Youth Protection Program Requirements and Standards

Programs should conduct face-to-face interviews with potential employees and volunteers seeking positions that will be interacting with minors. These interviews should include behaviorally based interview questions designed to screen applicants for the potential of abuse. All interviews should be documented with notes from each interviewer.

Youth Program Directors are required to register their programs on an annual basis by submitting the Youth Program Registration Form. A new form must be submitted each year before program start. Enterprise Risk Management will follow up with Program Directors if additional information is needed. Programs must be approved by Enterprise Risk Management before program activities can commence. Failure to register programs in a timely manner may cause program delay. 

All required trainings are available via CSU Learn and the Praesidium Academy platform. Once Program Directors provide a list of youth program employees and volunteers, Enterprise Risk Management will assign all required trainings through the platforms. Program Directors 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.

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.