HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09251990 - 90/630S. l
IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the. Matter of Declaring
Support for TRUSTLINE, the RESOLUTION NO. 90/ 630
In-Home Care Provider Registry
TRUSTLINE is a pilot project ( initiated by the California State
Legislature in 1989) in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco,
Santa Clara, and San Diego counties which provides a way for
parents to check the .criminal and child abuse registry on the
child care providers who are exempt from licensing. Providers in
this category include babysitters and nannies--people taking care
of children in the child' s own home. This system implements one
of the safeguards already present in licensed family day care.
TRUSTLINE was. started because in 1983 , Elizabeth Phillips was
violently shaken by her neighbor ' s nanny and was left partially
paralyzed and permanently blinded. Three mothers sought help
from the California State Legislature to find a way for care
providers to let parents know they had no criminal convictions or
history of child abuse. This resulted in a five-county pilot
known as TRUSTLINE, the In-Home Care Provider Registry.
The pilot was given only $50, 000 for all publicity efforts and
has been successful by all standards, in spite of limited funds.
TRUSTLINE should be expanded statewide to offer parents and
children the same opportunity for this important safeguard as we
now enjoy in Contra Costa County. It is the type of program that
saves lives and injuries by preventing recurring abuse.
In July of 1987 , this Board passed a Board Order declaring
support for implementation of the In-Home Child Protection Act of
1987, which. is the legislation that began TRUSTLINE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors once
again declares their support for TRUSTLINE, the In-Home Care
Provider Registry to expand to a statewide program.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON September 25 , 1990, by a unanimous vote of
the Board member resent.
Nanc C. Panden, Chair
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Tom Powers Robert I. Schroder
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Sunne Wrig McPeak Tom Torlakson
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
an order entered on the Minutes of said Board of Supervisors on
the aforesaid date.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
25th day of September, 1990.
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County
Admin' tra r.
By rL4)-4 og
Deputy Clerk
Introduced by Supervisor
Sunne Wright McPeak,
District IV