Did You Know?

Did you know that according to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the government views volunteer personnel as unpaid employees? Organizations are often unaware of this information; as a result, they overlook very important measures to complete the screening process...

Too Close For Comfort

Many of us feel that we know our organization and the people that surround us. Whether the organization has a small, hometown atmosphere or sees hundreds come through its doors, coming to a place of comfort is easy. Finding familiar faces and confirmation by word of...

Training Is the Key

Taking every precaution possible to ensure that children, volunteers, and the vision of your organization are protected is Protect Youth Sports’ priority. It is crucial that every organization proactively orders background screenings on each and every person...

An App for Disaster

In today’s world, we are always looking for what is easiest, fastest, or most convenient. Often we learn that path of least resistance is not always the correct path. While Protect Youth Sports heavily focuses on making the background screening process as simple as...

Grooming: One Misstep at a Time

Child molesters have specific ways of targeting children and using technology as a tool is one of the preferred methods.  It’s ironic that a child predator, who is devious and cunning, would utilize text messaging and social networking to make friends with children...

Penn State Scandal

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” – Edmund Burke Penn State Scandal As I am sure you have heard by now, Penn State university has been rocked by the scandal of a former assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky, who is accused of...

Coach Pay System

Protect Youth Sports launched the Coach Pay System as part of Verity Paperless Solution.  This solution is allowing organizations and leagues that do not have a budget for screening coaches to charge their coaches online through a secure payment gateway.  To date...