{"id":29651,"date":"2026-04-16T11:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=29651"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:35:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:35:05","slug":"sen-ossoff-strengthening-resources-for-sexual-assault-and-child-abuse-investigations","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-strengthening-resources-for-sexual-assault-and-child-abuse-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff\u00a0Strengthening\u00a0Resources\u00a0for\u00a0Sexual Assault and Child Abuse\u00a0Investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Waycross, Ga.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering&nbsp;new resources&nbsp;to strengthen sexual assault and child abuse investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats together to&nbsp;help&nbsp;Satilla Advocacy Services&nbsp;(SAS)&nbsp;update its forensic interview equipment&nbsp;to&nbsp;better&nbsp;investigate sexual assault and child abuse&nbsp;and solve crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;nationally and&nbsp;state-accredited sexual assault and child advocacy center, SAS&nbsp;plans to&nbsp;use the Federal funding to&nbsp;outfit&nbsp;five forensic interview rooms with digital video and audio recording equipment, helping&nbsp;ensure&nbsp;service providers and&nbsp;law&nbsp;enforcement&nbsp;have&nbsp;access to a&nbsp;comprehensive,&nbsp;reliable,&nbsp;and&nbsp;time-stamped record of a survivor\u2019s testimony and supporting&nbsp;efforts to prevent further&nbsp;domestic violence crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff is delivering $92,000&nbsp;for the project through bipartisan government funding legislation that became law on&nbsp;January&nbsp;23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have worked tirelessly to protect children in Georgia,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cThese Federal resources will upgrade forensic equipment to ensure survivors of sexual assault and child abuse receive the support they deserve.\u201d<br><br>\u201cWe are deeply grateful to Senator Ossoff for supporting the work we do to protect children and serve survivors. These upgraded forensic interview systems will help ensure survivors\u2019 stories are documented clearly and accurately while strengthening investigations and supporting justice for victims,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Tess Aldridge,&nbsp;Executive Director of&nbsp;Satilla Advocacy Services.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waycross, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering&nbsp;new resources&nbsp;to strengthen sexual assault and child abuse investigations. Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats together to&nbsp;help&nbsp;Satilla Advocacy Services&nbsp;(SAS)&nbsp;update its forensic interview equipment&nbsp;to&nbsp;better&nbsp;investigate sexual assault and child abuse&nbsp;and solve crimes. A&nbsp;nationally and&nbsp;state-accredited sexual assault and child advocacy center, SAS&nbsp;plans to&nbsp;use the Federal funding to&nbsp;outfit&nbsp;five forensic interview rooms with digital [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29651","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29652,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29651\/revisions\/29652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}