Trusted Coaches Background Check Policy and Disclaimer

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1 Trusted Caches Backgrund Check Plicy and Disclaimer Trusted Caches (TC) is a nnprfit membership rganizatin dedicated t educating caches n best practices in yuth sprts. The TC prgram includes screening fr caches wh might present a threat r d harm t children and TC reserves the irrevcable right t exclude caches frm membership based n criteria listed belw. TC perfrms a criminal recrd check based n natinal criminal recrds. TC des nt perfrm a credit reprt fr financial infrmatin, such as bankruptcies r assets and liabilities; r verify emplyment r educatin claims. Trusted Caches is NOT an emplyer f yuth sprts caches! Persns wh apply t becme a member f Trusted Caches may nt have engaged in any actin which, within the discretin f the Trusted Caches Review Bard r their representative r member assciatin, gives rise t a cncern ver the safety f minrs r thers invlved in Trusted Caches spnsred prgrams. If a natinal backgrund screen indicates that the applicant cannt satisfactrily qualify as a yuth cach r therwise is incnsistent with the Trusted Caches respnsibilities, plicies and prcedures t its member assciatins, the participants, r the parents f participants, the candidate will nt be allwed t becme a member f Trusted Caches. All caches wh apply t becme a member f Trusted Caches must submit a criminal backgrund check. Natinwide criminal backgrund checks will be cnducted n all applicants prir t cmpleting their registratin. This backgrund check will verify the applicant s scial security number and address histry, and check their criminal cnvictin histry.

2 In rder t becme r cntinue as a member f Trusted Caches, the applicant may nt have been cnvicted f a FELONY crime invlving: a) a minr Indecent slicitatin f a child Abandn/Endanger f a child Sexual abuse f a child Child mlestatin Child abuse Furnishing alchl t a minr Sexual cnduct with a minr Aggravated sexual abuse/assault f a child Indecency with a child Kidnapping b) the use, pssessin, r sale f a cntrlled substance Pssessin Pssessin with intent t distribute Trafficking Pssessin f drug paraphernalia Drug Manufacturing and Cultivatin c) the use r threatened use f vilence against a persn r prperty Murder Theft/Burglary/Armed Rbbery/Larceny Breaking & Entering Assault (Simple and Aggravated) Disrderly cnduct False Imprisnment Escape frm penitentiary Dmestic vilence/abuse Manslaughter Harassment d) a sexual ffense Prstitutin Rape Sexual Assault Slicitatin Indecent Expsure Statutry Rape Child Prngraphy Pimping and Pandering e) gambling Any previus cnvictins meeting the abve criteria shall result in the denial f membership.

3 Denial f Membership Prcess and Prcedure Upn receipt f infrmatin that indicates that an applicant will be denied membership, a pre-adverse actin letter will be sent t the applicant, alng with a cpy f the screening reprt. The applicant will have 15 calendar days in which t appeal any infrmatin that is inaccurate r incmplete. After 15 calendar days the infrmatin will be deemed t be accurate and a final decisin will be made as t whether r nt the applicatin will gain access as a member f the Trusted Caches. If necessary, the Trusted Caches Review Bard and the Member Assciatin will review the appeal tgether t determine if there exists a circumstance justifying such a waiver r mdificatin t allw the applicant t becme a member f Trusted Caches. If the applicant fails in the appeal, the adverse actin letter will be sent, ntifying the applicant that their request t becme a Trusted Caches member has been denied. At this time, the applicant's member assciatin will be ntified that that applicant has fficially failed the backgrund check. Trusted Caches Appeal Criteria Candidates that have a felny cnvictin ver SEVEN (7) years ld will be allwed t appeal their Trusted Caches membership denial if the crimes DO NOT fall within the fllwing categries: Felny cnvictins that are sexual in nature Dmestic abuse cnvictins Crimes against children Disclaimer A Summary f Yur Rights under the Fair Credit Reprting Act The federal Fair Credit Reprting Act (FCRA) prmtes the accuracy, fairness, and privacy f infrmatin in the files f cnsumer reprting agencies. There are many types f cnsumer reprting agencies, including credit bureaus and specialty agencies (such as agencies that sell infrmatin abut check writing histries, medical recrds, and rental histry recrds). Here is a summary f yur majr rights under the FCRA. Fr mre infrmatin, including infrmatin abut additinal rights, g t r write t: Cnsumer Financial Prtectin Bureau, 1700 G Street N.W., Washingtn, DC Yu must be tld if infrmatin in yur file has been used against yu. Anyne wh uses a credit reprt r anther type f cnsumer reprt t deny yur applicatin fr credit, insurance, r emplyment - r t take anther adverse actin against yu - must tell yu, and must give yu the name, address, and phne number f the agency that prvided the infrmatin. Yu have the right t knw what is in yur file. Yu may request and btain all the infrmatin abut yu in the files f a cnsumer reprting agency (yur "file disclsure"). Yu will be required t prvide prper identificatin, which may include yur Scial Security number. In many cases, the disclsure will be free. Yu are entitled t a free file disclsure if:

