Important Changes to the Boy Scouts of America’s Youth Protection Training Policies
Youth safety is the No. 1 concern of the BSA. To increase awareness
of this societal problem and to create even greater barriers to abuse
than already exist today in Scouting, the Boy Scouts of America is
implementing several important changes to further enhance its Youth
Protection policies:
Effective June 1, 2010:
- Youth Protection Training is required for all registered volunteers.
- New leaders are required to
take Youth Protection Training before they submit their application for
registration. The certificate of completion for this training must be
submitted at the time application is made and before volunteer service
with youth begins.
- Youth Protection Training must
be taken every two years. If a volunteer’s Youth Protection Training
record is not current at the time of recharter, the volunteer will not
be re-registered.
To ensure these policies are fully implemented, please take the following steps:
- If you are not yet registered and need to take Youth Protection Training to submit your application, please log on to MyScouting and take the training. You will not yet have a member ID number - that's OK. When you complete the training, simply print out your completion card as shown below, and return it with your application. Once your application is accepted and you receive an ID number, you can log back into MyScouting and update your information.
- If you have not taken Youth Protection
Training within the past two years, please log on to MyScouting and take
the training. Be sure to have your member ID number. The number can be
found on your Boy Scouts of America membership card.
- If you do not know your member ID number, contact your unit leader or committee chairman. Your council can also assist you.
- If you have taken Youth Protection
Training online but did not input your member ID number, please log back
on to the Training section of MyScouting and input your member ID so
the training will be linked with your records.
- If you have taken Youth Protection
Training within the past two years but did not take the course online,
log on to MyScouting to ensure your records are up to date, or contact
your council and have them verify that your Youth Protection Training
records are accurate.
- Finally, please share these important changes with other Scouters.
Youth Protection Training is available online at http://www.scouting.org/Training/YouthProtection.aspx.
To find out more about the Youth Protection policies of the Boy
Scouts of America and how to help Scouting keep your family safe, see
the information available in any of the Cub Scouting or Boy Scouting
handbooks, or go to http://www.scouting.org/Training/YouthProtection.aspx.
Thank you for your commitment to our nation’s young people and to Scouting.