Vaca Waves Safe Sport Program
USA Swimming and Vacaville Swim Club's top priority continues to foster a fun, healthy and safe environment for all of its members. No form of abuse, including child sexual abuse, has a place in our sport. As a part of our continued commitment to safeguarding our athletes, USA Swimming has enacted enhancements to our Safe Sport policy and education requirements.
The U.S. Center for SafeSport (“the Center”), the separate, independent, organization that oversees all sexual misconduct reports in the Olympic and Paralympic Movement created the Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policies to set a baseline for acceptable safety standards that limit one-on-one interactions between adults and minor athletes.
On April 29, 2019, USA Swimming released its Minor Athlete Protection Policy (MAAPP) addressing one-on-one interactions, social media and electronic communications, travel: local and team, locker rooms and changing areas and massages, rubdowns and athletic training modalities. All USA Swimming member clubs are required to implement MAAPP in full by June 23, 2019.
Please read the policy below along with the educational resources, to assist you in implementing MAAPP.
Training our members in abuse prevention and mandatory reporting is just as important as creating policies. Starting June 23, 2019, as a condition of membership, all athlete members ages 18 and over must complete Athlete Protection Training.
Below you will find educational resources to assist you in understanding and implementing these requirements. Join us in our commitment to do more to keep our athletes safe and abuse out of our sport.
Safe Sport Coordinator
Mark [email protected]
Safe Sport Reporting Information
Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy
Locker Room Monitoring Procedure
Parent Consent Forms:
1. Lodging
3. Travel
