Community Education / Training Services

The Anti-Violence Program currently offers a variety of training opportunities for both community members and service providers/systems professionals. These trainings address a variety of issues affecting GLBT victims as well work to ensure that these victims will receive the safe and appropriate services they are entitled to, when victims come forward.

We work with prosecutors and police departments to make sure that they are sensitive to the unique needs of GLBT community members. We also work with medical professionals to assess their current care strategies and to help them develop comprehensive planning tools that incorporate the needs of GLBT victims.

Finally, we’ve begun to establish an extensive network of trained service providers throughout Minnesota. Our goal is to create a safe place in every Minnesota community for GLBT crime victims to access needed service.

All Anti-Violence Program training is free of charge. All trainings are based on curriculum developed by OutFront Minnesota.

Current Training Opportunities:

1. "Barriers to Service:" An entry-level training for community professionals who may be working for the first time with the GLBT community. This training is also a great resource for basic skills building as well as a skills refresher
2. "Domestic Violence and the GLBT Communities:" This training is a domestic violence-specific offering that is targeted at service providers of any experience level
3. "Out For Excellence: Community Partners in Minnesota:" This is a comprehensive program evaluation and training service to help program providers assess their current services and receive training on how to enhance those services to best serve GLBT crime victims.
4. "Opening the Doors:" This is an advanced training which incorporates three target areas: developing an understanding of gender identity issues; identifying the unique needs of transgender crime victims; developing tools for domestic violence shelters to provide services to the transgender communities.
5. "Does It Happen Here?:" Helping parents, friends and family members of GLBT crime victims understand the unique challenges faced by their loved ones after victimization
6. Other community trainings: We can create specific trainings to address the unique needs of an organization or community. Please contact us to develop a training that meets your needs.

For more information about training and education, please contact:

Rebecca Waggoner Kloek
Anti-Violence Program Manager
612-822-0127 ext. 101
rwkloek@outfront.org