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******** Fingerprinting & Screening Policy ********

The league will operate in accordance with the Archdiocesan policies regarding the screening and training of Athletic Directors, coaches and other adults with regular unsupervised contact with children. All head coaches must be fingerprinted and assistant coaches' background checked in compliance with the Archdiocesan requirement. In addition, all coaches must complete "Recognizing, Reporting, and Preventing Child Abuse" training available at the Shield the Vulnerable website (http://www.shieldthevulnerable.org) prior to coaching in their first game on or after March 14, 2009. Any coach under the age of 18 only needs to complete the Background Check form and "Recognizing, Reporting, and Preventing Child Abuse" training.

All names of the head coaches and assistant coaches must be submitted to the SFPSBL league office at the team entry due date on February 13, 2009. At this time the coaches' names will be checked for completion of the Archdiocesan policy (fingerprinting and SV training). If there are delinquent coaches, your Athletic Director will notify the SFPSBL. At the roster submission date, the league office will be notified of any coach additions or deletions and these coaches will again be checked for completion of the requirements. If coaches names are not made available prior to the team's first game, the coach or the Athletic Director will have 48 hours to show proof of completion. The coaches will have 48 hours from their first game to submit verification of completion of the requirements by fax (415-585-7225) to the SFPSBL league office.

Coaches can be fingerprinted at 180 Howard St., SF, during regular business hours by calling 415-972-1200 to request a fingerprint appointment or at any Livescan site. Please use this OR # A2783 on the Livescan form. If you go to a Livescan site please use the OR #A2783 number so that the Archdiocese will recieve your results. All results should be addressed to Deacon John Norris at the Archdiocese at One Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109.

The Background Check Form is required of all Assistant Coaches and other volunteers (non-head coaches) per the Archdiocesan Fingerprinting/Screening Policy. Please note these words of instruction from the Archdiocese regarding the form:

  1. Make sure you verify the Assistant Coaches' IDs and check off that verification/confirmation on the form.
  2. Ensure that the person's name, identifying information, contact phone numbers are all legible.
  3. Athletic Directors - be sure you also sign off on it on the bottom of the form as their Director/Supervisor.
  4. The parish name (first entry at the top) is critical information -- remember to include it.

The completed forms are to be returned via fax to Attn: Deacon John Norris, Archdiocese of San Francisco, fax no. 415.614.5536. Again, the Assistant Coaches are not required to be fingerprinted, but they are required to complete/return the SF Archdiocese background check form, and complete the "Recognizing, Reporting, and Preventing Child Abuse" online training at http://www.shieldthevulnerable.org.