Volunteering
Background Checks
In order to maintain copliance with DSUSA policies and the changes in PA Child Protective Services Law, all TRAS volunteers are required to complete a State Police Criminal Record Check and a PA Child Abuse History Clearance. For those individuals who have not resided in PA continuously for the previous 10 years they must also complete an FBI Criminal Background Check.
Step 1
Complete this form:
PA State Police Criminal Record Check Online Form
Step 2
Complete this form:
PA Child Abuse History Clearance Online Form
Step 3
If you have NOT resided in PA continuously for the previous 10 years, complete
FBI Criminal History Report Online Pay Portal
If you have resided in PA continuously for the previous 10 years, this needs completed
Volunteer Qualification Affidavit (PDF)
Copies of all forms should be scanned and sent to
In order to maintain copliance with DSUSA policies and the changes in PA Child Protective Services Law, all TRAS volunteers are required to complete a State Police Criminal Record Check and a PA Child Abuse History Clearance. For those individuals who have not resided in PA continuously for the previous 10 years they must also complete an FBI Criminal Background Check.
Step 1
Complete this form:
PA State Police Criminal Record Check Online Form
Step 2
Complete this form:
PA Child Abuse History Clearance Online Form
Step 3
If you have NOT resided in PA continuously for the previous 10 years, complete
FBI Criminal History Report Online Pay Portal
If you have resided in PA continuously for the previous 10 years, this needs completed
Volunteer Qualification Affidavit (PDF)
Copies of all forms should be scanned and sent to
Sports Protection Policy
Three Rivers Adaptive Sports (TRAS) has adopted the following Sport Protection policies as they relate specifically to TRAS-controlled activities and events, and facilities under TRAS’s jurisdiction (to mean facilities owned and controlled by TRAS.
Engaging in sport should be an opportunity for all athletes to have fun and spend time with friends. Sport also encourages a healthy lifestyle, and builds self-confidence. Athletes often do better off the field than those who do not participate in sport. They learn goal-setting, teamwork and time management skills. Athletes are less likely to use cigarettes, drugs and alcohol; they have higher graduation rates and are more likely to attend college.
Unfortunately, sport can also be a high-risk environment for misconduct, including athlete physical and sexual abuse.
All forms of misconduct are intolerable and in direct conflict with the ideals of Three Rivers Adaptive Sports. Misconduct may damage an athlete’s psychological well-being; athletes who have been mistreated experience social embarrassment, emotional turmoil, psychological scars, loss of self-esteem and negative impacts on family, friends and the sport. Misconduct often hurts an athlete’s performance and may cause him or her to drop out of sport entirely.
TRAS is committed to improving the development and safety of athletes and participants involved in the community we serve. TRAS publishes this Handbook as a resource to guide TRAS’s development, implementation and internal review of effective athlete safety and misconduct prevention strategies.
ALL volunteers must confirm their review of this document.
Click Here for TRAS Sports Protection Policy Handbook
Engaging in sport should be an opportunity for all athletes to have fun and spend time with friends. Sport also encourages a healthy lifestyle, and builds self-confidence. Athletes often do better off the field than those who do not participate in sport. They learn goal-setting, teamwork and time management skills. Athletes are less likely to use cigarettes, drugs and alcohol; they have higher graduation rates and are more likely to attend college.
Unfortunately, sport can also be a high-risk environment for misconduct, including athlete physical and sexual abuse.
All forms of misconduct are intolerable and in direct conflict with the ideals of Three Rivers Adaptive Sports. Misconduct may damage an athlete’s psychological well-being; athletes who have been mistreated experience social embarrassment, emotional turmoil, psychological scars, loss of self-esteem and negative impacts on family, friends and the sport. Misconduct often hurts an athlete’s performance and may cause him or her to drop out of sport entirely.
TRAS is committed to improving the development and safety of athletes and participants involved in the community we serve. TRAS publishes this Handbook as a resource to guide TRAS’s development, implementation and internal review of effective athlete safety and misconduct prevention strategies.
ALL volunteers must confirm their review of this document.
Click Here for TRAS Sports Protection Policy Handbook
DSUSA Sport Protection Reporting
Three Rivers Adaptive Sports is a chapter of DSUSA. Therefore, we are complying with the DSUSA policy regarding abuse.
"Cases involving sexual abuse and molestation must be reported to law enforcement authorities- notifying and making a report to Disabled Sports USA does not satisfy this obligation.
To report all forms of misconduct by Disabled Sports USA, please select" Report a DSUSA Violation.
"If you are a chapter that has had a report submitted to you about misconduct within your organization, please select" Notify DSUSA of a Chapter Violation"
"Cases involving sexual abuse and molestation must be reported to law enforcement authorities- notifying and making a report to Disabled Sports USA does not satisfy this obligation.
To report all forms of misconduct by Disabled Sports USA, please select" Report a DSUSA Violation.
"If you are a chapter that has had a report submitted to you about misconduct within your organization, please select" Notify DSUSA of a Chapter Violation"
I haven't started making the water ski volunteer form, so if Steve wants to start making it in google forms, that would be great. It would also be helpful if he shares the form with me so that I can make edits and write back-end code to make all the forms work together.
I made most of the form for the clearances which you can view/edit here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10OYLgodv1Oodeb2Lh_V3vbVimqWj6CbKZfqeThlbwhs/edit (this would be the link we would use to send the form out for people to complete: https://forms.gle/hF2LiGY2FgB4FUvJ7)
Here is where I am currently at:
- The link provided by the basketball website that I was following for the FBI check doesn't work for me at least. The FBI has a bunch of approved channelors to perform these checks (https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/identity-history-summary-checks/list-of-fbi-approved-channelers-for-departmental-order-submissions). Is there a preferred website to use or instructions from another organization that we can use as a template?
- I will need a copy of the TRAS sports protection policy once you are finished editing it. Ideally, if it will be posted on the TRAS website, I could just provide a link to the copy on the website on the form where it currently says "The full TRAS Sports Protection Policy can be found here"
- I am still in the process of writing the code to connect these clearances to the master sheet and make things more compatible across sports. I have been super busy and traveling in the last couple of weeks, but I am hoping to have more time to work on this in the next week or two.
Please let me know if you have any edits or comments so far. Once first 2 bullets above are addressed, we can start to send it out to those who need it. I can write the code for everything afterwards if needed.
Thanks,
Stephanie
