Keep Sport Safe
USA Boccia is committed to building a sport community where participants can work and learn together in an atmosphere free of emotional, physical, and sexual misconduct. Please review USA Boccia’s Background Check policies, the Sport Code and the Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy and join us in creating a safe and positive environment for our athletes, coaches, other leadership and USA Boccia staff. USA Boccia is NOT governed by the Safesport Governance but does believe in many of the items that they are trying to safe guard against.
To ensure the safety of all those affiliated with USA Boccia, any employee, intern, volunteer, instructor, coach, referee, administrator or member who is formally authorized or appointed to a position of authority over, or will have frequent contact with athletes within a USA Boccia event or club activity must successfully complete Safety training on an annual basis. Additional training for minor athletes, , is available upon request by a parent or guardian.
For instructions on completing these items, please review the applicable FAQs below.
US Center for SafeSport – Training
Reporting
Suspicions or allegations of misconduct should be reported directly to: ethics chair LINK
If you are an athlete who has experienced inappropriate behavior or know of an athlete who has experienced inappropriate behavior.
Minor Athlete Abuse Policy
The USA Boccia Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention (MAAP) Policy must be reviewed and agreed to by all athletes, parents, coaches and other non-athlete members.
Background Checks
To ensure the safety of all those affiliated with USA Boccia, any employee, volunteer, instructor, coach, referee, administrator or member who is formally authorized or appointed to a position of authority over, or will have frequent contact with athletes within a USA Boccia event or club activity must clear a USA Boccia approved background check every two years.
View the USA Bocca Background Check Policy and the Background Check Procedures for more information.
Resources
If you are an athlete who has experienced inappropriate behavior or know of an athlete who has experienced inappropriate behavior, click here to report to the ethics chair LINK
For more information on USA Boccia’s SafeSport, Background Check and Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention policies please email usaboccia@gmail.com
COVID
The safety and well-being of all of our athletes, members, and supporters is of paramount importance to us in the Paralympic and Olympic movements.
USA Boccia is following the CDC and WHO websites for additional information.
I know we are all eager to return to play and competition and to see and enjoy playing with our friends in the Boccia community. I can only stress the need for patience at this time. Our athletes are the most courageous and brave people on the planet, facing challenges that few can imagine. Now is the time to demonstrate an even greater level of courage, by making the sacrifices of staying at home where it is required, social distancing, wearing a mask, hand washing, and other precautionary measures. We can beat this deadly virus, but only if we work together and take care of each other. It will require, love, kindness, and courage, but that is what our Boccia community is all about.
For questions about USA Boccia’s response to the Coronavirus or return to play please contact Executive Director Eric Pfeifer at eric.pfeifer@usaboccia.org
