The safety and well-being of the children we serve is BBBS' highest priority. Before making a match, our Enrollment and Matching Team carefully screens volunteers to find the safest and most effective mentors. To help ensure child safety, each volunteer must complete a thorough screening process that includes:

• Completion of a formal written application
• A county criminal history record check
• A nationwide criminal history background check
• A motor vehicle record check
• Yearly drivers license verification
• Yearly insurance certification verification
• Review of the state sex offender database
• Social Security verification 
• Three references
• A reference check for any ongoing time the volunteer has spent working with children 
• An in-person interview
• An assessment of their home environment (for Community-based mentoring)
• A professional assessment of their appropriateness to volunteer with a child
• An orientation and training process that outlines the individualized needs of your child and provides information and resources on how to encourage your child's healthy development

After a match is made, our Match Support Coordinators maintain monthly contact with the parent, child and volunteer. These conversations serve not only to measure the health of the match, but to address any areas of concern.

Your Match Support Coordinator will also be available to you outside the monthly check-ins and you are encouraged to contact them with any questions or concerns.