La. Admin. Code tit. 67 § III-6931

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section III-6931 - Safety Planning

A. Guiding Principles. These standards require that family violence programs establish common quality intervention services. Participation in intervention services shall be voluntary.

B. Critical Minimum Standards

1. Standard 9.1. The program must provide a program staff member to be available 24-hours a day to assist survivors of family violence with assessing levels of danger and lethality and to assist them in developing a personal plan for safety.

C. Minimum Standards

1. Standard 9.2. Safety planning must meet the needs of the survivor.

2. Standard 9.3. The program must develop a protocol for safe travel of survivors. Protocols must contain provisions for survivor travel to programs for crisis intervention, shelter, and other support services. Furthermore, the protocols shall reflect the survivors need for local travel whether provided by themselves, the program, or public and private carriers.

3. Standard 9.4. Safety planning must include a danger and lethality assessment to determine the survivors immediate level of danger. Trained advocates must complete the assessment and document the assessment in the survivors case record.

4. Standard 9.5. Safety planning is an on-going process during shelter stays and advocacy participation. Program staff must provide additional safety planning for survivors during periods of increased risk such as when filing court documents, attending court hearings, exiting the shelter, or any other strategic move by the survivor or abuser.

La. Admin. Code tit. 67, § III-6931

Promulgated by the Department of Children and Family Services, Economic Stability Section, LR 4432 (1/1/2018).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 46:2121-2128.