CYO Adult Leader/Coach's Child Protection Policy (CPP) Certification
Each coach or other adult (i.e, any person 18 years of age or older) having substantial contact with CYO youth prior to beginning his/her duties MUST become certified by completing the following four steps (in the order below):
1. Register with Virtus Online at www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_0.cfm?theme=0. When you register under the "Begin the registration process" button (use Washington, DC (Archdiocese) under the dropdown list), you will need to create a UserID and Password. AND AT THE SAME TIME, under the "View a list of sessions" button (again using Washington, DC (Archdiocese) under the dropdown list), enroll for a mandatory Child Protection Workshop.
(IMPORTANT NOTE: The name under which you register for Virtus should match the name you provide on the Volunteer Application Form under Step 2 below.)
2. Complete the Volunteer Application Form, which is available for download/printing at http://www.adw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Volunteer-Application-2014.pdf.
3. Make an appointment with the Parish Compliance Coordinator (PCC), whose contact information is given below, to complete an online background check application (which takes five minutes). When you come to the appointment, please bring with you (a) the Volunteer Application (completed under Step 2 above); (b) cash or a check for $18.50 made out to "St. Jane de Chantal Parish"; and (c) two (2) government-issued IDs, one of which must be a photo ID (for a list of acceptable IDs click here.)
PLEASE NOTE: FINGERPRINTING IS NO LONGER REQUIRED.
4. Attend a Child Protection Workshop (see registration information under Step 1 above) and submit to the PCC a copy of the Attendance Certificate from the Workshop AND the signed Acknowledgement Page from the CPP Booklet (Appendix E, page 58), which can be downloaded/printed from http://site.adw.org/pdfs/13policy-child-protection.pdf.
PCC Contact Information:
Parish Compliance Coordinator: Jeanmarie Keeney
Phone: 301-530-1550
E-mail address: parish.office@stjanedechantal.org
Mailing/Delivery Address: Parish Office, 9701 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-1795
NOTE to St. Jane School Parents: You can also make arrangements to complete Step 3 during school hours by contacting St. Jane School CPP Coordinator Catherine Tomsheck at ctomsheck@dechantal.org or 301-530-1221 ext. 636.
Last Updated: October 22, 2018
1. Register with Virtus Online at www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_0.cfm?theme=0. When you register under the "Begin the registration process" button (use Washington, DC (Archdiocese) under the dropdown list), you will need to create a UserID and Password. AND AT THE SAME TIME, under the "View a list of sessions" button (again using Washington, DC (Archdiocese) under the dropdown list), enroll for a mandatory Child Protection Workshop.
(IMPORTANT NOTE: The name under which you register for Virtus should match the name you provide on the Volunteer Application Form under Step 2 below.)
2. Complete the Volunteer Application Form, which is available for download/printing at http://www.adw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Volunteer-Application-2014.pdf.
3. Make an appointment with the Parish Compliance Coordinator (PCC), whose contact information is given below, to complete an online background check application (which takes five minutes). When you come to the appointment, please bring with you (a) the Volunteer Application (completed under Step 2 above); (b) cash or a check for $18.50 made out to "St. Jane de Chantal Parish"; and (c) two (2) government-issued IDs, one of which must be a photo ID (for a list of acceptable IDs click here.)
PLEASE NOTE: FINGERPRINTING IS NO LONGER REQUIRED.
4. Attend a Child Protection Workshop (see registration information under Step 1 above) and submit to the PCC a copy of the Attendance Certificate from the Workshop AND the signed Acknowledgement Page from the CPP Booklet (Appendix E, page 58), which can be downloaded/printed from http://site.adw.org/pdfs/13policy-child-protection.pdf.
PCC Contact Information:
Parish Compliance Coordinator: Jeanmarie Keeney
Phone: 301-530-1550
E-mail address: parish.office@stjanedechantal.org
Mailing/Delivery Address: Parish Office, 9701 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-1795
NOTE to St. Jane School Parents: You can also make arrangements to complete Step 3 during school hours by contacting St. Jane School CPP Coordinator Catherine Tomsheck at ctomsheck@dechantal.org or 301-530-1221 ext. 636.
Last Updated: October 22, 2018