This is a self-paced training that was last updated on February 17, 2026. 

Description: This training is for CoC and ESG-funded service providers on how to prevent involuntary family separation in their programs. Through this training, service providers with learn the regulatory requirements for not separating families and how to interpret them, HUD’s definition of family, and some instances where families might be separated and the appropriate protocols for assisting them.

Intended audience: CoC and ESG-funded service providers (all emergency shelters, transitional housing, PSH and RRH projects)

Presenter: Lauren Rohlfing, All Chicago's Training and Capacity Building Coordinator