Form a Child Safety Committee

Best Practice 1: Form a Child Safety Committee is the starting point for this campaign because, simply put, the success of child safety is dependent upon people who prioritize and engage in this work. Forming a Child Safety Committee is part of Aleinu’s theory of change to build capacity from within organizations. The book of Proverbs shares that multiple advisors help plans succeed, and this Committee is a central group that coordinates communication with multiple stakeholders. In addition to inviting communal participation, the Committee enacts checks and balances to avoid overly centralizing decision-making power around this sensitive topic. Completing this Best Practice requires achieving three goals: recruiting a Committee, onboarding them to their work, and setting up Committee procedures. This Best Practice includes practical resources, such as a Committee training video and sample policy language on role composition and proceedings of the Committee.