits the Crime Lab received after that date. They do not include “anonymous” kits, i.e. kits collected from survivors who did not wish to file a police report at the time of kit collection. If a survivor with an anonymous kit later decides to report to law enforcement (convert their anonymous report to a law enforcement report), their kit would be included in these metrics. Definitions for key terms can be found here.

SAFE-ITR grant metrics are updated every 60 days.

Resources & Reporting Options

For immediate response call 911

Local victim & survivor services 24/7 hotlines	https://dps.alaska.gov/CDVSA/Services/VictimServices
National Sexual Assault Hotline	800-656-HOPE (4673)
Criminal Justice Investigation	Contact information
Alaska 211 for assistance, referrals, resources	211
Alaska’s CARELINE	877-266-4357
National Domestic Violence Hotline	800-799-7233 * 800-787-3224 TTY**
To report Child Abuse	1-800-478-4444 or ReportChildAbuse@alaska.gov

If someone has sexually assaulted you, you are not alone. And, you have options, such as:

Reporting to law enforcement
Participating in a medical exam
Going through an anonymous report process where evidence is collected, but no police report is filed
Being supported by an advocate throughout any option

To learn more about your options, see more resources for survivors and/or connect with an advocate.

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