| 24-A-01-039.11 |
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We recommend that the Indian Health Service develop policies and procedures to communicate to Tribes that HHS employees assigned to Tribal health programs met the background investigation requirements of the ICPFVPA and inform Tribes that Federal background investigation criminal history results may not cover more stringent character standards that Tribes may adopt as allowed by the ICPFVPA.
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| 24-A-01-039.10 |
No |
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We recommend that the Indian Health Service provide Tribes with documentation that confirms that current HHS employees assigned to Tribal health programs met all background investigation requirements of the ICPFVPA.
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| 24-A-01-039.09 |
No |
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We recommend that the Indian Health Service develop and offer a nationwide training seminar to Tribes on background investigation requirements of the ICPFVPA.
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| 24-A-01-039.08 |
No |
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We recommend that the Indian Health Service enhance Single Audit Compliance Supplement, part 4: "Agency Program Requirements," for Tribes receiving ISDEAA funds from IHS by: establishing special tests and audit procedures in the annual Single Audit Compliance Supplement for all its ISDEAA programs to ensure that the ICPFVPA's requirements are tested during a review of a Tribal health program as part of the single audit, and reviewing the results of those special tests and audit procedures in the annual single audits for Tribal health programs to help assess whether Tribes are complying with ICPFVPA requirements to conduct background investigations and meet minimum standards of character.
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| 24-A-01-039.07 |
No |
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We recommend that the Cherokee Nation develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that: all individuals, including contractors and volunteers, in contact with Indian children are fingerprinted prior to starting employment, illegible fingerprints are retaken and resubmitted to FBI until a background investigation is completed in accordance with the requirements of the ICPFVPA, background investigations of contractors, including HHS employees, are reviewed or performed as required by the ICPFVPA and Tribal policies, and criminal history results are assessed to verify that applicants meet the required minimum character standards.
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| 24-A-01-039.06 |
No |
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We recommend that the Cherokee Nation request and review agency contractor background investigations that comply with the ICPFVPA, including documentation that confirms HHS employees met all background investigation requirements of the ICPFVPA, or perform background investigations on these individuals that comply with the ICPFVPA.
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| 24-A-01-039.05 |
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We recommend that the Cherokee Nation identify employees and volunteers outside our sample who lack evidence that a background investigation was performed, as required by the ICPFVPA, and who currently have contact with Indian children and perform the required background investigation and determine whether these individuals meet the required minimum character standards.
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| 24-A-01-039.04 |
No |
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We recommend that the Cherokee Nation perform background investigations, as required by the ICPFVPA, on the employees and volunteers we identified as not having complete background investigations who currently have contact with Indian children and determine whether these individuals meet the required minimum character standards.
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| 24-A-01-039.03 |
No |
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We recommend that the Choctaw Nation develop and implement policies and procedures that ensure that the Tribe follows the requirements of the ICPFVPA to: collect information about the applicants' previous 5 years of residency, conduct FBI fingerprint background investigations using FBI-approved procedures for all individuals in contact with Indian children, conduct inquiries to State and Tribal law enforcement agencies about the applicants' previous 5 years of residency, and assess criminal history results to verify that applicants meet the required minimum character standards.
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| 24-A-01-039.02 |
No |
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We recommend that the Choctaw Nation request and review agency contractor background investigations that comply with the ICPFVPA, including documentation that confirms HHS employees met all background investigation requirements of the ICPFVPA, or perform background investigations on these individuals that comply with the ICPFVPA.
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| 24-A-01-039.01 |
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We recommend that the Choctaw Nation perform background investigations, as required by the ICPFVPA, on all employees and temporary employees who currently have contact with Indian children and determine whether these individuals meet the required minimum character standards.
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