Safe Sport



U.S. Center for SafeSport
On February 14, 2018, (S.534) was signed into law.  Click HERE for the U.S. Center for SafeSport's fact sheet about the legislation.

Online awareness/prevention training is available at not cost to Ohio North Adult Members and consists of three (3) training modules which include:

  • Sexual Misconduct Awareness and Education
  • Mandatory Reporting
  • Emotional and Physical Misconduct


Effective July 1, 2019, all SafeSport training requirements will be completed through the new SportsEngine portal as part of Ohio North's new background screening and player safety compliance.  For the Fall 2019 season, if you previously completed the SafeSport training and only need to complete the refresher course, contact Bernie Telmanik at btelmanik@ohionorthsoccer.org for more information.

 

Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse & SafeSport Authorization Act of 2017 (S.534)


Reporting Requirements
Reporting child abuse is everyone's responsibility.  Any person may report suspected child abuse, neglect or exploitation.  Anonymous reports are accepted from individuals who are not mandated by occupation to report; however, please consider identifying yourself.

Allows a complaint to be easily reported for a reasonable suspicion of Sexual or Physical abuse/neglect within a 24-hour period of awareness.  Federal regulations state that reports should be made to:


Additional Resources
For assistance in further documenting, locating an appropriate state agency and/or issues reporting to law enforcement, the U.S. Center for SafeSport or U.S. Soccer can help locate resources.