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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dear Library Directors and Youth Services staff,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">The passage of HB 4016 has expanded the definition of mandatory reporters to include all “Employee[s] or volunteer[s] of a public or private organization providing child-related services or activities
that allow the employee[s] or volunteer[s] temporary care, control or supervision of a child...”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">The State Library recommends that all public libraries seek advice from their legal counsel regarding the
<a href="http://www.leg.state.or.us/12reg/measpdf/hb4000.dir/hb4016.intro.pdf" target="_blank">
newly amended Oregon State Statutes</a> 338.115, 339.370, 339.372, 339.374, 339.378, 339.388, 339.392, 339.400 and 419B.005. Depending on the advice from your legal counsel, your library may consider creating a policy, procedure, or training requirement around
mandatory reporting. If your library is already working on something along these lines, please consider helping other libraries by sharing what you’re doing via this listserv.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">A couple libraries have asked the State Library for assistance identifying mandatory reporter training opportunities in order to comply with the law as advised by their legal counsel. I have
worked with a Child Welfare Analyst at the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) to develop a short, but valuable list of resources libraries may use to educate themselves around mandatory reporting:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">· *Watch this 25 minute mandatory reporting
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/abuse/mandatory_report.shtml" target="_blank">
video</a>, </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">· *Read this mandatory reporting
<a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/de9061.pdf" target="_blank">guide</a>,
</span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">and/or</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">· <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/localoffices.shtml" target="_blank">Contact your local DHS</a> Children, Adults,
and Families Division to inquire about face-to-face mandatory reporting training.
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">*The video and guide are a little out-of-date, but still provide reliable content. Please keep in mind that they will not define mandatory reporters as broadly as the new language.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">If you have questions about mandatory reporting, first
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/localoffices.shtml" target="_blank">ask your local DHS</a> Children, Adults, and Families Division. If they are not able to assist you, then contact the state DHS office by calling 503-945-6116.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Katie Anderson</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us" target="_blank">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D">If the hyperlinks don’t work, try copying and pasting the following URLs into your browser or doing an internet search on ‘Oregon mandatory reporting DHS’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D">HB 4016:
</span><a href="http://www.leg.state.or.us/12reg/measpdf/hb4000.dir/hb4016.intro.pdf">http://www.leg.state.or.us/12reg/measpdf/hb4000.dir/hb4016.intro.pdf</a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D">Video:</span>
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/abuse/mandatory_report.shtml">http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/abuse/mandatory_report.shtml</a><span style="color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D">Guide:</span>
<a href="https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/de9061.pdf">https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/de9061.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D">Local DHS contact information:</span>
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/localoffices.shtml">http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/localoffices.shtml</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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