70.123.070 - Duties and responsibilities of shelters. - Washington Statutes

Duties and responsibilities of shelters.

Shelters receiving state funds under this chapter shall:

     (1) Make available shelter services to any person who is a victim of domestic violence and to that person's children;

     (2) Encourage victims, with the financial means to do so, to reimburse the shelter for the services provided;

     (3) Recruit, to the extent feasible, persons who are former victims of domestic violence to work as volunteers or staff personnel. An effort shall also be made to provide bilingual services;

     (4) Provide prevention and treatment programs to victims of domestic violence, their children and, where possible, the abuser;

     (5) Provide a day program or drop-in center to assist victims of domestic violence who have found other shelter but who have a need for support services.

[1979 ex.s. c 245 § 7.]