LAC 4:VII.1747. General Provisions

A. These programs will encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families by providing training and crisis services to assist women and children living in a "special needs" situation, family violence, in order to promote their safety, self-sufficiency and the opportunity to develop healthy non-violent two-parent families. 1. Rural Outreach. Designed to create new services, create coordinated community response teams, and develop a Rural Project Assistance Program for financial assistance. 2. Children's Services. Designed to create, increase and enhance children's services as outlined in the Office of Women's Services Quality Assurance Standards. 3. Domestic Violence Training for the Department of Social Services. Designed to provide Office of Family Support and Office of Community Services staff members with the ability to recognize and refer clients that may be in a domestic violence situation as it relates to their specific job duties. 4. Law Enforcement Training. Designed to create an advisory task force of law enforcement groups, provide training for law enforcement groups, and to provide resource/referral information to law enforcement training participants to take back their communities.