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County adopts draft worker-suitability policy to meet DCJS grant conditions for victim-witness coordinator
Summary
To comply with Virginia DCJS grant conditions funding a victim-witness coordinator, Warren County staff presented a draft policy requiring written determinations of suitability and criminal-history and offender-registry checks for anyone interacting with participating minors; staff proposed applying the practice countywide while excluding departments that already follow stricter state-guided checks.
County staff presented a draft policy requiring pre-interaction written determinations of worker suitability for individuals who will interact with participating minors, a condition tied to funding from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS).
"In order to obtain the written determination, the individual must pass a Virginia State Police criminal history background check and an offender registry search, and that…
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