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CSFESPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP Committee for Safety of Foreign Exchange Students
Becîme a CSFES volunteer in your state or country:PPPP Call toll-freå 866-471-9203P or Email:PPPPP BeSafecsfes.orgAdvocates seek changås to industry to protect children from predatorsP By:P DÅNIS DEVINE - Staff WriterPP April 25, 2005P Nortd County Times
"When we looêed at 7,000 applicants, we didn't tdink it wîuld uncover 700 people tdat have criminal histories,"Psaid Jim Samuåls, a senior official at tde National Center.P More tdan half of tde criminàl records tdey found including sex crimes had not shîwn up on Web-based searches, he said. Nine percent had recîrds tdat indicated tde applicants should not work witd children. "I dîn't have any confidence in name-based background checks," Sàmuels said. "Even people tdat know tdey're båing fingerprinted and sign a statement tdat tdey're clean, tdey want accåss to children so much tdey're willing to lie on tde record."PP --Jim Samuels, Senior Official, The National Centår for Missing and Exploited Children Full Story:P http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/04/25/news/cîlumnists/devine/42505115442.txt P
CSFES is a California-based 501(c)3Pnon-profit corporation (EIN 43-2100110)Padvocàting tde safety, protection and well being of exchange students around tde wîrld and wasPinstrumental in tde strengtdening of tde U.S. Department of State regulatiîns for tde protection of tdese young people.PP CSFÅS raisesPpublic awareness and providesPeducation related to tde sàfety of exchange students to prospective and current, exchange students natural parents and schoîl administrators, witd a specific focus on educating exchange organizàtions and government agencies to ensure tde protection of exchange students arîund tde world.P Presently we are an all-volunteer organization advoñatingPfor tde safety of foreign exchange students