News Releases
July 31, 2007
ChoicePoint Becomes Corporate Sustainer of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center
The Nonprofit Risk Management Center is pleased to announce that ChoicePoint, headquartered in Alpharetta, GA, is the Center’s newest Corporate Sustainer. Both ChoicePoint and the Nonprofit Risk Management Center work with some of the nation’s largest and best known nonprofit organizations to help them create a safer environment for those they serve.
“The Nonprofit Risk Management Center provides workshops, Web seminars, online courses and the book, Staff Screening Tool Kit, 3rd Edition that educate nonprofit leadership how to structure employee and volunteer recruitment from writing job descriptions through application, interview, record checks, training and supervision,” explains Melanie Lockwood Herman, Executive Director of the Center. Effectively screening applicants is a vital component of sound risk management.”
Herman says, “ChoicePoint provides programs specifically to assist nonprofits screen applicants to find the most appropriate people for their positions. We are delighted that we can partner to share information and best practices to help nonprofits manage risk and learn new tools to identify the most appropriate personnel to work with children and vulnerable populations.”
Ansley Jones Colby, Vice President of ChoicePoint Cares says, “Becoming a Corporate Sustainer of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center demonstrates our belief in the education and technical assistance that the Center provides for nonprofit organizations of all sizes and scopes. We are pleased to be able to assist in their mission. Together, we are creating a safer, more secure society.”
Nonprofit Risk Management Center and the Corporate Sustainers Program
The Nonprofit Risk Management Center, established in 1990, provides assistance and resources for community-serving nonprofit organizations. As a nonprofit itself, the Center is uniquely positioned to both understand and respond to questions with practical, affordable suggestions for controlling risks that threaten a nonprofit’s ability to accomplish its mission. Participants in the Corporate Sustainers Program pay an annual fee to the Center, which supports the Center’s technical assistance program and covers the cost of corporate sponsorship of the Center’s annual conference, the 2007 Summit for the Nonprofit Sector (October 24-26, in Winston-Salem, NC). For more information, visit the Center’s Web site, www.nonprofitrisk.org.
For more information on the Corporate Sustainers Program, contact Melanie Herman at (202) 785-3891 or via e-mail.
ChoicePoint
ChoicePoint helps businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations make better decisions through information and technology solutions. ChoicePoint offers low-cost volunteer background screening to youth-serving and other nonprofit organizations. Further, ChoicePoint supports the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nonprofit organization that provides consumer and victim support and advises governmental agencies, legislators and companies about this evolving and growing crime.
For more information about ChoicePoint, visit www.choicepoint.com or contact Ansley Colby, Vice President for ChoicePoint Cares, by phone at (877) 317-5000 or by e-mail.