AGENCY TESTIMONY
Recent steps to address LGBTQAI+ youth concerns in child welfare
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Commissioner Dannhauser outlines several specific steps recently taken by ACS to address concerns raised about the treatment of LGBTQAI+ youth in the child welfare system. These actions span various divisions and aspects of ACS operations.
- Mentions the identification of LGBTQAI+ champions in different ACS offices
- Describes new training and information-sharing initiatives
- Outlines efforts to improve complaint handling and flag issues to leadership
- Highlights steps to enhance services and strengthen partnerships with other agencies
Jess Dannhauser
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This includes the ACS division of child protection has identified LGBTQI plus champions at point people from across our bar offices and our emergency services office.
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The Office of Equity Strategies will be regularly meeting with the point people to provide information on best engagement practices and promote ACS's existing mandatory LGBTQI plus policy and youth engagement trainings.
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The office of medical strategies is attending DCP's zone debriefing meetings to provide information presentations on best practices of engagement with LGBTQI plus youth.
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The ACS Division of Child Protection is creating a strategy for centralizing complaints from RHI providers and flagging those complaints of the airport directly to ACS senior leadership up to and including myself.
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The Office of Equity Strategies has reached out to the state to flag the issue of SCR workers dean deadnaming and misgendering youth.
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The Office of Equity Strategies is currently working with the ACS Division of Prevention Services to discuss how to enhance services for LGBTQI plus youth and their families.
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And finally, ACS is also taking steps to strengthen our partnership and relationship with the UICD's RHI providers so that we can collaborate on serving needs of any young person we are partnering to serve.
