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19 lut 2023 · Youth Protection and Adult Leadership Update. (Effective September 1, 2023) Two registered adult leaders 21 years of age or over are required at all Scouting activities, including all meetings. There must be a registered female adult leader 21 years of age or over in every unit serving females.
1 wrz 2024 · The older youth Scouting America programs (Scouts BSA, Venturing, Sea Scouting, and Exploring) encourage leadership development, growth, and independence by recommending that youth share accommodations with other youth (must be the same gender per Barriers to Abuse).
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.
23 kwi 2024 · The BSA’s newly formed Youth Protection Committee is a team of industry experts, representatives from the BSA and adult survivors of child sexual abuse within Scouting. “The committee has been ...
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 […]
20 gru 2021 · As a registered BSA volunteer, you must take the full 72-minute Youth Protection Training, hereafter known as YPT, every two years. (Please note that in some councils, YPT must be taken yearly.)
Notwithstanding the minimum leader requirements, age and program-appropriate supervision must always be provided. All adults staying overnight in connection with a Scouting activity must be currently registered in an adult fee required position as listed or as an adult program participant.
