The purpose of this manual is to help parishes comply with the Safe Environment Certification requirements of the Safe Environment Policy. The manual does this in the following ways:

• Provides additional clarification of the standards presented in the Safe Environment Policy.
• Provides additional clarification of the positions requiring Safe Environment Certification.
• Details the types of background checks that will be done to comply with the Safe Environment Policy and state law.
• Provides a set of instructions detailing how the background checks will be performed.