"Cuomo Awards $6.5M To Combat Sexual Violence" - Jonathan LaMantia

Government agencies, hospitals and other nonprofits that promote sexual assault prevention and offer support services to survivors in New York will receive $6.5 million in grants to bolster their programs, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. The funding will support crisis hotlines, counseling, advocacy and therapy as well as education in schools, colleges and communities. Fifteen city organizations received nearly $1.9 million from the state grants. Those included hospitals such as Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Mount Sinai Hospital's Adolescent Health Center.  Angela Diaz, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, said the state's $177,300 grant would finance an educational program at Harlem Renaissance High School that uses the Safe Dates curriculum, a program designed to prevent dating violence.  "What all this media coverage does is bring awareness all over the U.S. and globally that this happens so often," Dr. Diaz said. "We know how often it happens, but most people are not aware."

- Angela Diaz, MD, Jean C. & James W. Crystal Professor, Adolescent Health, Professor, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center 

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