Section 388-61A-0290. What are the requirements for accessing emergency domestic violence shelter?

Domestic violence agencies must meet the following requirements in providing emergency domestic violence shelter:

(1) Your agency must have written procedures regarding your shelter intake process.

(2) You must have a staff person available twenty-four hours a day, three hundred sixty-five days a year, who is able to assess requests for emergency domestic violence shelter and arrange for immediate intake into your shelter or a hotel/motel.

(3) Where an individual is eligible for emergency domestic violence shelter:

(a) A staff person must be present to admit a service recipient into the shelter home.

(b) Reasonable efforts must be made by the domestic violence agency to have a staff person present to admit a service recipient into a safe home or hotel/motel.

(4) Referrals to other services or domestic violence agencies must be provided to an individual when:

(a) Your shelter home or safe home(s) are full.

(b) A client residing in shelter must be transferred to another domestic violence agency for reasons of safety of the client.

(c) The person seeking shelter is ineligible for your services.

(d) An inappropriate referral was made to your domestic violence agency.

(e) The person seeking shelter has problems that require services of another agency or agencies before receiving domestic violence services.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.123 RCW. WSR 10-22-040, § 388-61A-0290, filed 10/27/10, effective 11/27/10.]

Chapter 70.123 RCW. WSR 10-22-040, § 388-61A-0290, filed 10/27/10, effective 11/27/10.