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AYSO SAFE HAVEN PROGRAM
Safe Haven is a child and volunteer protection program that was the first of its kind in youth sports.
The child protection aspect is intended to stop child abuse, educate or remove its perpetrators, and screen out predators before they get into the program. It includes proactive steps which provide a medium for positive, healthy child development, precluding the outbreak of child abuse in a weak, unfocused, nonempowering environment.
Volunteer protection comes in to play as a result of volunteer training, certification and continuing education. The Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 provides certain legal protections for volunteers who have been trained and certified, and act in accordance with a written job description. Safe Haven has these three elements, giving volunteers the highest degree of protection available under the law.
AYSO protects it’s players and volunteers through the Safe Haven Program. As with your regular job, AYSO volunteers can serve best if they understand their role/job description.
If you are volunteering as a coach, please review the coach’s job description from AYSO’s National website here:
http://soccer.org/coaches_referees/coaches/becoming_coach.aspx
See the list of all AYSO job descriptions.
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