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BSA Criminal Background Checks
Action Required by August 1st!
One thing we
can all agree on is the desire to keep our
kids safe. Toward that end, the BSA
developed its nationally-acclaimed Youth
Protection Program. In 2003 we also began
criminal background checks on all new adult
applicants. Now, in our latest efforts to
keep our youth safe and meet societal and
legal expectations, we are going back and
completing criminal background checks on
those continuously registered since before
April of 2003 . While to some this may
represent an inconvenience, for our Scouts
and their parents, it represents further
assurance that our Scouts are in good hands.
Volunteers
who have not had a background check should
have received a letter from Chief Scout
Executive Bob Mazzuca in June. The letter
explained the need for consent to conduct a
criminal background check (“CBC”) and
directed volunteers to a web site.
The web site
address is
www.bsacbc.org, and the site will be
active until August 1, 2008.
On the site,
volunteers will be asked to:
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Review a
disclosure and authorization statement;
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Click
“Agree” to proceed;
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Enter
information necessary to conduct the CBC,
such as their Social Security Number;
and
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Verify
and submit the information.
Volunteers
who choose to decline the authorization for
a background check will lose their BSA
membership. A new BSA application (or
Exploring adult roster form) will be
required (with CBC authorization) in order
to renew their membership status, and at
that time, a criminal background check will
be conducted.
Volunteers
who receive the Chief’s letter but do not
complete the web site process by August 1,
2008, can not renew their registrations at
recharter time without completing a new BSA
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