DPR fails to conduct Background Checks

December 1, 2010 - The D.C Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) which no longer operates child care centers under the program, failed to meet basic background check requirements.

A D.C government agency which received $1 million a year which is use to provide child care services under the federal head program failed to conduct background checks on its employees which includes workers who has previous cases of drug and other felony offenses. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Investigators said that a total of 43 employees failed to meet basic background check.

According to the report, the workers includes six DPR drivers who have been disqualified from working with children because of their past offenses like kidnapping, assault with deadly weapon and possession of marijuana and cocaine with intent to distribute. According to a Security Expert conducting background and criminal check on employees is not a problem to the city agency. All they have to do is to submit the names of their employees with their social security number to a background check company out there which is not a problem because of dozens of companies which offers the same service.

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