DD Form 2950: D-SAACP Application Packet for New Applicants

All Sexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARC) and Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim Advocates (SAPR VA) must be Military or Department of Defense (DoD) civilian employees and must hold this Department of Defense Sexual Assault Advocate Certification Program (D-SAACP) Certification to perform SARC or SAPR VA duties. There are four (4) Certification levels for D-SAACP. Review the Application Worksheet to determine the Level for which you qualify and which documents you must complete. Provide all required information and completed forms. Photocopies of training documentation/certificates are acceptable. Application deadlines: 31 October, 31 January, 30 April, and 31 July.

Determine the position for which you are applying (if you are unsure, confirm with your SAPR Program Manager): certification as a SARC/SAPR PM, or certification as a SAPR VA.

If you are applying for certification as a SARC/SAPR PM, two Letters of Recommendation are required (see the exception for SARCs/SAPR PMs). Supervisor letter (page 12): signed by at minimum an O3, E7, CW2, or GS-9 in each respective pay grade, in your chain of command. Commanding Officer letter (page 13): signed by at minimum an O6 or GS-15, in your chain of command.

Common mistake: Exception: if the first person in your chain of command and your Commanding Officer are the same person, submit only one Letter of Recommendation. The exception is applicable only to SARCs/SAPR PMs.

If you are applying for certification as a SAPR VA, two Letters of Recommendation are required: A signed Letter of Recommendation from your supervising SARC (page 11). A signed Letter of Recommendation from your Supervisor (page 12). The signing supervisor must be, at minimum, an O3, E7, CW2, or GS-9 in each respective pay grade and in your chain of command.

For full-time advocacy experience: take the number of hours each week worked as a sexual assault victim advocate and multiply by 52 (weeks in a year) to calculate hours per year.

Multiply that number by number of years served as a full time sexual assault victim advocate. If you served for less than one year, multiply by the number of weeks you served as a full-time sexual assault victim advocate.

Common mistake: No more than 40 hours per week will be accepted.

Determine the Level for which you should apply: between 0 and 3,900 hours experience providing sexual assault victim advocacy services, apply as a Level I.

If you have also provided sexual assault victim advocacy services on three or more occasions in the past two years: between 3,900 and 7,800 hours experience providing sexual assault victim advocacy services, apply as a Level II; between 7,800 and 15,600 hours, apply as a Level III; more than 15,600 hours, apply as a Level IV.

If you have more than 3,900 hours experience providing sexual assault victim advocacy services, but have not provided sexual assault victim advocacy services on three or more occasions in the past two years, apply as a Level I.

Verify and Evaluate Experience for Levels II, III, or IV. See Verification of Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy Experience (pages 6 - 7) for further details.

If you are applying at Level I, you do not need to submit Verification or Evaluations of Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy Experience.

If you are applying for Level II, III or IV, you must submit Verification(s) of Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy Experience (pages 6 - 7) and Evaluation(s) of Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy Experience (pages 8 - 9).

Submit completed Evaluation(s) of Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy Experience signed and dated by your supervisor(s) after determining the appropriate Level to which you should apply.

Complete the Verification of Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy Experience if you are a first time D-SAACP Applicant and are applying for Level II, III, or IV Certification. Do not complete it if you are a first time D-SAACP Applicant and are applying to Level I, or a renewal applicant at any Level.

Evaluation of Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy Experience: In addition to the Level II, III, and IV minimum hours requirement, Applicants must submit evaluations of three instances or occasions within the past two years where the Applicant provided victim advocacy services to a sexual assault victim.

FOR CREDENTIALING BODY USE ONLY: Application ID Number.

1. APPLICANT NAME: enter the LAST NAME, FIRST NAME and MIDDLE INITIAL.

2. APPLYING FOR THE POSITION OF: (X one) Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC), Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim Advocate (SAPR VA) or SAPR Program Manager (SAPR PM).

3. Affiliation (X one): Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy or DoD Agency.

4. Status (X as applicable): Active Duty, Reservist, Active Duty Reservist, National Guard or Civilian.

Enter 5a. RANK, 5b. GRADE, 6a. COMMAND (UNIT), 6b. INSTALLATION and 7. WORK TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include area code/DSN/extensions).

8a. WORK EMAIL ADDRESS (.mil or .gov email addresses only).

8b. SARC'S EMAIL ADDRESS (.mil or .gov email addresses only).

I do not have a .mil or .gov email address at this time. Please use my SARC or Supervisor's email address, which is given in SARC'S EMAIL ADDRESS.

8c. PLEASE SEND TO MY OFFICIAL MILITARY ADDRESS: Commanding Officer, (Command or Unit), ATTN: (Rank and Name of Applicant), (Address of Command*), (Installation, City, FPO, or APO), (State), (ZIP Code). Remember to include building or suite number if required in the official address.

8d. PLEASE SEND TO MY SARC'S OFFICIAL MILITARY ADDRESS, with the same lines as 8c, ATTN: (Rank and Name of SARC).

9. The D-SAACP level for which I am applying is: (X one) Level I, Level II, Level III or Level IV. See Application Worksheet on Pages 1-2 for eligibility and required attachments.

10. APPLICANT CERTIFICATION. I, the undersigned Applicant, certify the information submitted on this application is true and accurate, the information reported on any enclosures is true and accurate, and that I completed this application myself.

Enter the SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT and the DATE SIGNED (YYYYMMDD).

Print the Applicant Name (Last, First, Middle Initial), sign as Signature of Applicant and enter the Date Signed (YYYYMMDD) to certify that you have read and agree to follow the Code of Professional Ethics for a SARC/SAPR VA.

If you are currently certified through D-SAACP and are renewing your certification, do not complete this form. Use DD Form 2950-1, the Renewal Application.