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. (1) Vocabulary and best practices for data collection, privacy, storage, and use;
2. (2) Current social science research and common risk factors for LGBTQ youth;
3. (3) Information about the coming out process and its impact on LGBTQ youth;
4. (4) Best practices for supporting LGBTQ youth in shelter, housing, and supportive services;
5. (5) Suicide awareness and prevention; and
6. (6) Legal requirements for providers for homeless youth.

History

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)

Effect of Amendments

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

Section References

This section is referenced in § 4-756.02.