by Protect Youth Sports | Nov 19, 2015 | Compliance Updates, Industry News
We’re going back to basics on Protect Youth Sports this week. Our goal is explaining some of the basic laws of background checks and what employees and volunteers need to know about how youth sports organizations and the Consumer Reporting Agencies (CRAs) with whom...
by Protect Youth Sports | Nov 9, 2015 | Compliance Updates, Industry News
Evidence that led to the arrest of former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle on child porn and child sex charges is finally surfacing. The evidence – recordings of conversations Fogle had with an FBI informant – shed light on the inner workings of a child...
by Protect Youth Sports | Oct 26, 2015 | Compliance Updates, Industry News
Communities in California were stunned earlier this school year when a charter school employee was arrested for allegedly luring an 8-year-old student to a secluded area at the school and molesting her. Jonathan Chow, an 18 year-old lunchtime aide employed by the...
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...
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