by Protect Youth Sports | Oct 14, 2015 | Industry News
There is a nearly universal expectation that when we sign our children up for sports, they will be safe. Parents put an enormous amount of trust into the people who are caring and coaching our kids, some of whom spend upwards of 10 hours a week playing sports. Helping...
by Protect Youth Sports | Sep 28, 2015 | Compliance Updates, Industry News
A parks and recreation department in Missouri found itself the subject an embarrassing public call out by a parent who discovered a felon among the coaching ranks of a youth soccer group. Here’s the actual letter from the parent: Hey Mr. Pokin! I’m asking for your...
by Protect Youth Sports | Sep 14, 2015 | Industry News
Many youth sports organizations begin from the ground up. Some well-intentioned person, or perhaps a few parents, see(s) the need for a grassroots startup to give children an opportunity to participate in a sport. It’s a great way to bring communities together and to...
by Protect Youth Sports | Aug 24, 2015 | Compliance Updates, Industry News
If you’re one of the few local or community-level youth sports organizations that has a coherent and comprehensive screening policy, we applaud you. You’re a rarity and clearly you’ve taken proactive measures to keep your employees, volunteers and child participants...
by Protect Youth Sports | Aug 10, 2015 | Compliance Updates, Industry News
“Legal experts have one main thing to say to employers considering using social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram as an initial job-candidate screening tool: Don’t do it. According to a recent survey from Careerbuilder, more employers are turning to...
by Protect Youth Sports | Aug 3, 2015 | Compliance Updates, Industry News
So, you know you want to screen coaches involved in your program, but you have no idea where to start. Sound familiar? Well, first, we’re glad you found us. Protect Youth Sports is the premiere background screening agency for youth sports programs across the nation....
by Protect Youth Sports | Jul 20, 2015 | Compliance Updates, Industry News
When youth sports programs make the proactive measure to protect its child participants from predators by using background checks, we can only applaud them. Background checks are the single most effective tool youth organizations can onboard to keep participants,...
by Protect Youth Sports | Jul 6, 2015 | Industry News
Sometimes it’s not what a background check turns up, but what a successful screening program can do to alert people of suspect behavior. Case in point: A 13-year-old cheerleader from Colorado has come forward claiming her coach sexually assaulted her. She says the...
by Protect Youth Sports | Jun 29, 2015 | Compliance Updates, Industry News
Over the past couple of years, Pennsylvania has been leading the charge to protect children. It started in 2014 when state legislators passed a comprehensive package of proposals to overhaul its child protection policies. The new law set out a bunch of new parameters...
by Protect Youth Sports | Jun 1, 2015 | Compliance Updates, Industry News
Sports camps across the country are gearing up for Summer 2015. Coaches, volunteers, referees and other guides/handlers are signing all the important forms, giving clearance for background checks, getting some training, and learning the ins/outs of what’s expected of...
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