by caseim | Sep 5, 2024 | Industry News
Background checks are a critical safety and assessment tool. These screens ensure your organization makes informed decisions about the employees and volunteers they allow into their organization to work with children and attendees and to access your organization’s...
by caseim | Apr 24, 2024 | Industry News
This article was originally published by SportsTravel in April 2024. Youth sports organizations are cornerstones of many communities. However, a dark side lurks within some organizations with financial misconduct by those entrusted with funds. Recent cases...
by Protect Youth Sports | Jul 10, 2016 | Industry News
If your kid has a cell phone or a tablet and has downloading privileges you need to read this. Now. We all know that child predators will do just about anything to groom children and teens (and even their family members) to gain their trust, and this includes taking...
by Protect Youth Sports | Jul 1, 2016 | Company Updates, Industry News
There is a debate among business professionals about whether to put your customers or your employees first. “Why does it have to be an either / or?” we wonder. When Protect Youth Sports faced this challenging experience, we decided to focus on three things we knew our...
by Protect Youth Sports | Jul 1, 2016 | Industry News
If your youth sports organization is run through, or in connection with, a church or other religious organization, you may want to brush up on sex offender laws in your state. Why? A New Jersey judge recently ruled that sex offenders in New Jersey are allowed to work...
by Protect Youth Sports | Jun 10, 2016 | Breaking News
There are lots of articles geared toward job applicants that discuss how a person fails a background check, but there are not nearly enough articles directed toward employers that outline why a candidate shouldn’t pass a background check. It’s an interesting question...
by Protect Youth Sports | Apr 25, 2016 | Breaking News, Industry News
A bill recently reintroduced by a group of bipartisan lawmakers in the House and Senate aims to give youth-serving organizations like sports leagues and camps greater access to background screening tools is renewing an examination of the scope of the FBI fingerprint...
by Protect Youth Sports | Feb 9, 2016 | Industry News
The interest in and prevalence of youth sports background checks as a pre-employment and pre-volunteering measure is skyrocketing. The National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) says this is attributed to two factors: the increased exposure of high-profile reports of...
by Protect Youth Sports | Jan 26, 2016 | Industry News
The Albuquerque Public School system is facing an embarrassing situation; one that largely could’ve been avoided with a proper hiring procedure that included routine youth sports background checks for all employees, staff, coaches and volunteers. It began last summer....
by Protect Youth Sports | Jan 12, 2016 | Industry News
If you’re in charge of a youth sports league or team, we know you don’t have enough time. The list of duties you’re responsible for is mind-blowing – hiring, scheduling, equipment, finances. And this is only a partial list! We applaud your dedication to our...
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