Operation TLC2 Making Communities Safe is a volunteer management and background screening program designed for NRPA members. It ensures you attain the most qualified volunteers to support the safety your community needs.
The NRPA Recommended Guidelines for Credentialing Volunteers define the specific components for a comprehensive national criminal background check system consistently applicable in every state, for every agency, across the park, recreation, and conservation landscape.
To learn more about Operation TLC2, please visit www.operationtlc2.org.
As an NRPA member you qualify your agency to receive:
- NRPA Operation TLC2 Making Communities Safe full-service national background checks at the preferred price of $18.50 each.
- Results with full case disposition in 48 to 72 hours.
- Access to purchase customized photo identification badges, or manufacturing equipment and materials at a preferred price.
- FREE NRPA Operation TLC2 Making Communities Safe Orientation and Training Toolkit.
The NRPA Operation TLC2 Making Communities Safe Orientation and Training Toolkit includes a volunteer management manual with a training DVD and all associated materials and forms covering the general topics to properly prepare volunteers for public service in parks, recreation and conservation agency. Specifically:
- A brief history of the parks and recreation profession
- The benefits of being a volunteer in parks and recreation
- Criminal background checks and their roles in safety in the parks
- Customer relations
- Understanding today's youth
- Communication skills, appropriate interaction, deescalating conflict
- Working successfully with people with disabilities
- Safety and risk management
For more information about the Operation TLC2 program, please visit www.operationtlc2.org!