Parents' Safe Sport Resources

Parents play an important role in the prevention of misconduct and abuse in sport. Follow this link to access Parent’s Guide to Misconduct in Sport. This free resource is designed for parents of athletes of all ages. It explains the issues of misconduct in sport and helps parents ensure their children have a positive and safe sport experience. Click here to review the 2022 MAAPP for parents. The U.S. Center for SafeSport’s Parent Toolkit can be found here.

• Additional U.S. Center for SafeSport Parent Toolkits

USATF encourages you and your child to take the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s free, age-appropriate online trainings and to report any concern about abuse or misconduct to USATF and/or the U.S. Center for SafeSport.

Parents can also become SafeSport trained at this link.

National Helplines

• FBI Parent Guide to Internet Safety
• State Sex Offender Registry Website
• National Sex Offender Registry Website
• Stop It Now Advice Column
• Darkness to Light
  • Darkness to Light is a nonprofit committed to empowering adults to prevent child sexual abuse. They are guided by their vision to create a safer world for kids.  1-866-FOR-LIGHT (866-367-5444)
• Stop It Now!
  • In 2015, Stop It Now! became an affiliate of Klingberg Family Centers, a private, nonprofit multi-service agency based in New Britain, CT. Founded in 1903, Klingberg's mission is to extend hope and healing to children and families whose lives have been traumatized by abuse and/or neglect in its various forms, severe family problems and mental health issues.
• 1-888-PREVENT (888-773-2362)
• The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline
  • The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse. Serving the U.S. and Canada, the hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with professional crisis counselors who—through interpreters—provide assistance in over 170 languages. The hotline offers crisis intervention, information, and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service, and support resources. All calls are confidential.
• 1-800-4-A-CHILD (800-422-4453)
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
  • As the nation's clearinghouse & comprehensive reporting center for all issues related to the prevention of and recovery from child victimization, NCMEC leads the fight against abduction, abuse, and exploitation - because every child deserves a safe childhood.
• 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)

Additional Resources:

• United States Center for SafeSport: an independent nonprofit committed to ending all forms of abuse in sport, including bullying, harassment, hazing, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and sexual misconduct and abuse. 
• Mandatory Reporting Information: All States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have statutes identifying persons who are required to report suspected child maltreatment to an appropriate agency, such as child protective services, a law enforcement agency, or a State’s toll-free child abuse reporting hotline.
• An Introduction to Sound Practices for Keeping Children Safer in Youth-serving Organizations: short PDF from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Kidpower: Kidpower prepares people of all ages, abilities, and walks of life with training, resources, and skills to prevent and stop bullying, abuse, kidnapping, prejudice, and sexual assault.
• SafeSport Disciplinary Database: Search any sport and learn which individuals have been suspended or deemed ineligible by the U.S. Center for SafeSport.