Where will USATF obtain information to make a decision on whether to approve or deny a coach/volunteer applicant?
The Screening Agents in each Association will utilize all available public records to ensure a “due diligence” search has been performed on each applicant. They will use county and state criminal and sex offender databases that are available. Additionally, a third party “national” database, such as ChoicePoint’s VolunteerSelectPlus, will be utilized to perform “single-searches” of available state and county criminal databases and state sex offender registry databases. Currently the VolunteerSelectPlus provides access to over 176 million criminal records. Use of this system will provide the Association screening agent with a “single-search” access to 41 states (plus the District of Columbia), including Sex Offender Registries from 30 states (and the District of Columbia). This means that if an individual was convicted of a crime in a state other than where he/she currently resides, his or her criminal history from the previous state(s) could be accessed and used to make a determination
