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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Domestic Violence Technical Assistance & Training Project  

                    

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
PROJECT BCKGROUND
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE & TRAINING
REGIONAL TRAININGS 
 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The purpose of the LGBTQ DV TAT Project is to enable each of the 94 California Department of Public Health (DPH) grant-funded Domestic Violence Program Shelter agencies (DVPS) to increase access to services by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) DV victims/survivors. The project promotes the adoption of a consistent set of competencies and minimum standards for culturally effective and accessible services for the LGBTQ population. The project team consists of experienced TAT providers from the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence (CPEDV), Community United Against Violence (CUAV) and Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center (LAGLC). The project team provides high-quality learning opportunities in accessible settings and formats, reinforced through follow-up support and assistance in the application of recommended practices. In addition to providing specialized direct assistance to individual agencies, the project encourages ongoing cross-program natural learning in the 5 DPH-defined regions of California. 

The LGBTQ DV TAT Project collaborates with two additional DPH-funded ‘population-specific’ Training and Technical Assistance Projects (Disabilities/Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse/Mental Health) to implement coordinated assistance. The project institutes continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes that include performance outcome evaluation and process evaluation components. to the top

 
PROJECT BACKGROUND

Across the nation, there is growing momentum to address violence within relationships among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals. This momentum is being generated in the context of growing national recognition of LGBTQ relationships, leadership from national organizations such as the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCPVP)1, progressive policy change in states such as California and Massachusetts, and from the domestic violence field itself. With the goal of increasing access and improving quality of services, an increasing number of domestic violence agencies throughout the country are grappling with the question, “What do domestic violence agencies need to do to address the needs of LGBTQ DV survivors?” 

To help California’s 94 California Department of Health Services-funded DVPS answer this question, the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence (CPEDV) in partnership with Community United Against Violence (CUAV) and the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center (LAGLC), is implementing the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Domestic Violence Training and Technical Assistance Project (LGBTQ DV TAT Project), with funding from the California Department of Health Services Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health/Office of Family Planning (MCAH/OFP). CUAV and LAGLC are two of the nation’s premier agencies providing direct services and training and technical assistance on LGBTQ domestic violence. The project represents an unprecedented opportunity to systematically address the needs of LGBTQ DV victims/survivors throughout the diverse state over a 3-year period. 

California has a rich history of action to respond to LGBTQ domestic violence. In addition to housing two of the nation’s leaders in addressing LGBTQ DV, California made history by passing the landmark legislation AB 2051, which established the Equality in Prevention and Services for Domestic Abuse Fund. This fund is a continuously appropriated fund to develop and support education and services specific to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender domestic violence. California’s DVPS also have a rich history of commitment to cultural competency and accessibility among un-served and under-served populations. 

With funding from MCAH/OFP and leadership from the LGBTQ DV TAT Project team, the 94 DHS-funded DVPS are well poised to improve cultural competency and accessibility for LGBTQ DV victims/survivors. Increasing accessibility for populations that face additional barriers and challenges and systematic discrimination across the state of California is no small task. Yet, safe and accessible services are what California’s LGBTQ population deserves. The spirit of resourcefulness and determination of California’s DVPS and the expertise and strategic efforts of the LGBTQ DV TAT Project team will serve the state well in efforts to systematically move in the direction of this vision. to the top

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE & TRAINING

The LGBTQ DV TAT Project conducts ongoing TAT with each of the 94 DVPS. TAT is provided by subject matter experts at CPEDV, CUAV and LAGLC in-person, by telephone and by email. TAT sessions can be delivered for 1-5 agencies at a time. TAT topics include, but are not limited to, the following: 

  1. How to write and get organizational buy-in for organizational policies to promote access to services for LGBTQ DV victims/survivors.
  2. How to conduct in-house LGBTQ sensitivity and DV training for staff members and volunteers.
  3. How to set up sensitive data-collection protocols and mechanisms to track the number of LGBTQ clients served.
  4. How to conduct an effective intake interview with LGBTQ clients and screen to differentiate between victim/survivor and batterer in same-sex DV situations.
  5. How to do effective case management with LGBTQ victims/survivors, including how to make appropriate referrals and advocate effectively on behalf of a client who may face discrimination.
  6. How to create an LGBTQ-welcoming environment through attention to organizational climate, language (written and verbal) and visual materials.
  7. How staff and volunteers can effectively address homo/bi/transphobia and heterosexism from clients and community members.
  8. How to find, establish and maintain partnerships and linkages with local, state & national LGBTQ-specific agencies, groups and businesses.
  9. How to conduct effective and creative outreach to LGBTQ communities.
  10. How to design, implement and sustain programs and services specifically and primarily for LGBTQ individuals.  to the top
To request TAT, please complete and submit a TAT Request Form (if you do not know what region your agency belongs to, visit www.safenetwork.net.) 


TAT Request Form for Bay Area and Northern Regions [PDF]
TAT Request Form for Central Region [PDF]
TAT Request Form for Los Angeles and Southern Regions [PDF]

 
REGIONAL TRAININGS

The LGBTQ DV TAT Project, in collaboration with the other two population-specific’ TAT projects will provide 16 regional trainings. 

For information about upcoming Regional Trainings, click here.

For more information about the LGBTQ DV TAT Project, please email Lisa Fujie Parks or call 510-967-0369.

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