Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Awards More Than $600,000 in Grants to Area Nonprofit Organizations

• First Step – Western Wayne County Project on Domestic Assault, Plymouth, $80,000 (over two years) to support a sexual assault nurse examiner program. The sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) concept is a national standard for operating sexual assault programs characterized by exceptional response to survivor needs, clinical care, forensic capability, and collaboration with law enforcement and health care institutions. The SANE program will be implemented in collaboration with 10 area hospitals, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, and the 35 police departments that serve Wayne County.