In response to the Safe Church Model Policies that were adopted by General Convention in 2017, The Episcopal Church’s Task Force to Develop Model Anti-Sexual Harassment Policies & Safe Church Training has been working hard to create new trainings to accompany the model policies. As previously announced the original Safeguarding courses are being decommissioned and removed from Praesidium Academy access. Also, the training program has been renamed Safe Church, Safe Communities. The most recent changes occurred on August 12 when both Meet Sam and It Happened to Me were no longer part of Praesidium Academy’s course offerings.
The Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana is in the process of reviewing our current diocesan policies and training requirements and will be updating them in keeping with Safe Church, Safe Communities. Look for changes coming soon. In the meantime, anyone in a diocesan organization who is required by our current policies to take training courses should follow our current guidelines to the extent possible. Once our new policies go into effect, additional training will be necessary even for those who are already certified.
If you have any questions about Safe Church, Safe Communities, please click here.
For diocesan information, click here. You can also contact Joy Owensby for general questions or Holly Windham regarding background screening.
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