Youth Protection
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In this section of the 4-H Youth Development web
site, you will find some educator resources that
are only available for UW Extension staff with a
NetID and password.
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 Youth Protection Overview PowerPoint for staff (22 slides, 220 KB) - PowerPoint outlining Youth Protection purpose, history, process, policies and recommended practices.
 Steps in Youth Protection: Wisconsin 4-H Youth Development
Programs (2 pages, 39 KB) - Outlines staff procedures in administering the Youth Protection Process. updated 6.2011
Teaching Materials - For conducting Youth Protection sessions in your county. The child abuse portion of the teaching outline must be taught "as is", other sections can be tailored to your county.
Department
of Justice Crime Information Bureau - State
of Wisconsin, Department of Justice web site for
on-line check of background records for 4-H Youth
Development volunteer applicants and re-checking
records of continuing volunteers. Records for continuing
volunteers should be re-checked every four years.
Wisconsin
Sex Offender Website - This Wisconsin Department
of Corrections web site is designed to enhance public
safety by making the information contained in the
Sex Offender Registry easily accessible to the public.
Periodic checks for continuing 4-H Youth Development
volunteers are recommended.
Preventing
Child Sexual Abuse Within
Youth-serving Organizations: Getting Started on Policies
and Procedures - 2007 publication of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention. This report is designed for representatives of youth-serving organizations who
are interested in adopting strategies to prevent child sexual abuse.
It Shouldn't Hurt to be a Child - Wisconsin Department of Child and Families, Child Abuse and Neglect Program publication - posted under publications, available in English, Hmong and Spanish.
Youth Protection Forms
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Screening
Action Form - Complete the Screening Action
Form, attach to the background check record, and
file in the volunteer file when there is a need
to consider background records in determining
eligibility to serve as a 4-H Youth Development
volunteer.
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Reference
Form - Form for soliciting written references
for a 4-H Youth Development volunteer applicant
who has lived in Wisconsin for less than three
years.
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Interview
Reference Form - Interview recording form
for references for a 4-H Youth Development volunteer
applicant who has lived in Wisconsin for less
than three years.
- 4-H Volunteer Card (YPC) -
Card given to volunteers who have completed the 4-H Youth Development Program Volunteer Orientation.
- Sample Youth Protection Letters (43 KB) Includes sample letters for acceptance, denial, suspension and termination of volunteers. Instructions included. Updated 12.2010
Confidentiality Statement(1 page, 26 KB) - Signed
statement for volunteers and/or employees handling
confidential information.
Youth
Protection Annual Report - The Youth Protection
Annual Report must be completed by the 4-H Youth
Development staff member and submitted annually
with the ES-237 report to the State 4-H Youth Development
Program Leader's Office.
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4-H
Youth Development programs and activities must be supervised by an adult, 18 years of
age or older, who has completed the Youth Protection program and is currently an enrolled 4-H
volunteer leader. The primary purpose of this process is to ensure the safety and
well-being of all participants (i.e., youth, their parents and families,
salaried and volunteer staff.) Refer to the Wisconsin 4-H Youth Development Policies for the complete Youth Protection policies.
- In order to initially be recognized as a 4-H volunteer leader in the Wisconsin 4-H
Youth
Development program, all adults age 18 years and over must participate in the Youth Protection Program.
The Wisconsin 4-H
Youth Development Youth Protection program process includes:
a. Completion of the Volunteer Application Form
b. Background records check for arrest and conviction records through the approved channel
c. Participation in volunteer orientation
d. Completion of the Volunteer Behavior Expectations Form (may be combined with the 4-H enrollment form)
e. Completion of the 4-H Enrollment Form
- In order to continue as a 4-H volunteer leader in the Wisconsin 4-H
Youth
Development program beyond the first year, all adults 18 years of age and over must annually complete the following:
a. Volunteer Behavior Expectations Form (may be combined with the 4-H enrollment form)
b. 4-H
Enrollment Form
Note: A background records check for arrest and conviction records will be completed every
four years for continuing 4-H
volunteer leaders.
- Returning volunteers who have been absent one to four years need the background records
check, signed Volunteer Behavior Expectations form, but are not required to attend the
orientation to be reinstated as a volunteer. Returning volunteers who have been absent five or
more years need to repeat the entire Youth Protection process.
- Youth Protection Overview PowerPoint Presentation (15 slides,
215 KB) - PowerPoint outlining Youth Protection purpose, history, process, and policies.
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Involving People with Disabilities in 4-H Youth Development Programs (1 page, 40 KB) Handout developed by Christine Curley, UW-Extension
Civil Rights Compliance Specialist, to provide key information
for 4-H volunteers on involving people with disabilities in 4-H
Youth Development programs.
Youth Protection Forms
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Wisconsin 4-H Volunteer Orientation Evaluation
Form
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