La. Admin. Code tit. 67 § III-6935

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

Section III-6935 - Information, Outreach, and Community Education

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

B. Minimum Standards

1. Standard 11.1. The program must maintain a current listing of traditional and nontraditional community resources including:

a. emergency service telephone numbers;

b. housing alternatives;

c. medical and health care services including dentistry;

d. legal services;

e. alcohol and drug related services;

f. translation and interpreter services;

g. child protective and welfare related services;

h. housing options and resources;

i. services for those individuals with physical or cognitive disabilities;

j. lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) support services;

k. counseling services for adults and children;

l. emergency and other transportation services;

m. continuing education and job training;

n. child care services and parenting education;

o. batterer intervention services;

p. consumer, credit, and financial services;

q. adolescent services and programs;

r. elderly support services;

s. school based services; and

t. victim and witness programs.

2. Standard 11.2. The program must take an active role in developing and maintaining on-going relationships with the following community partners:

a. child protective services;

b. court personnel;

c. law enforcement agencies;

d. the Council on Aging;

e. local schools; and

f. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) assistance programs.

3. Standard 11.3. The program must actively endeavor to increase awareness of their services to survivors of domestic violence in their service areas.

4. Standard 11.4. The program must provide outreach activities to the ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity of battered women and other victims of domestic violence in their service area. The program must also provide outreach activities to domestic violence victims in traditionally underserved populations.

5. Standard 11.5. Outreach services must be accessible in all service areas of a program. At a minimum, programs must:

a. ensure that the hotline number is widely distributed in the outreach areas; and

b. provide a staff member, when possible, to meet in person and as needed with survivors in outreach areas;

c. conduct public awareness, education, and training activities in outreach areas.

6. Standard 11.6. The program must provide education and prevention programs and information to the local community. Programs should be actively involved in educating individuals, community organizations, and service providers concerning domestic violence dynamics, the prevalence of domestic violence, and the need for survivor safety.

7. Standard 11.7. The program must provide educational assistance to professionals, community groups, and organizations in the local community about the dynamics and extent of domestic violence and the resources that are available from the program. These groups include:

a. law enforcement agencies;

b. health care providers;

c. clergy;

d. school professionals;

e. mental health professionals;

f. social service providers;

g. business community leaders;

h. civic groups;

i. community groups; and

j. religious groups.

8. Standard 11.8. The program must have written materials in alternative formats to meet the needs of survivors with visual, hearing, or cognitive disabilities and materials for non-English speaking survivors.

9. Standard 11.9. The program must conduct community education, consultation, and training.

a. Programs should take a leadership role in their local community in identifying systems and organizations that affect the prevention and treatment of domestic, family, and dating violence.

b. Programs are to attempt to change institutional practices that again victimize survivors or that place survivors safety at risk.

La. Admin. Code tit. 67, § III-6935

Promulgated by the Department of Children and Family Services, Economic Stability Section, LR 4433 (1/1/2018).

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