{"id":3958,"date":"2018-08-09T00:28:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T07:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/?page_id=3958"},"modified":"2019-06-28T21:59:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T04:59:32","slug":"safe-environment-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/safe-environment-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe Environment Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">SAFE ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM<\/h5>\n<div class=\"downstream-container\">\n<p>Under <em>Faith in Action<\/em>, certain state and council officers\/chairmen are required to take safe environment training and may also be required to provide authorization for a background check. Some positions also have access to Praesidium\u2019s ARMATUS Administration dashboard to view member compliance within their council or jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kofc.org\/en\/members\/programs\/youth-activities\/safe-environment-program.html\">Click here to take your safe environment training.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Safe Environment Program Training and Background Check Requirements \u2013 Table 1<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Roles<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"232\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Training Required<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"232\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Background Check Required<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State Deputy<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State Advocate<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State Program Director<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State Youth Director<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State Family Director<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State Community Director<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State Squire Chairman<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"758\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Subordinate Council<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Grand Knight<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Faithful Navigator<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Program Director<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Family Director<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Community Director<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chief Counsellor<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"295\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Adult Counselor<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<td width=\"232\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>If members in certain positions are not compliant within thirty (30) days of notification, they are subject to removal from those positions.<\/p>\n<p>As the <em>Service Program Personnel Report <\/em>(#365) is being completed, ensure that all member email addresses are accurate. Praesidium, the Knights of Columbus\u2019 safe environment partner, will use these email addresses to send email notifications to the program directors and chairs required to complete safe environment training and to provide authorization for a background check. Directors and chairs should look for email notifications from Praesidium in their inbox or spam folder for their assigned username and password to complete the required training and the link necessary to provide their background check authorization. Knights of Columbus covers all costs associated with these requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Email notifications are unique to each recipient and cannot be forwarded or used by another director or chair and are also time sensitive. The recipient must complete the training and background check authorization within thirty (30) days of notification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAFE ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM Under Faith in Action, certain state and council officers\/chairmen are required to take safe environment training and may also be required to provide authorization for a background check. Some positions also have access to Praesidium\u2019s ARMATUS Administration <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/safe-environment-program\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3958","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3958"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3958"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4882,"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3958\/revisions\/4882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}