Safesport

AYSO falls under the jurisdiction of the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017. AYSO is partnered with US Soccer's Safe Soccer program to ensure compliance across our regions.

SafeSport Courses Include:

* SafeSport Trained: Overview of facts, principles, and strategies to help you provide safe and positive sport environments (90 minutes)
* Refresher 1: Recognizing and Reporting Misconduct (30 minutes)
* Refresher 2: Preventing Misconduct (30 minutes)
* Refresher 3: Creating a Positive Sport Environment (30 minutes)

After the initial comprehensive course, a refresher course is done annually to maintain certification. The refreshers become available 60 days before the expiration of the SafeSport certificate. Once all courses have been completed the cycle repeats.

If the SafeSport certification expires, the volunteer is NOT ELIGIBLE to participate in their job function until they regain compliance.

SafeSport must be done before regular contact with an amateur athlete who is a minor begins, or within the first 45 days of initial membership, or upon beginning a new role subjecting the participating adult to this policy.

After completing the course, the certificate will sync automatically* with the Association Platform. If it does not, contact your region's CVPA for assistance.

See also: Register for Safesport

* In order for your certificate to sync between SafeSport and Sports Connect, the following items must match in each system:

• First & Last Name (the names must be exact, Bill/William, Jenny/Jennifer or using a multi part name in one and not the other will cause the sync to fail)
• DOB (update 12/4/2023) This was not always a required field in SafeSport. If the DOB is missing in your SafeSport User Profile, type in your DOB and save the changes. Contact your CVPA and let them know you updated this information. There is a procedure they can perform (in E4/SCA - Get SafeSport Updates) to sync your SafeSport account with Sports Connect to ensure any future certificates are updated automatically.
• Email

Please note: On a volunteer's dashboard within Sports Connect their SafeSport Certification will show an Expiration Date until it is expired. After expiration date it will show as None.