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7 mar 2018 · What are the Boy Scouts of America’s Youth Protection policies? The BSA strives to prevent child abuse through comprehensive policies and procedures, which include the following safeguards to serve as barriers to abuse: • Ongoing youth protection education for all volunteers, parents, and Scouts.
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for our youth members. Youth protection requires sustained vigilance, and we work every day to protect children through mandatory policies and procedures at every level of our organization.
6 mar 2018 · Provides an overview of the BSA’s youth protection policies, and the role everyone plays in our ongoing commitment to keep our youth members safe, including volunteers, parents, chartered organizations and youth.
Youth Protection Begins With You BSA Policy: All adult leaders and youth members are responsible for youth protection. Unit leadership is responsible for unit discipline and initial response to all youth protection incidents. This includes preventing, intervening, and responding. In abuse incidents requiring an immediate
Scouting’s Barriers to Abuse The BSA has adopted the following policies for the safety and well-being of its members. These policies primarily protect youth members; however, they also serve to protect adult leaders. All parents and caregivers should understand that our leaders are to abide by these safeguards. Parents and youth are strongly encouraged to […]
Additional Youth Protection FAQs were added to the Guide to Safe Scouting in February 2023. These updates address Adult Supervision, Accommodations, Transportation, and Program requirements. Additional FAQs can be found here.
Learn about the Boy Scouts of America's Youth Protection program, including training resources, the Cyber Chip, barriers to abuse, and more.
