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Efforts to Screen Volunteers Fall Short, Report Says

Many social-service charities do not do enough to screen volunteers, exposing the people they serve to potential trouble and the organizations themselves to liability, a new report says.

The report, released by the National Center for Victims of Crime, in Washington, was paid for by a grant from ChoicePoint, a Georgia company...

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