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On March 13, the Child Protection Improvements Act of 2008 was introduced by Senators Joseph Biden (D-DE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Arlen Specter (R-PA). The bill will make permanent a child protection pilot program that allows youth-serving organizations to run FBI background checks on prospective volunteers and employees.
ACA has been working for the past two years – along with other organizations, primarily MENTOR/The National Mentoring Partnership – to develop the content and specific text of the bill. It is because of ACA’s work and the work of its partners in Washington, D.C. – that this bill was supported by Senator Biden and introduced in Congress. The bill was also introduced the same day in the House by Rep Adam Schiff (D-CA).
For more information about the legislation, contact Susan Yoder at ACA, 800-428-2267 ext. 302.
We will be issuing a call to action to members very soon to contact legislators to ask them to support the bill in both houses of Congress. Stay tuned! |
