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Volunteer Screening

An essential resource for your youth sports organization

Volunteer screening is a topic that every youth sports organization must address. In response to the need for knowledge about this subject, we present a variety of resources designed to help organizations take a proactive approach to this subject. The National Alliance for Youth Sports has provided a set of recommendations and an exclusive initiative with a leading innovator of background screening solutions. Please continue reading to find out more.

NAYS Recommendations

Please read the following guidelines. View and Print Guidelines Here

The National Alliance for Youth Sports realizes the importance of including background checks as one part of the overall youth sports volunteer screening process. In 2006, NAYS composed a document that outlines the screening process, and provides general guidelines as well as disqualifiers as they pertain to youth sports volunteer background checks.

Please be advised these are guidelines and not standards. Each organization must develop their own standards for performing background checks.

NAYS Screening Partnership

New Background Screening Partnership announced to help keep kids safe
In 2008, NAYS established a collaborative initiative with Priority Research, one of the industry's leading innovators of background screening solutions. In 2010, Priority Research created a new division called Protect Youth Sports® to focus exclusively on screening youth sports coaches. This partnership was created to provide our members and other youth sports organizations with an essential service.

Since a uniform system does not exist, background checks should be conducted to meet your organizations screening policies. Protect Youth Sports® has developed minimum recommendations depending upon your state to assist your organization in creating your policy. Sign up is completely free for NAYS Chapters.

Not all Background Screening Companies are alike. Protect Youth Sports® offers:

True 50 state Sex Offender Search.
Re-verification of any records found on the National Database at no additional cost.
Social Security Number and Address History Verification.
Be aware that not all states report evenly to the National Database. An online consultant is available to assist you in determining the minimum package required for your state.
If you are not a NAYS Chapter please click here and learn more about background checks.

NAYS Educational Video

Please watch the following introduction video.
The introduction video shares a short message from our Chief Operating Officer on the importance of running background checks on all youth sports coaches. With the help of Protect Youth Sports® we have created an additional video that talks about the NAYS Screening Partnership and shows you the step-by-step process of starting a background check program. If you would like to learn more, simply fill in the contact form below and submit to receive your FREE copy of the video. Protect Youth Sports® will contact you with the full video free of charge.

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If you do not wish to recieve a copy of the free video and would like to sign up now please
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Additional Information

Click on the following documents for more information about Protect Youth Sports®. These documents help answer some of the more common questions regarding the background check process. If you still need additional information or have other questions, please fill out the Contact Us Form below and a representative will contact you shortly.

Background Check Pricing Guide

Letter from the CEO of Protect Youth Sports

Sample Authorization Form