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ACA Camps Call to Action - Background Checks
Recently I received an email from Susan Yoder, Staff Liaison of ACA's Public Policy Committee (see link below). American Camp Association is advocating changes in the Child Protection Improvements Act of 2008. This congressional bill would allow camps access to fingerprint-based FBI criminal record checks of staff and volunteers if enacted. Please read the email below and take the time to act. As we see the incidence rate of abuse growing each year, we want to do everything we can to create the safe environments for children at camps; this is a great way to get involved in the public policy decisions which give us more resources to keep kids safe. Last year alone, The Redwoods Group investigated...