Preventing and Addressing Sexual Violence Against People with I/DD
To close Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), we are sharing this letter from Alison Barkoff, who leads ACL, Jeff Hild, who leads the Administration for Children and Families, and Admiral Rachel Levine, the HHS Assistant Secretary for Health, which was written to improve support for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities who experience sexual violence — and to prevent it from occurring.
The letter and the list of recommendations it references were sent to HHS-funded programs, including rape crisis centers, behavioral health programs, violence against women health program initiatives, and those that serve people with I/DD and are now posted on ACL’s website (as a combined PDF).
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