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Mission Statement -
The Kidsafe PROGRAM is a program to foster safe circumstances
for every person, and especially every child, who participates
in a Nebraska State Soccer Activity. It is designed to inform
all volunteers, contractors and staff concerning the
risks associated with youth programs. To promote health,
safety and protection of children in the game of soccer,
Nebraska State Soccer has adopted the following objectives:
1. To identify all volunteers,
contractors and staff;
2. To develop and communicate
the Kidsafe Program Overview to all coaches and
program administrators;
3. To monitor the implementation
of the above objectives.
It is the intent of Nebraska State Soccer and its affiliated
organizations to exclude from participation in Nebraska State
Soccer or US Youth Soccer activities, at a minimum,
all persons who have been convicted of crimes of violence
or crimes against persons.
Overview
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All volunteers, contractors and staff will submit a
Disclosure Form on-line at the State's web site or request
a manual form from the State Office and mail back to
the State Office for submittal. The State web site will
be linked to the on-line registration provider's web
site so that upon submittal of the form the registration
program will know that the form has been submitted.
When the form is submitted it will go into a Disclosure
Form Database. Clubs and affiliates will not have to
collect the Disclosure Forms. If yes is checked on any
of the background questions the State Kidsafe Coordinator
will be notified immediately and they will review the
form as required within the policy.
The State Kidsafe Coordinator will check as necessary
the Disclosure Form Database for compliance of all
clubs or affiliates in entering their volunteers,
contractors and staff. Each Club or Affiliate Coordinator
will be able to go into the Disclosure Form Database
to see compliance within their organization and will
be required to contact their volunteers, contractors
and staff for submittal of forms. Effective January
1, 2005 no passes will be issued for coaches until
they have submitted their Disclosure Form.
Twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring
there will be a random list of volunteers, contractors
and staff selected from the registration software
for criminal history checks (background). Each selection
will consist of five (5) percent of names in the Disclosure
Form Database for each club or affiliate. These names
will be submitted for criminal history checks (background
checks). The State Association will also do criminal
history checks (background) on all staff, including
ODP and Coaching Staff. Clubs and affiliate will be
notified of the results of the criminal history checks
(background check). If there are risk management concerns
on any checks the State Coordinator will work with
the Affiliate Coordinator to clear up any concerns.
For complete information on the Kidsafe Program - Click Here - Bylaw IV -
Kidsafe
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