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Sample child protection policies for your church

Here is a quick checklist to use in writing or reviewing a church's child and youth protection policy. Here is also a checklist to use in writing a child and youth protection policy for a school.
You are welcome to download these files and edit them to fit your needs. Please give credit to the original author.happy faces
Short [doc] by Jeanette Harder, PhD
Medium [doc] from Blossom Hill Mennonite Church, Lancaster, PA
Thorough [doc] by Julie Prey-Harbaugh, MDiv
On mentoring [pdf] by Marlene Bogard
Also, find samples from Mennonite Church congregations.
Related:
Collection of child protection policies in Mennonite Church USA congregations
Car seats and prevention policies [pdf] by Marlene Bogard
Young children and bathroom use [pdf] by Marlene Bogard