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Lakewood, CO, United States, 2013/11/12 - Employment Background Screening of Colorado, based in Lakewood Colorado, has launched a program to offer free and low-cost screening programs for nonprofits and charities that serve children and at-risk adults - EBS-Colorado.com.
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You don't have to look far to find news accounts of predators that use their volunteer position to gain access to their targets. A Colorado based company intends to do what it can to prevent these situations. Employment Background Screening of Colorado has launched a program to offer free and low-cost background checks to nonprofits and charities that deal with children and at-risk individuals such as the elderly or mentally challenged.
"Unfortunately, many smaller organizations do not have the budget to conduct proper background checks on the people that volunteer," says Chris Bray, company president. "This creates a very large risk - not only to the people they serve, but to the organization itself, which is responsible for ensuring the safety and well being of those they serve. Just as companies and corporations screen employees to ensure the safety of their work forces and their customers, so should a volunteer organization of any size."
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, there are over 740,000 registered sex offenders. That’s 1 in every 420 people in the United States, with a population just under 314 million.
"In a perfect world," Bray says,"We find that every volunteer has a clear background. But national crime statistics suggest that when you're dealing with this many people, there is a likely chance that there is a predator in there somewhere, just waiting for the right opportunity”. According to The Denver Foundation’s Inclusiveness Project report, 74% of Denver area residents volunteer their time, and nearly 100,000 volunteer annually. When you compare those numbers with the national crime statistics, it suggests that out of 100,000 volunteers about 240 might have an issue. Bray adds,“And when you factor in those that cheat and steal from the people that they're in contact with, the chance for harm is even worse. Certainly, a person who has a history of larceny shouldn't be left alone, caring for an elderly person that may be suffering from Alzheimer's or dementia”.
EBS of Colorado (ebs-colorado.com), a subsidiary of CoMVRS, Inc., began the program as a way to be more in touch with the community as a whole. "CoMVRs has been operating in the legal research and retrieval space for for over 15 years," says Bray,"and when we launched EBS, we wanted to do something that benefited the community around us. Helping nonprofits and charities is a great way to do that."
EBS of Colorado currently focuses on Colorado companies, but has a national footprint that also includes tenant screening and HR Consulting.
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