This is training that we are required to complete once during every grant cycle. This means if you happen to start at the end of one grant it is possible that you would have to complete the trainings again as soon as the new grant cycle starts. As of 8/19/2021 we are approaching the last year of our grant. This means that some people who are hired will then have to turn around and do these trainings again.
Please note that these trainings cover topics to be conducted once per project period:
Voluntary and Non-Coercive Services (Sections 1001 & 1007, PHS Act; 42CFR 59.5(a)(2))* Staff must be informed that family planning services are to be provided solely on a voluntary basis. Title X Orientation eLearning Course Services Not a Prerequisite for Eligibility or Services (Sections 1001 & 1007, PHS Act; 42CFR 59.5(a)(2)) Staff must be informed that a client’s acceptance of family planning services must not be a prerequisite to eligibility for, or receipt of, any other services, assistance from, or participation in any other program that is offered by the service site or any other program grantee or subrecipient. Title X Orientation eLearning Course Personnel Awareness (Section 205, Public Health Law 94-63, 42CFR 59.5(a)(2) footnote 1) Staff must be informed that that they may be subject to prosecution if they coerce or try to coerce any person to undergo an abortion or sterilization procedure. Title X Orientation eLearning Course Physical Separation of Title X and non-Title X Activities (42CFR 59.15) Staff have been trained at least once during the current project period on permissible and impermissible Title X activities. Cultural Competency (42CFR 59.5(b)(10)) Project staff should be broadly representative of all significant elements of the population to be served by the project, and should be sensitive to, and able to deal effectively with, the cultural and other characteristics of the client population. Cultural Competency in Family Planning Care eLearning Course Personnel Training (42CFR 59.5(b)(4)) Projects must provide for the orientation and in-service training of all project personnel, including the staff of sub-recipient agencies and service sites. Title X Orientation eLearning Course Confidentiality (42CFR 59.11) Staff must understand and comply with policies to protect client confidentiality and privac