May 1, 2008
Efforts to Screen Volunteers Fall Short, Report Says
Many social-service charities do not do enough to screen volunteers, exposing the people they serve to potential trouble and the organizations themselves to liability, a new report says.
The report, released by the National Center for Victims of Crime, in Washington, was paid for by a grant from ChoicePoint, a Georgia company that conducts background checks.
ChoicePoint issued its own report at the same time, showing that of the 3.7 million screenings it had conducted of
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