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Further Guidance Regarding the Care of Transgender Detainees <br />Page 5 of 18 <br />Care of Transgender Detainees in ICE Facilities: ERO Custody Management, in consultation <br />and collaboration with other relevant ICE Directorates or Programs and components <br />(including the Office of Acquisition Management and the Office of Detention Policy and <br />Planning), will work with willing ICE service vendors to incorporate the model procedures <br />outlined in Attachment 2, "ICE Detention Facility Contract Modification for Transgender <br />Care" into facility contracts. <br />6. ERO LGBTI Field Liaisons <br />a. Each ERO FOD shall designate a specially trained employee at the supervisory level to <br />serve as an LGBTI Field Liaison'. The LGBTI Field Liaison will regularly communicate <br />with the National ERO LGBTI Coordinator (See section 7 below) and report to ERO <br />Headquarters on the progress of implementing and maintaining the provisions of this <br />memorandum. The LGBTI Field Liaison will also coordinate with the Prevention of <br />Sexual Assault (PSA) Coordinator in his or her Field Office where their responsibilities <br />and work overlap. <br />b. In detention facilities that have adopted the "ICE Detention Facility Contract <br />Modification for Transgender Care," the ERO LGBTI Field Liaison will be available to <br />actively participate on the facility's TCCC. <br />c. Each ERO LGBTI Field Liaison will also participate in all relevant training offered by <br />ERO Headquarters on the subject of this memorandum. <br />7. National ERO LGBTI Coordinator <br />a. ERO will designate a National LGBTI Coordinator. The National ERO LGBTI <br />Coordinator will: (1) serve as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert for <br />ERO regarding the care and treatment of LGBTI detainees in ERO custody; (2) evaluate <br />information collected from EAGLE, EARM, RCA and other relevant ICE information <br />technology systems regarding the care and custody of LGBTI detainees; (3) assist the <br />field and ERO Headquarters Directorates in utilizing information about LGBTI detainees <br />to help ensure compliance with the provisions of this memorandum; (4) continue to refine <br />and deliver training on the provisions of this memorandum; and (5) coordinate with <br />ICE's PSA Coordinator where their responsibilities and work overlap. <br />b. The National ERO LGBTI Coordinator shall also organize and convene a standing <br />working group to assess the implementation and maintenance of this memorandum, <br />advise agency leadership on issues affecting LGBTI detainees in ERO custody, further <br />explore best practices and strategies, and make additional recommendations when <br />necessary. The standing working group should meet no less than quarterly and at a <br />'The ERO LGBTI Field Liaison selected by the FOD may also be the local field ERO Prevention of Sexual Assault <br />(PSA) Coordinator or other HQs collateral duty assignment (e.g. Segregation Review Coordinator). <br />65A -11 <br />