<!--quoteo(post=308065:date=Aug 19 2008, 09&#58;47 AM:name=55ChevyLady)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (55ChevyLady &#064; Aug 19 2008, 09&#58;47 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=308065">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Joey/Ralph sweetie <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wub.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wub:" border="0" alt="wub.gif" /> I have a question about your qualifications process you and David are going through...before you mentioned the DOJ, and I took that to mean The Dept. of Justice but you didn&#39;t elaborate and I didn&#39;t ask, or if you did I missed it...anyway now you did. Just what in the dickens is a &quot;Child Abuse Index&quot; ? I thought the DOJ was just doing some kind of background check, but I&#39;ve never heard of that &quot;index&quot; thing...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /><div align='left'>Andrea this is the California DOJ in our wonderful state of California, It is against the law to abuse a child(duh).... this was taken from the California Department of Social Services who regulates the Foster Care / Adoption program in this state. Bottom line we have to wait for them to give their thumbs up so we can proceed....<br /><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><b>CACI</b> is the <b>C</b>hild <b>A</b>buse <b>C</b>entral <b>I</b>ndex, maintained by the California Department of Justice (DOJ). Agencies investigating suspected child abuse or severe neglect are required to forward their reports to DOJ after an investigation. Substantiated reports are kept permanently.<br />Unsubstantiated and inconclusive reports are kept 10 years unless another child abuse case is filed, starting the 10 years process again.<br />Unfounded reports are not kept in the database.<br />At the time an agency forwards a report to DOJ, the department notifies the known or suspected child abuser that he or she has been reported to CACI.<br />Information regarding a known or suspected abuser is disclosed to agencies inquiring about a potential employee or volunteer who will have potential supervisory or disciplinary power over a child or children<br />(i.e. school employee). The information is considered confidential and given out under strict guidelines.<br />Further information can be found about the Attorney General&#39;s Child Protection Program at <a href="http://www.ag.ca.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.ag.ca.gov/</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--></div>