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1. Sports are supposed to be fun. One way to ensure
our sport remains a fun and safe environment for
everyone is to perform criminal background screening
on coaches and volunteers who have direct contact
with youth athletes. As such, the Valley Conference
Track & Field has implemented a criminal background
screening program on coaches and volunteers of youth
clubs. This background screening program is a
requirement of the Valley Conference Track & Field
insurer.
2. All coaches and volunteers who come in contact
with youth athletes during registered club practices
or other club-related track and field activities
must submit a background check. Coaches/volunteers
who 'pass' their background screening will have
their names posted on the VYC T&F web site as being
in “good standing.” Only these individuals will
receive the protection of VYC T&F insurance
liability. Additionally, if a lawsuit is filed
against the club because of an act performed by a
coach/volunteer who is not in “good standing” the
club will not be covered for the coach/volunteer's
actions.
3. VYC T&F has partnered with TClogiQ to provide a
secure online process for coaches/volunteers to
submit their background check information. TCLogiQ's
system provides the highest level of security and
was designed to ensure adherence with the Federal
Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”).
Offenses Screened For
The following offenses are being screened for when a
background check is performed on an applicant:
1. Any crimes against children
2. Any sexual offenses
3. Drug convictions (within 5 years)
4. Weapons violations
5. Assaults, battery or any other crime of violence
6. Lewd conduct
7. Two or more criminal convictions within the past
five years and/or three or more criminal convictions
as an adult.
Background Checks have been implemented by VYC T&F
to:
1. Promote a safe, nurturing, and supportive
athletic environment in which youth athletes can
pursue their athletic goals;
2. Provide an environment where parents can feel
good about allowing their child to participate in
the sport of track & field; and
3. Maintain the sport of track and field as a
hostile environment for those who would seek to harm
youth athletes.
Please note that this screening is not intended to
serve as a pre-employment background screening
program, nor can screening guarantee that incidents
of abuse by coaches/volunteers will not occur.
Background screening is designed as a preventative
risk management tool, but does no insure
inappropriate behavior will not occur.
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