County Program Agreement Consolidated Contract with Judge's Signatures (5)

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1. Definitions The words and phrases listed below, as used in this Contract, shall each have the following definitions: a. "Contractor" means the County. b. "DCYF" means the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. c. "Emergency Health Care" means care, services, and supplies for an acute or unexpected health need that requires immediate evaluation or treatment by a health care practitioner. d. "JR means the Juvenile Rehabilitation which is under the DCYF. e. "JR Bulletins/Policies' means the JR Administrative Policies, which direct JR expectations. f. "Limited Access" means supervised access to a juvenile(s) that is the result of the person's regularly scheduled activities or work duties. g. "Regular Access" means unsupervised access to a juvenile(s), for more than a nominal amount of time that is the result of the person's regularly scheduled activities or work duties. 2. Background Checks a. This requirement applies to any employees, volunteers and subcontractors who may have unsupervised access to children served under this Contract. b. In accordance with Chapters 388-700 WAC (JR -Practices & Procedures), 72.05 RCW (Children & Youth Services), and by the terms of this Contract, Contractor and each of its employees, subcontractors, and/or volunteers who may or will have regular access to any client/juvenile must be cleared through a JR approved criminal history and background check. In addition, Contractor, each of their employees, subcontractors, and/or volunteers, who may or will have limited access to any client/juvenile, may be required to be cleared through a JR approved criminal history and background check. c. By execution of this Contract, Contractor affirms that Contractor, each of its employees, subcontractors, and/or volunteers, who may or will have regular access have not been convicted of any of the following: (1) Any felony sex offense as defined in 9.94A.030 RCW (Sentencing Reform Act -Definitions) and 9A.44.130 RCW (Sex Offenses); (2) Any crime specified in Chapter 9A.44 RCW (Sex Offenses) when the victim was a juvenile in the custody of or under the jurisdiction of JR; or (3) Any violent offense as defined in 9.94A.030 RCW (Sentencing Reform Act -Definitions). d. Contractor must require that current employees, volunteers, and contracted service providers who are authorized for regular access to a juvenile(s) report any guilty plea or conviction of any of the above offenses. The report must be made to the person's supervisor within seven (7) days of conviction and any person who have reported a guilty plea or conviction for one or more of these offenses must not have regular access to any offender. Contractor shall also document background checks/criminal history clearances for monitoring purposes. Department of Children, Youth, and Families 2072CS County Consolidated Program Agreement 6-20-2019