Common use of Child Safety Clause in Contracts

Child Safety. A. Children’s health, safety and well-being must always be the primary concern of the Agency in the delivery of services under this Contract. The Agency must report child abuse and neglect in accordance with RCW 26.44.030. If the Agency, or any of the Agency’s employees, has reasonable cause to believe that a child has suffered abuse or neglect from any person, the Agency or employee must immediately report such incident to CPS Intake at 1-866- ENDHARM. This requirement includes suspected abuse or neglect that occurs when a child is in the care of the Agency as well as outside of the Agency’s care. B. The Agency must ensure that managers, board members, employees and volunteers of the ECEAP program who will or may have contact with ECEAP children complete training on child abuse and neglect, including reporting procedures, starting prior to class start date or within two weeks of initial association with ECEAP, and annually thereafter. Training may consist of viewing the DSHS PowerPoint: “Child Protective Services: Guidance for Mandated Reporters” that is available at xxxxx://xxx.xxxx.xx.xxx/sites/default/files/CA/csp/documents/MandatedRe porterTraining.pdf. The Agency must retain a statement signed annually by each person participating in this training, acknowledging their completion of training and duty to report child abuse and neglect.