Training standards for all providers

  1. Law
  2. District of Columbia Code
  3. Public Care Systems
  4. Services for Homeless Individuals and Families
  5. Provision of Services for Homeless Individuals and Families
  6. Provider Standards
  7. Training standards for all providers

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All service provider employees, including intake workers, shall be trained in trauma-informed care, civil rights and other legal compliance, conflict resolution, and cultural competence, including, with regard to the LGBTQ population, the following:

(1) Vocabulary and best practices for data collection, privacy, storage, and use;

(2) Current social science research and common risk factors for LGBTQ youth;

(3) Information about the coming out process and its impact on LGBTQ youth;

(4) Best practices for supporting LGBTQ youth in shelter, housing, and supportive services;

(5) Suicide awareness and prevention; and

(6) Legal requirements for providers for homeless youth.

(Oct. 22, 2005, D.C. Law 16-35, § 12a; as added May 3, 2014, D.C. Law 20-100, § 2(h), 61 DCR 1873; Feb. 28, 2018, D.C. Law 22-65, § 2(s), 65 DCR 331.)

Section References

This section is referenced in § 4-756.02.

Effect of Amendments

The 2014 amendment by D.C. Law 20-100 added this section.


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