Lancaster RBI Baseball

Effective immediately, Lancaster RBI Association has implemented a mandatory background screening policy for all volunteers including but not limited to: baseball managers and coaches for in-house, travel and tournament teams. The background check is thorough, confidential and beginning with the spring 2016 season, will be paid by the league for up to 4 volunteers per team. The background check must be renewed every year but covers spring, summer tournament and fall seasons.

All managers and coaches must submit a background check application by no later then 5 business days before Coach's Meeting. Travel teams, which typically start workouts during the winter months, are encouraged to have their coaches submit their background check applications earlier.

It is the intent of this policy to establish certain guidelines wherein Lancaster RBI Association can seek to protect children registered in Lancaster RBI Association leagues and teams by investigating the background of volunteers who will be coaching in sanctioned athletic programs.

Criminal background screening on coaches is conducted by an outside third party which specializes in such work, and overseen (in specific instances) by a screening committee, a subset of the Lancaster RBI Association, Board of Directors.  This is executed in an effort to protect the children who participate in organized baseball, softball and related activities associated with Lancaster RBI Association

Lancaster RBI Association recognizes a coach is any person who leads and instructs players at practices and/or games - or portions of practices and/or games - for any baseball in-house, travel or tournament team. The criminal background screening is mandatory, there are no exceptions.

All candidates for the above mentioned positions must sign a Release Form for Criminal History which gives Lancaster RBI Assocation the right to check criminal history records and verify social security numbers. This work is executed directly, through www.protectyouthsports.com, and the secure URL at which coaches can execute their Lancaster RBI Assocaition background check is: the https://opportunities.averity.com No other personal information (e.g. work history, financial, credit, etc.) is checked or researched. The company executing background checks has agreed to such terms contractually, and confirms such direction annually.

The company never forwards any individual's information to the league where no issues are discovered.

In the event information surfaces via the background check, a screening committee, with members consisting of the Lancaster RBI Association Board of Directors will review such background check information to determine coaching eligibility. Only members of the screening committee will review data obtained, which will then be processed discreetly. All information is strictly confidential and will not be made public under any circumstances. Reasons for being declined the opportunity to coach are noted below as part of this policy. In some instances, factors of time may be taken into account when considering coaching eligibility (i.e. length of time since disposition of certain offenses).

The decision of the screening committee may be appealed, for the purpose of clarifying facts or explaining extenuating circumstances, to the screening committee.

All criminal history record information will be promptly destroyed at the end of the current Lancaster RBI Association baseball season.

All coaches are required to notify the committee immediately following an arrest or conviction on any of the listed offenses. Any coach, who while coaching for Lancaster RBI Association is arrested for committing an offense as listed, will immediately forfeit his/her coaching eligibility until disposition by the courts. A conviction of an offense as listed will result in termination of coaching eligibility as stated in the policy.

Volunteers are also subject to back ground check once every year.

Follow the link above to complete our on-line volunteer application. You will be also need to provide a clear photo copy of applicant's driver's license and original driver's license to Lancaster RBI Association staff for identity verification. Identity verfication will be performed at the scheduled registration events (See Home Page for dates and times) at the Lancaster Rec Center or make an appointment with your President/Vice President

If you have problems viewing the application form, please send email to lancaster.rbi.baseball@gmial.com

The on-line volunteer application form and the on-line back ground check are separate web links and forms. If you were a volunteer and do not know if you were subjected to a back ground check last Spring please send an email to lancaster.rbi.baseball@gmail.com for further instructions.

Some of us are new at this and some of us are old hands. Managing a team in Lancaster Boys/Girls Baseball is, of course, a voluntary thing and not only the league-but a great number of young baseball players are dependent upon you for your leadership and your teaching skills for the game.

Here, then, is a brief review of some of the tasks you are asked to take care of completely aside from teaching your players the game of baseball:

Before each game you should give a copy of your Lineup to the manager of the opposing team.

Home team is responsible for the official scorebook. Although we, as a league do not provide or keep up with scorebooks, the game Umpire will be looking at your book to settle questions of pitch counts, score, etc.

Clean-up: Just a word to your parents and players and they will be happy to help us have a clean park. Dugout should be completely clear of all debris after your game and the seating areas should be cleaned up by both parents and players.

 Win, Lose or Draw—report score to your coaches

 Get from with our Constitution, By-laws and Rules & Regulations. Read Them!

Thanks for all your help and for all that you do to make this a great League and a great experience for our young people.