Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation Awards Jane Doe Inc. $25 K Grant

Contact: Frank Fortin
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WALTHAM, Mass. -- The Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation today announced that it has awarded Jane Doe Inc., the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, $25,000 to provide support to those who experience sexual assault and domestic violence.

“We are pleased to support this exceptional community-based program,” said John M. Crowe, M.D., Chair of the MMS and Alliance Charitable Foundation. “It is crucial that the medical community and Jane Doe Inc. continue to work together to prevent all types of violence; grants are just one way physicians can help support this effort.” 

“Jane Doe has taken a broad new leadership in the area of health related issues for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence,” said Judith E. Beals, executive director of Jane Doe Inc. “Grants such as the $25,000 from the Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation helps our organization provide support, information and capacity building to our membership programs that will assist them in a wide range of areas related to health issues.”

Jane Doe's membership consists of more than 60 community-based crisis centers and battered women's programs that operate throughout Massachusetts. These member programs provide comprehensive prevention and intervention services, advocate for public policy, and deliver health-related services, such as crisis intervention through medical advocacy, accompanying survivors to testing and medical visits, providing counseling on trauma and various health issues.

Jane Doe also started health initiative programs that focus on the HIV Pilot Project to increase access for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence to confidential HIV counseling and testing service, the Statewide Healthcare Awareness, Response, Resource and Education on Domestic Violence (SHARED), and to strengthen the organizational capacity of its member programs to address health issues effectively.

The mission of the Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation is to support the development and nurturing of cooperation between individuals, professions, institutions, and the community, to creatively address issues that may affect the health, benefit, sand welfare of the community.

The Massachusetts Medical Society, with more than 17,000 physicians and student members, is dedicated to educating and advocating for the physicians and patients of Massachusetts. Founded in 1781, the MMS is the oldest continuously operating medical society in the country. The Society owns and publishes The New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal Watch family of professional newsletters, AIDS Clinical Care, and produces HealthNews, a consumer health publication.