Volunteer background checks
Child abuse within volunteer organizations has become an issue
of national importance. With the passage of the Volunteers for Children
Act, volunteer organizations have the potential of being held liable
for negligent hiring if their volunteers sexually molest a child,
elderly or disabled person in their care and if
the volunteer has been previously convicted of a relevant crime.
Info Cubic proudly supports our volunteer organizations by offering
very low-cost access to our criminal database searches. Info Cubic
offers Volunteer Screen — a quick and affordable solution for
identifying sex offenders on a multi-jurisdictional scale.
Please contact us for full details
and to find out if your firm qualifies for the Volunteer Screening
Program.
Child abuse statistics:
The National Foundation to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse offers the
following information regarding the abuse of children:
- 1 in 3 girls and 1 of 6 boys have been subjected to some form
of sexual abuse by age 18.
- A child is abused in the United States every 13 seconds .
- There are an estimated 60 million survivors of childhood sexual
abuse in America today.
- 46% of child molesters are non-family members who are known
to their victims.
- 42% of current offenders with a child victim and a prior criminal
history had a past conviction for a violent crime .
What's the Public Law 105-251 - Volunteers for Children Act
On October 9,1998 the Volunteers for Children Act was signed into
law as Public Law 105-251, amending the National Child Protection
Act of 1993.This law affects any business or organization providing
care, treatment, education, training, instruction, supervision,
or recreation for children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities...
whether public, private, for-profit, non-profit, or voluntary.
With this amendment, if a volunteer or employee of an organization
sexually molests a child, elderly person or individual with a disability
in his or her care and if it can be shown this volunteer or employee
had previously been convicted of a relevant crime in the United
States that organization may be held liable for negligent hiring.
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