Days after approval, Natick town administrators are taking the next steps to implement a sanctuary-like policy.

Town administrators in the Greater Boston community are set to “lead a series of educational efforts” to ensure staffers are aware of the recently adopted policy which the Select Board has stressed isn’t a true Sanctuary City directive, “like Somerville and Cambridge.”

Efforts, “not yet final,” include integration into the human resources employee handbook; consultant-led training sessions; internal staff forums; and panel sessions with local nongovernmental organizations.

Select Board Chairwoman Kathryn Coughlin listed the steps in a letter she wrote to residents on Monday, thanking those who “became engaged” in the deliberation of the so-called “immigration documentation policy” and officials who led the process.

Under the policy, which the Select Board unanimously approved 5-0 last week, town employees will be barred from inquiring about or collecting information regarding citizenship or immigration status unless required by federal or state law.

Detaining a person based on the belief he or she is not in the U.S. legally or that the individual committed an immigration violation will be a violation of the policy.

The Select Board had emphasized that the rules “protect” town employees and will not interfere with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seeking an illegal immigrant wanted for deportation.

Boston, Somerville, Northampton, Amherst Cambridge, Concord, Lawrence and Newton are the state’s eight sanctuary cities. Others, now including Natick, have very similar policies but have stopped short of declaring a sanctuary commitment.

In “simple terms” of the policy, Coughlin said, “Immigrants, regardless of documentation status, may report being witnesses to or victims of criminal acts to the Natick Police Department without fear of retribution.”

The board’s approval on Dec. 18 came just two days after FBI agents swooped into town, arresting a local Iranian national at his home, in connection with a fatal drone strike that killed three U.S. Army reservists.

Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, 42, who prosecutors revealed works at a Massachusetts-based semiconductor company, is a dual U.S.-Iranian national.

“We’re worried about illegal people coming here. The FBI is up on Woodland Street and we can’t get up there,” a resident questioned the Select Board about the policy at last week’s meeting. “Why do it now with a new administration coming in? … Isn’t this the same as saying sanctuary?”