Effective policies

The Centers for Disease Control publication, "Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-Serving Organizations" contains information on policies and procedures to protect children. It outlines six key components:

1. Screening and selecting employees and volunteers.
2. Guidelines on interactions between individuals.
3. Monitoring behavior.
4. Ensuring a safe environment.
5. Responding to inappropriate behavior, breaches in policy and allegations of child sexual abuse.
6. Training about child sexual abuse.

You can obtain a copy of "Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-Serving Organizations" free of cost from the CDC.