WELCOME!
Welcome to a Special Edition of the Compliance Gazette focusing on National Child Abuse Prevention Month!
National Child Abuse Prevention Month is dedicated to raising awareness and preventing child abuse. Throughout April, UF Youth Compliance is partnering with various departments to display blue prevention pinwheels as a show of support. April is also a time for UF to reflect on all youth related activities and the actions we must take to ensure the safety and well-being of participants.
Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.
President John F. Kennedy, 1963
HOW TO REPORT ABUSE
Step 1: Report abuse to the Department of Children and Families (DCF) Florida Abuse Hotline.
Immediately report the abuse to the DCF Florida Abuse Hotline via one of the following methods and provide your UF email:
- Telephone: 1-800-962- 2873 (24-hour hotline)
- Fax: 1-800-914-0004
- TTY: 1-800-955-8771 or 711 (Florida Relay)
- Online Report (professional reporters encourage to create an account)
Step 2: Save DCF Florida Abuse Hotline intake email and all electronic correspondence.
The DCF Florida Abuse Hotline will provide reporters with an intake email. The email informs the reporter if the abuse report was accepted or denied for investigation.
Step 3: Notify your supervisor.
Discuss the details of the child abuse report with your direct supervisor.
Step 4: Report child abuse to UF Youth Compliance.
- Submit Incident Report Form
- Upload DCF Florida Abuse Hotline intake email and all other electronic correspondence from DCF.
BOARD OF GOVERNORS REGULATION 3.002
UF YOUTH COMPLIANCE TRAININGS
Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Training
The training is designed to inform employees of their general, professional, and/or administrator reporting obligations.
- Audience: Required for administrators as defined by BOG 3.002 and all faculty, staff, students, and volunteers who will engage with minors on behalf of the UF enterprise.
- Frequency: Annually
- Training Code: YCS100
SUMMER CAMPS
Summer Camp Checklist
The summer camp checklist is a guide for the university, its DSOs, and its affiliate entities hosting, operating, conducting, sponsoring, or organizing youth activities during the summer season. The checklist applies to all university sponsored camps on and off UF property. Summer camps must be authorized by appropriate departmental leadership prior to initiating registration or advertising to the public.
Register summer camps with UF Youth Compliance by the timelines listed below:
- Day summer camps must be registered at least 30 days prior to the start of camp.
- Overnight summer camps must be registered 60 days prior to the start of camp.