Steps to Compliance
Minor Protection Program Directors (MPPDs) are required to register their programs on an annual basis and must be approved by Risk Management (RM) before program activities can commence. Failure to register programs in a timely manner may cause program delay.
Listed below are the steps to compliance and relevant resources available to MPPDs.
1. Screening and Selection
Programs should conduct face-to-face interviews with potential employees and volunteers seeking positions that will be interacting with minors.
Per Executive Order 1083 and CSU Human Resources Technical Letter 2017-17, background checks, including criminal records checks and review of state and federal sex offender registries, are required for all University employees and volunteers to identify past behavior that may disqualify a person from working with minors.
While criminal background checks are necessary, less than 5 percent of offenders have criminal records.
Program directors and administrators are responsible for conducting a minimum of two reference checks before an applicant is offered a position. All reference responses should be documented and considered when making a hiring decision. Reference checks are valuable because they are a source of information that does not come directly from the applicant. References may be used to validate information provided by the applicant or by other references.
2. Program Registration
Minor Protection Program Directors (MPPDs) are required to register their programs on an annual basis by submitting the Minors on Campus Program Registration Form. A new form must be submitted each year before the start of a program. Risk Management (RM) will follow up with MPPDs if additional information is needed. All programs involving minors must be approved by RM before program activities can commence. Failure to register programs in a timely manner may cause program delay.
Minors on Campus Program Registration Form >
After RM receives the Minors on Campus Program Registration Form, a member of the team will reach out to schedule a 1-hour training with the MPPDs to go over requirements of the Minors on Campus Protection Program (MCPP) and offer available resources to navigate those requirements better.
Feel free to contact [email protected] for all questions related to Minors on Campus Program Registration or administration.
3. Training
All required trainings are available via CSU Learn and the Praesidium Armatus platform. Once the MPPD(s) provide a list of Minors Protection Program employees and volunteers, RM will assign all required trainings through the platforms. MPPDs will have access to the platform to track training progress. All trainings must be completed before employees interact with minors as part of the program.
Offenders often act in predictable ways and effective training can provide employees and volunteers with the information needed to identify high-risk patterns of behavior and high-risk program characteristics. Training must be specific, frequent, and useful and it must teach how offenders operate, how to recognize suspicious or inappropriate interactions or policy violations and suspected abuse, and how to respond effectively.
Cal State LA's code of conduct for interacting with minors outlines the minimum expectations we hold for Minor Protection Program Personnel (MPPP).
CSU Chancellor's Office Managing Risk in Youth Programs Resource Guide >
4. Reporting and Responding to Incidents
CSU Executive Order 1083 “Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect” requires all University employees, campus community volunteers, and independent contractors, regardless of their status as a mandated reporter as defined by California law, who, in the course of their University business or volunteer activity, have reasonable suspicion of child abuse, as defined by California law, must make a report as outlined in this policy.
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- Who is required to report
- What is required to be reported
- How to report
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These types of concerns related to the Protection of Minors on Campus Programs at Cal State LA can be reported by contacting Risk Management at ext. 3-3531 from any campus phone, (323)-343-3531 mobile device, or by emailing us at [email protected].