PROTECTING GOD'S CHILDREN & YOUTH

Archdiocese of Chicago Compliance Requirements

All parish volunteers who have any contact with children through their ministry/ministries or who perform a ministry where children may be present must conform to the policies set forth by the Archdiocese of Chicago's Office for Protecting Children and Youth.  

These policies require that volunteers complete an Illinois Child Abuse & Neglect Tracking System Form, read and sign the Archdiocesan Code of Conduct Form, and complete a Virtus Training Workshop and the Mandated Reporter Training.

Compliance Guidelines  have been created outlining what is required of school and parish employees, school and parish volunteers, priests, deacons, seminarians, and pastoral center employees.
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Guidelines in English, Español, Polski 

Please contact the Safe Environment Program Site Administrator, Maria Borla for more information and guidelines.
1. VIRTUS – Protecting God’s Children
All volunteers must complete VIRTUS (online) registration and training prior to beginning volunteer service.

KPA - VIRTUS’s Keeping the Promise Alive three-year recertification program done online through Virtus.
Click here for Virtus Registration  *Select: Chicago, IL (Archdiocese)
Click here for Virtus Training Schedules
Click here for the instructions
2. Mandated Reporter
Mandated Reporter online training from State of IL training website.
Re-certified every three years, including re-signing the Acknowledgment Form (CANTS 22 or CANTS 22A for clergy). ​
Print certificate and return to Ministry Office.
​Click here for the Mandated Reporter Training in English
​Click here for the Mandated Reporter Training in Spanish
Sign CANTS 22 
English
Spanish
3. Illinois Child Abuse & Neglect Tracking System
All volunteers must complete and return the Child Abuse & Neglect Form to the Parish Ministry Office.  Do not send this form to DCFS.
Print this form and complete information.  
Click below for Child Abuse & Neglect Tracking System Forms
​CANTS 689
English
Spanish
3. Archdiocesan Standards of Behavior for Church Personnel Working with Minors and Vulnerable Adults (formerly Code of Conduct).
Read and signed at time of hire and re-acknowledged yearly through VIRTUS
Print, complete the signature form and return to Ministry Office.
English
Spanish
All completed paperwork should be returned to the parish office. 

If you have more questions, please call us at 847-882-7580 or e-mail us.