USA Swimming and the Hood River Valley Swim Team take safety seriously and consider it to be the top priority for our athletes. Recently USAS announced enhancements to our Safe Sport policy and education requirements as part of our continued commitment to safeguarding our athletes. The enhancements stem from requirements imposed by the U.S. Center for SafeSport (the “Center”). The Center is the separate, independent organization that oversees all sexual misconduct reports in the Olympic and Para-Olympic movement. The Center is also responsible for creating requirements in the areas of policy, education, and training for every National Governing Body (NGB) in the Movement. USA Swimming, as an NGB, must follow the Center’s requirements.
Our club is continuously working to educate our adult athletes, staff, parents, and volunteers regarding these policies and practices in order to maintain full compliance. For more information regarding Safe Sport and the Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy (MAAPP) please visit the MAAPP member letter or the USA Swimming Safe Sport landing page.
HRVST POLICIES- In order to comply with MAAPP please read below our team policies. If you have any questions please contact HRVST Safe Sport chair Lisa Sandoval . If you would like to submit questions or comments our Board President, Karen Wright, would like to hear from you.
Full HRVST Minor Athlete Abuse Protection Policy can be found HERE
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Social Media & Electronic Communication and link to USAS Social Media & Electronic Communication FAQs
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Team Travel Policy and link to USAS Team Travel FAQs
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One-on-One Interactions and link to USAS One-on-One Interactions FAQs
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Locker Rooms & Changing Areas and link to USAS Locker Rooms and Changing Areas FAQs
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Massages & Rubdowns and link to USAS Massages and Rubdowns FAQs
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Here are the Best Practices Guidelines
ARE YOU AN APPLICABLE ADULT? Find out HERE
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Permission Forms for Parents to fill out can be found below:
Parent Consent for Massage Therapy Treatment HERE
Parent Consent for Mental Heath Treatment HERE
Parent Consent for Unrelated Adult Athlete Sharing Lodging with Minor Athlete HERE
Parent Consent for Unrelated Applicable Adult providing Local Transportation HERE
Parent Consent for Unrelated Adult Athlete to travel to competition with a minor athlete. HERE
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REQUIRED TRAINING for APPLICABLE ADULTS who are USAS NON-ATHLETE MEMBERS.
REQUIRED TRAINING for APPLICABLE ADULTS who are NOT USAS MEMBERS requires REGISTRATION and then you may take your TRAINING COURSES AT THE SAME SITE.
REQUIRED TRAINING for ADULT ATHLETES and link to Adult Athlete APT FAQs
Education for ATHLETES 12 TO 17 YEARS OF AGE- HERE is your link to the Safe Sport for Athletes Class
For YOUNGER ATHLETES the link HERE has a downloadable Safe Sport Activity Book.
Education for PARENTS- HERE is your link to take the Safe Sport for Parents Class
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USA Swimming (719) 866-4578 Deal with a Safe Sport Concern
U.S. Center for Safe Sport to make a report. Use the online reporting form , call (720) 524-5640, or find more information at www.uscenterforsafesport.org
And the HRVST Grievance Procedure is HERE
USA Swimming would like all families to have a copy of the USA Swimming Code of Conduct. We have a copy of that on our website HERE also.
Click HERE for the Bullying Prevention Class - designed for adults.
Concussion Training is important for coaches, parents, and athletes. HERE is the link for understanding head injuries. All athletes and parents must read this yearly according to Oregon Law.
