Biden’s new Title IX rules explained: Here’s what we know

The rule now uses the phrase “Designated Placements” as shorthand to refer to providers that are specially designated to serve LGBTQI+ children because they have made a set of commitments and undergone training to better meet the needs of LGBTQI+ children. State and Tribal agencies must have available a sufficient number of these placements as part of their responsibilities to satisfy the statutory requirement that all children in foster care have access to a safe and appropriate placement. Many commenters expressed concern with the terminology “safe and appropriate” placements, interpreting that such a placement was only available to LGBTQI+ children. One commenter expressed the belief that using the term “safe and appropriate” permits the state to place the child with caregivers who are merely tolerant of the child’s sexual orientation or gender identity rather than in a home that is fully supportive. Commenters stated the rule does not go far enough to affirm children, and that the “free from hostility, mistreatment, and abuse” threshold was insufficient. ACF appreciates the opportunity to clarify that title IV-E/IV-B agencies are encouraged to continue their work to improve access to kinship care alongside implementing the requirements of this regulation.

Making Amends: How to Approach Step 9 AA… and When Not To

In Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), making amends is considered a crucial component of long-term recovery. At Boardwalk Recovery Center, we support clients through the steps and encourage them to make amends when appropriate to restore their relationships and sense of morality. An alcoholic in recovery first creates the list of individuals they have harmed during step eight and then divides the list into four categories. The four categories determine the manner in which the recovering alcoholic will express their amends. Having a sponsor helps with the ninth step, as sponsors work side-by-side with recovering alcoholics and help determine how to handle making amends.

• The criteria for Designated Placements include provider training as discussed below.
• Perhaps the person is no longer living, or you no longer have contact with them and reestablishing contact would cause more harm.
• To meet these and other related statutory requirements, this final rule requires agencies to ensure that placements for all children are free from harassment, mistreatment, and abuse.
• They may choose to make living amends by promising to change their ways and become more helpful to others.

Consulting and Training

Requires that 15A NCAC 18E .0207, the Alternative Wastewater System Permitting Options Rule, be implemented so that an engineer option permit may be used if the wastewater system design requires a professional engineer. Requires the CPH to adopt a rule to amend the Alternative Wastewater System Permitting Options Rule consistent with this provision. Amends GS 90A-80 by living amends making conforming changes concerning records of complaints against individuals to account for the newly included evaluators and inspectors. Allows the requirement that the Board provide local health departments with notification of changes in certifications, complaints, suspensions, and reinstatements, to be done electronically via the Environmental Health Listserv.

Overview of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

As Kessler describes, this woman may decide that her way of making amends is to always answer the phone when someone she loves calls after a fight. Though this cannot undo or directly compensate for the initial mistake, it can serve as living amends that comes through a different way of being in the world. Though you can’t directly apologize to the person and compensate for what you did to them, you can consider exactly what you would apologize for and what you would do differently, and still do it differently. —The Act authorizes the Secretary to review state compliance with the title IV-E and IV-B program requirements. Specifically, the Act requires the Secretary to determine whether state programs are in substantial conformity with state plan requirements under titles IV-E and IV-B, implementing regulations promulgated by the Secretary and the states’ approved state plans. In the proposed rule, ACF requested public comment on various topics and provisions in the NPRM.

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• The separate training requirement in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) applies only to those providers who voluntarily choose to offer Designated Placements.
• It also states that nothing in this rule shall be construed to require or authorize a state to penalize a provider in the state’s titles IV-E and IV-B program because the provider does not seek or is determined not to qualify as a Designated Placement.
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The NPRM proposed that title IV-E/IV-B agencies would be required to notify specified children (including all children at or above the age of 14) about the availability of these placements, the process to request such a placement, and the process to report placement concerns. The NPRM also set forth specific steps for the placement of transgender, intersex, and gender non-conforming children in sex-segregated child care institutions and required specific training for title IV-E/IV-B agency caseworkers and supervisors on how to appropriately serve LGBTQI+ children. Other commenters recommended that the final rule forbid discrimination based on any characteristics in any part of the child welfare system. They argued that foster children, parents, kin caregivers, and prospective and current foster and adoptive parents have constitutional rights to due process and equal protection. A commenter also stated that “discrimination is the proper and appropriate term instead of retaliation” as that term was used in the proposed rule. For example, the current placement provider could be offered the opportunity to receive the training needed to become a Designated Placement to better meet the needs of the LGBTQI+ child.

The final rule requires that the title IV-E/IV-B agency consult with the child to provide an opportunity for the child to voice any concerns related to their placement when the agency is considering placing the child in such a facility. The 25 commenters who expressed neutral positions shared personal stories of their experience with LGBTQI+ children or foster care, views on child rearing, or generally that placements should be free from hostility and mistreatment. Requires the local health department to document the observation of the leak testing.

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• Pregnant and parenting students who might receive unwanted sexual attention, shame or punishment at schools will also be granted more protections from sex discrimination in the admissions process and on campus.
• Whether your goal is to amend a family relationship, a work relationship, or to humble yourself before others whom you have offended, making amends is an important step toward rectifying a broken situation.
• Are you taking the step to clear your conscience at the expense of another person?
• Specifically, as noted above, the final rule requires the notification of the availability of Designated Placements to provide information on the prohibition on retaliation and how to report retaliation.