4 a persn has taken adverse actin against yu because f infrmatin in yur credit reprt; yu are the victim f identity theft and place a fraud alert in yur file; yur file cntains inaccurate infrmatin as a result f fraud; yu are n public assistance; yu are unemplyed but expect t apply fr emplyment within 60 days. In additin, all cnsumers are entitled t ne free disclsure every 12 mnths upn request frm each natinwide credit bureau and frm natinwide specialty cnsumer reprting agencies. See fr additinal infrmatin. Yu have the right t ask fr a credit scre. Credit scres are numerical summaries f yur creditwrthiness based n infrmatin frm credit bureaus. Yu may request a credit scre frm cnsumer reprting agencies that create scres r distribute scres used in residential real prperty lans, but yu will have t pay fr it. In sme mrtgage transactins, yu will receive credit scre infrmatin fr free frm the mrtgage lender. Yu have the right t dispute incmplete r inaccurate infrmatin. If yu identify infrmatin in yur file that is incmplete r inaccurate, and reprt it t the cnsumer reprting agency, the agency must investigate unless yur dispute is frivlus. See fr an explanatin f dispute prcedures. Cnsumer reprting agencies must crrect r delete inaccurate, incmplete, r unverifiable infrmatin. Inaccurate, incmplete r unverifiable infrmatin must be remved r crrected, usually within thirty days. Hwever, a cnsumer reprting agency may cntinue t reprt infrmatin it has verified as accurate. Cnsumer reprting agencies may nt reprt utdated negative financial r credit infrmatin. In mst cases, a cnsumer reprting agency may nt reprt negative infrmatin that is mre than seven years ld, r bankruptcies that are mre than ten years ld. Access t yur file is limited. A cnsumer reprting agency may prvide infrmatin abut yu nly t peple with a valid need - usually t cnsider an applicatin with a creditr, insurer, emplyer, landlrd, r ther business. The FCRA specifies thse with a valid need fr access. Yu must give yur cnsent fr reprts t be prvided t emplyers. A cnsumer reprting agency may nt give ut infrmatin abut yu t yur emplyer, r a ptential emplyer, withut yur written cnsent given t the emplyer. Written cnsent generally is nt required in the trucking industry. Fr mre infrmatin, g t Yu may limit "prescreened" ffers f credit and insurance yu get based n infrmatin in yur credit reprt. Unslicited, "prescreened" ffers fr credit and insurance must include a tll-free phne number yu can call if yu chse t remve yur name and address frm the lists these ffers are based n. Yu may ptut with the natinwide credit bureaus at Yu may seek damages frm vilatrs. If a cnsumer reprting agency, r, in sme cases, a user f cnsumer reprts r a furnisher f infrmatin t a cnsumer reprting agency vilates the FCRA, yu may be able t sue in state r federal curt. Identity theft victims and active duty military persnnel have additinal rights. Fr mre infrmatin, visit

5 Trusted Caches (TC) is a nnprfit membership rganizatin dedicated t educating caches n best practices in yuth sprts. The TC prgram includes screening fr caches wh might present a threat r d harm t children and TC reserves the irrevcable right t exclude caches frm membership based n criteria listed abve. TC perfrms a criminal recrd check based n natinal criminal recrds. TC des nt perfrm a credit reprt fr financial infrmatin, such as bankruptcies r assets and liabilities; r verify emplyment r educatin claims. Trusted Caches is NOT an emplyer f yuth sprts caches!