Evidence Based Expansion County Program Agreement Executed

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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 ind background check. ln addition, the County, 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 aff irms 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: i. Any felony sex offense as defined in g.94A.030 RCW (Sentencing Reform Act- Definitions) and 94.44.130 RCW (Sex Offenses); ii. Any crime specif ied in Chapter 9A.44 RCW (Sex Offenses) when the victim was ajuvenile in the custody of or under the jurisdiction of JR; or iii. Any violent offense as def ined in 9.94A.030 RCW (Sentencing Ref orm Act-Def initions). Contractor must require that current employees, volunteers, and contracted serviceproviders who are authorized for regular access to a juvenile(s) report any guilty plea orconviction of any of the above offenses. The report must be made to the ferson,ssupervisorwithin seven-(7) days of conviction and any person who have reported aguilty plea or conviction f or one or more of these offenses must not have regular access to any offender. Contractor shall also document background checks/crimirial history clearances for monitoring purposes. (2) Sexual Misconduct (a) Sexual Misconduct- 13.40.570 RCW (Sexual misconduct by state employees, contractors)states that when the Secretary has reasonable cause to beiieve that sexual intercourse or'sexual contact.between the employee of a Contractor and an offender has occurred, theSecretary shall require the employee of a Contractor to be immediately removed from anyemployment position which would permit the employee to have uny uc"L.s to any offendei. (b) By execution of this Contract, Contractor affirms that Contractor, each of its employees,subcontractors, and/or volunteers are knowledgeable about the requirements of i 3.40.570RCW (Sexual_misconduct by state employeeslcontractors) and of 'tfre crimes included in9A*44 RCW (Sex Offenses). (c) ln addition, the Secretary shall disqualify for employment with a Contractor in any positionwith access to an offender, any person: (d) Who is found by the department, based on a preponderance of the evidence, to have hadsexual intercourse or sexuar contact with the offender; or (e) Convicted of any crime specif ied in chapter gA.44 RCW (Sex offenses) when the victim wasan offender (f ) lf any actions are taken under 19.40.570 RCW, subsections (3) or (a), the contractor mustdemonstrat- Lq I: secretary,they.have greatly reduced the likelihood that any of itsemployees, volunteers, or subcontractori couid have sexual intercourse or sexual contactwith any offender' The Contract shall not be renewed unless the Secretary determinessignificant progress has been made. Department of Children, youth & Families 2017CF County Program Agreement 6-24_20 Page 15