Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Training
Next Offering: November 18-21, 2025
Location The Hilton Hotel, 500 West Third Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501
Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Training is an advanced 4-day course which offers an in-depth and multi-disciplinary approach to statewide sexual assault response, sponsored by the Alaska 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. To open/view the requirements specific to your discipline, please click the appropriate title below:
If you do not meet the eligibility criteria, please do not apply.
Where will this training take place?
This training will take place in The Hilton Hotel, 500 West Third Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501. 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 informed about how to arrange travel and lodging in order to have those costs covered. Please await instructions on booking travel/lodging.
When is the next available training?
November 18-21, 2025 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).
To apply to attend, please click here
The application period will be open until Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
For questions, please contact Katie TePas, AST at katie.tepas@alaska.gov, (907) 538-4845.
* 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, 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.