Steve Steed - SANE Program

In 2010, the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program opened at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas to help those who are victims of this terrible crime. As the first SANE program in Dallas County, the Texas Health SANE program has grown to cover almost all of North Texas with more than 13 programs across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Since the implementation of SANE programs throughout the U.S., a Department of Justice report showed a 95% increase in successful prosecution of cases where evidence was collected by a SANE-certified nurse. The Department of Justice calls the SANE program “the best development in victim services in the last 20 years.”