April 5, 2021

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

National Child Abuse Prevention Month recognizes the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect. To create healthy, thriving families, it is essential to collaborate, provide prevention services and use evidence-based information to protect children. April is National Child Abuse Prevention ...

March 31, 2021

Comprehensive Candidate Screening – The Waiting Period

The waiting period is the seventh and final element in the comprehensive candidate screening process. Prior steps include the application, background check, social media assessment, references, virtual interview, motor vehicle report, and now the waiting period. Why Wait? Volunteers and staff are an essential part of ...

March 15, 2021

Comprehensive Candidate Screening – The Virtual Interview

For individuals applying to work directly with kids and youth, professionals agree the interview is an essential step in the overall Comprehensive Candidate Screening process and contributes to preventing abuse. Conducting an interview generates valuable candidate information and allows individuals to be viewed from different ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Shares 20 Proven Ways To Keep Kids Safe At Church

March 8, 2021

Guest Post – 20 Proven Ways To Keep Kids Safe At Church

This week we are featuring a guest post from Dale Hudson. Dale is the visionary behind Building Children’s Ministry, which helps churches create relevant and successful children and family ministries. With over 31 years of ministry experience, Dale is the author of several books and ...

February 17, 2021

Comprehensive Candidate Screening – The Social Media Assessment

Social media is a prolific force in today’s culture. Consider the millions of photos and videos that get shared, liked, and viewed each day. The trends indicate it is not slowing down. While it may seem overwhelming to create, implement, and administer a social media ...

February 9, 2021

The Power of Collaboration

For child and youth-focused organizations, collaboration is the key to success. Whether you are new to leadership, or an experienced veteran, learning to create an atmosphere that encourages collaboration can drive your organization forward and provide many benefits. Here are four areas of development for becoming ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Shares A Guest Post from Dale Hudson On The Top Tips to Rebuild Your Volunteer Team During Covid-19

January 25, 2021

Top Tips to Rebuild Your Volunteer Team During Covid-19 (Guest Post)

This week we’re sharing top tips from one of our favorite children’s ministry thought leaders, Dale Hudson. Dale is the founder of Building Children’s Ministry, which helps houses of worship build thriving, growing, and relevant children and family ministries. Dale is also an in-demand conference ...

January 18, 2021

Save Money on Labels!

Doing more with less continues to be a priority for child and youth-focused organizations. To help, KidCheck offers the Label Restock Program (LRP), a free service to ensure labels are efficiently managed and that you always have on hand the labels you need. There is ...

January 13, 2021

2021 Trends for Organizational Success

For child and youth-focused organizations, 2021 is about rebuilding. This year offers a fantastic opportunity to create a proactive culture to elevate efficiency, safety, communication and prioritize prevention and response. Over the last year, many organizations found themselves conducting more daily operations online than ever before. ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Is Sharing The Most Popular KidCheck Blog Posts of 2020

January 5, 2021

The Most Popular Posts of 2020

KidCheck’s goals are to help child and youth-focused organizations improve child safety, increase efficiency, and share relevant, actionable, timely information with the families they serve. With that, the purpose of the blog remains the same to provide new insights, guidance, discoveries, and highlight the benefits ...