Youth Protection Training Renewals

The BSA has announced bold, wide-ranging updates to its Youth Protection program as part of an ongoing effort to protect young people from child abuse. This starts with an enhanced online Youth
Protection training course ("YPT2") that all volunteers must complete.  But we like to make sure that we're all on the same page so we are asking ALL PACK PARENTS to complete this.  You do NOT have to be a registered BSA member to take YPT2

Even leaders and volunteers who took previous versions of Youth Protection training must log into My.Scouting.org and complete the updated Youth Protection course.

Who needs to take YPT2? 

• Anyone registered in any volunteer capacity with the BSA
• All Den Leaders
• All Assistant Den Leaders
• All Committee Members
• Plus, anyone who plans to attend a pack function or drive Scouts to or from Scout events. 
• THAT MEANS YOU!

Let me state again -- you do NOT have to be a registered leader to take Youth Protection Training.  But let's consider the facts -- the more Pack families that take YPT2, the more protected ALL of our youth are!

The updated course debuted in February 2018; if you took Youth Protection training prior to that, you’ll need to complete the updated course by Oct. 1.

If you are a registered leader, be sure to use your BSA member number when you log into your my.scouting account so that your updated training shows up in the Council records. It should automatically be updated in Scoutbook as well.

Not sure what your BSA member number is? You can find it in your profile in Scoutbook.

DEADLINE FOR COMPLIANCE:  OCTOBER 1, 2018

Don't let your YPT certification expire!!

And a word to the wise – don’t wait until the end of September to take the new course. There are nearly a million adult volunteers and thousands of Scouting professionals who have to take the new online course.

And many of them will wait until the last minute to take it.  (Shocker, I know!)

You don’t want to be the one stuck in a situation where the website is terribly slow (dial up anyone?), making the experience excruciating, or perhaps even crashes, leaving you without a valid YPT certification.  Don't let that be you. 

Take it early and avoid potential hassles!

Take it now!