Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City
Our programs enable kids and teens to realize their full potential.
The Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City achieves measurable and sustained impact by focusing on Academic Success; Healthy Lifestyles; and Character & Leadership Development. We provide a vibrant and interactive space with access to computers, music, books, art supplies, and an ample outdoor space. Our clubhouses offer many important and influential tools, skills, and programs. Every child is allowed to benefit from our team of professionals and the exciting & enriching programs we offer.
Safe Practices
Your child’s safety always comes first.
The Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City achieves measurable and sustained impact by focusing on Academic Success, Healthy Lifestyles, and Character and Leadership Development. We provide a vibrant and interactive space with access to computers, music, books, art supplies, and an ample outdoor space. Our clubhouses offer many important and influential tools, skills, and programs. Every child is allowed to benefit from our team of professionals and the exciting & enriching programs we offer.
Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City continually updates robust safety policies, programs and training for our staff and volunteers that are designed to promote child safety and protect young people from threats that are present in our society.
Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City has comprehensive safety policies in place that protect youth – including, but not limited to, supervision, transportation, communication and prohibiting private one-on-one contact.
We encourage all staff, members, and families to report any incident or situation they feel is unsafe. Through our national partnership with Praesidium, one of the nation’s leading safety experts, the Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City members and staff have access to a confidential 24-hour toll-free Child Safety Hotline, 866-607-SAFE (7233) or email SafeClub@Praesidiuminc.com.
Mandatory criminal background checks are required every year for every staff and board member at the Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City In addition, criminal background checks are required for any volunteer who has direct contact with children.
Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City staff and volunteers have all mandated reporters. We are required to report any critical incident/safety concern to local authorities immediately. We are also required to report any critical incident to Boys & Girls Clubs of America within 24 hours.
We complete a safety assessment each year to ensure we continually make improvements to safe practices at our Clubs.
Ongoing training and supervision of staff is critical. We participate in a wide variety of child safety training such as social, emotional, & physical well-being and emergency preparedness. We also engage leading third-party safety experts to provide guidance for our policies and approaches, including Praesidium, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and the National Children’s Advocacy Center.
Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City has a dedicated safety committee to provide input and guidance on local policies and safety strategies. Members of the committee are made up of the Palm Springs Unified School Board, Chief of the Cathedral City Fire Department and a Commander in the Cathedral City Police Department.
Any employee interested in moving to another Boys & Girls Club is required to have a reference from the previous Club, even if the Clubs are within the same community.
We comply with federal, state, and local safety laws, including those impacting facilities and vehicles.
