Section 4-754.21a - Training standards for all providersAll 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.