June 25, 2025

Ten Steps to Prevent Child Abduction

According to the Child Crime Prevention and Safety Center, the majority of abduction cases are committed by family members. However, 28% of kidnappings are carried out by strangers. The FBI estimates that every 40 seconds, a child goes missing or is abducted in the United ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Child Label

June 3, 2025

New! Photo Permission Icon on Check-In Labels

The children’s labels and guardian receipts used with KidCheck are a security feature, as well as help to reduce the time and effort staff and volunteers need to spend accessing important information about the children in their care. The name badge is designed to provide an at-a-glance visual representation of what each child requires to be safe, celebrated, and served. New! To further this effort, we are excited to introduce the photo permission icon on the child’s name ...

March 12, 2025

Ten Strategies to Improve Active Listening

Active listening is a key part of the foundation for success. Listening to others enables you to acquire information and a fresh perspective. It fosters trust, enhances communication, builds relationships, and helps to understand a person’s point of view. However, active listening is more than ...

February 19, 2025

Five Tips to Engage Generation Alpha

Your organization is filled with Generation Alphas, individuals born between 2010 and 2025. They are regarded as the most technologically savvy generation, having grown up with significant digital innovations like the iPad and numerous apps. They are also expected to become the largest generation in ...

February 5, 2025

Using SMART Goals to Boost Productivity

When serving children and youth, there is no shortage of tasks competing for your attention. Lesson planning, organizing events, recruiting volunteers, and building relationships with families create a list that feels endless and overwhelming. This may make setting and achieving goals seem daunting. What if ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Shares An Interview With KidzMatter

January 21, 2025

What Makes KidCheck Different? An Interview with KidCheck and KidzMatter

Join KidCheck and KidzMatter for a fun discussion on the benefits of using KidCheck children’s check-in to help you manage your children’s area more efficiently. The conversation covers: KidCheck’s added features and benefits around children’s, youth, and mobile check-in solutions, as well as volunteer scheduling. KidCheck’s unique mobile printing ...

January 14, 2025

Ten Ways to Make This Year Productive

Are you looking at the new year and thinking about how to be more productive, healthy, and intentional? Or perhaps you’ve made resolutions and already broken them. Not to worry—you are not alone. The answer may lie in fewer, more manageable actions that help you achieve ...

November 12, 2024

Tips for a Successful Safeguarding Committee

A safeguarding committee is a powerful tool for keeping your children’s organization as safe as possible. A safeguarding committee is a group of people with varying roles and experience who work together to focus on improving child safety. Some benefits of establishing a safeguarding committee include: It helps ...

KidCheck Secure Children's and Youth Check-In Shares Ten Strategies to Recruit Volunteers in Fall

October 8, 2024

Ten Fall Strategies to Recruit Volunteers

Fall represents a change in direction and is the perfect time to grow your program and recruit new volunteers. Many of these strategies can be used throughout the year and are designed to attract a wide range of potential volunteers. However, people are drawn more ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Shares10 Guidelines That Enhance Your Child Protection Policy

August 20, 2024

Ten Guidelines That Enhance Your Child Protection Policy

Children are vulnerable. That’s why having a comprehensive child protection policy (CPP) for managing safety concerns should be the foundation of your approach to protection and well-being. A CPP is a living document that should be used consistently, reviewed, and updated as often as necessary. It ...