USA  Softball requires coaches and every person who intends to work directly with our players complete a background check and SafeSport training PRIOR to league practices or games.    

   ACE certification has a  "Safe Sport" component that you have to complete so please allow a few hours to complete this training.  SEFSA does not cover the cost of the ACE certification.

Please use the link below to set up your USA account which will allow you to complete your ACE certification and/or complete the mandatory background check.  Have your credit/debit handy as you will need to pay online to complete the process.  After you have completed the ACE certification or background check, you must print off the receipt/confirmation page and bring it to the coaches meeting in April or email it to Sefsareg@gmail.com.  You will not be allowed to have contact with your team/players until this documentation is received.

SafeSport PDF Instructions for Youth Coaches and Umpires Working Youth Games

If you need to complete your 2024 Background Check and  SafeSport course, the links will take you to the correct pages.

https://bit.ly/3KjsSP7 for the PDF instructions  

It is Law!

U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, which exercises jurisdiction over sports policy and federally-chartered organizations like the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), issued the following statement on the passage of S. 534, The Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act.

The legislation approved requires Olympic governing bodies and amateur sports organizations to report sex-abuse allegations immediately to local or federal law enforcement, or a child-welfare agency designated by the Justice Department.