FCCB Protecting God’s Kids:
What we are doing and How we will do it (aka: Policies and Procedures)

Providing a safe environment for kids to meet with Jesus and each other is critical to FCCB. Therefore we are choosing to set certain boundaries and expectations in place to ensure that every child’s experience at FCCB will be one pleasing to Jesus satisfying for the kids and their parents.

We have three age groups around which activities are focused: Nursery (0-4), Elementary (5-11), and Youth (12-17). Each of these areas will embrace common policies and priorities while supporting them with differing age-appropriate procedures.

Common Policies (What we are doing)
Each of the ministries involving our children will embrace the following policies:
• 2 References & Volunteer Application
• Multiple adult/child presence
• 6-month rule (no children contact for 6 months)
• Premises Monitors during sponsored activities
• Training Program
• Legal Advice process setup

Age-Appropriate Procedures
Nursery
• 2 References & Volunteer Application
- all workers complete volunteer form and NH background check

• Multiple adult/child presence
- always two adults
- parents required to come get children for bathroom /or diaper
- pager system planned
- possibility of teen helpers (never left alone with children)

• 6-month rule (no children contact for 6 months)
- six months church attendance required (elder discretion)
- new parents will only be with their own child

• Premises Monitors during sponsored activities
- Same rules as Sunday morning nursery whenever nursery is offered
- in training, discuss vigilance in regard to halls, etc.

• Training Program
- training every six months – March and September
- no worker starts without training

• Incident response
- legal intervention – trained personnel available to deal with any reported abuse / alleged abuse: trained in crisis intervention (Ann Kost, Sandra Dodge)

Elementary
• 2 References & Volunteer Application
- all workers complete volunteer form and NH background check

• Multiple adult/child presence
- two adults at all times, including younger & older kids downstairs

• 6-month rule (no children contact for 6 months)
- training March and September
- six months of church attendance (elder discretion)

• Premises Monitors during sponsored activities
- Junior Church – two children together (buddy system) for bathroom
- special events – always two adults

• Training Program
- review policies, schedule, vigilance guidelines and curriculum
- ratio for younger children – 1:10
- written policy handed out

• Incident response
- legal intervention – trained personnel available to deal with any reported abuse / alleged abuse: trained in crisis intervention (Ann Kost, Sandra Dodge)

Youth
• 2 References & Volunteer Application
- complete volunteer application and NH background check

• Multiple adult/child presence
- two adults in all activities
- NO teaching situation with less than 3 youth per adult
If less than 3, get second adult or cancel

• 6-month rule (no children contact for 6 months)
- training August and February
- six months of church attendance (elder discretion)

• Premises Monitors during sponsored activities
- In training, teach vigilance guidelines
be watchful / question:
- anyone who comes in who you don’t know
- anyone who is acting in a suspicious way

• Training Program
- training in August and February
- review policies and schedule
- review vigilance guidelines

• Incident response
- legal intervention – trained personnel available to deal with any reported abuse / alleged abuse: trained in crisis intervention (Ann Kost, Sandra Dodge)