Church Organizations
Church Organizations
Churches Staff Identification Cards
Over 100 church workers have been accused of child molestation in the past year
alone. A study performed in 2005 showed the
primary reason churches were in
court involved sexual misconduct with a minor. Churches across the country are
suddenly realizing the importance of background screening of the volunteers in
the children’s ministries.
Recently John Corbin pled guilty of 131 counts of possessing child pornography
in Main. At the time, he was active in the youth ministries at Chestnut Street
United Methodist. Prior to this Corbin’s criminal history included sexual
offences in Vermont and California.
So what are churches and other volunteer organizations doing to keep out people
that can harm our children and the children we are to care for and protect? In
years past people would freely and willingly drop off their children at the
church nursery or for Sunday school. It was almost as if the church was one of
the last remaining safe places we could take our children; but being above
suspicion is no longer the case. Sexual predators are seeking out places to get
closer to our innocent children and they have found that churches are often too
busy to lock the gate against such people with criminal histories. Many non
profit organizations don’t have the resources to ensure everyone is
trustworthy and even when they do they are not watched as they should.
Cost of Introducing Photo ID Cards and Background Screening
There are only a few options that can be considered when looking at implementing
a photo ID card and criminal background screening solution. There are many
sources that can be utilized for the screening process from free local searches
completed through the police department to full blown investigations taking days
to complete costing up to $75 per individual. What FullIdentity.com
has introduced is what has been labeled as the most complete background check
possible without sending people to complete county courthouse investigations.
The cost for a nationwide criminal background search and social security trace
search and a photo ID card is only $9.50 per individual regardless of the number
of people in your organization! The reason it is this affordable is due to FullIdentity.com’s
mother company, VTD Sports ability to purchase tens of thousands of background
checks from major screening organizations and producing hundreds of thousands of
high quality photo ID cards for young athletes across the nation annually.
When it comes to producing the ID cards there are only a few options:
| Possible Solutions |
Pros |
Cons |
| Laminated ID Cards |
Cost Effective |
Easily reproduced |
| ID Card Printer and Software |
Hard to Reproduce |
Expensive, Learning Curve |
| Outsource to 3rd Party |
Hard to Reproduce |
Cost, Finding the right Vendor |
| Full Identity.com |
Cost Effective,
Easy to Use |
Getting Started |
Convicted Child Molester in Detroit Churches
In June of 2006 convicted child molester Ryan Baker was back in court for
violating his probation. Ryan had become known for his song and dance in Detroit
Michigan at the local churches and even after his conviction he continued to
work with kids both in and out of local churches.
Ryan was on probation for molesting a 14 year old boy and one of the conditions
of his probation was to stay away from children. In court he was shown video
tapes of him dancing with young children after the conviction.
Additionally, a reporter that assisted in the arrest and investigation scheduled
and met with Baker to finalize details for working with a group of fifth
graders. The reporter quoted Baker in stating at the meeting “Kids is like my
heart. Really. Kids is my heart.”
Today Ryan is going to serve 30 days for violating his probation and could face
as much as two years based on the results of the hearings.
FullIdentity.com Brings The SOLUTION...
Fullidentity.com has come up with a solution that
gives you the ability to manage your volunteer workers with ease and accuracy. A
background screen has been created that does a social security number trace to
find all names associated with a specific social security number. Each of these
names is identified and a search is done with the date of birth and each of the
names found. To ensure you have been given the correct information, you request
a copy of the individual’s driver’s license as well as a signed release form
from each individual. With your secure account, you complete the background
screen and a custom photo id card can be mailed to you or the individual
directly based on your approval.
Adding Photo ID cards to your background screening procedures allows everyone to
know with certainty who has been screened by your organization. Some
organizations have decided to use the cards as badges and all workers wear the
badges when volunteering their time in the kids ministry. Other organizations
simply provide ID cards that must be presented when requested.
Here are some templates for you to start checking out
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