NEW Youth Protection Training Certifications are DUE NOW!

The BSA has announced bold, wide-ranging updates to its Youth Protection program as part of an ongoing effort to protect young people from child abuse. This starts with an enhanced online Youth Protection training course ("YPT2") that all volunteers must complete.

Even those Scout leaders who took the previous version of Youth Protection training must log into My.Scouting.org and complete the updated Youth Protection course.

Who needs to take YPT2? 

• Anyone registered in any volunteer capacity with the BSA
• All Assistant Scoutmasters
• All Committee Members
• Plus, anyone who plans to attend a troop function or drive Scouts to and from Scout events. 

You do NOT have to be a registered leader to take Youth Protection Training.  In fact, the more of our Troop families that take it, the more protected ALL of our Scouts are!

The updated course debuted in February 2018; if you took Youth Protection training prior to that, you’ll need to complete the updated course by Oct. 1. (Unfortunately, our in-person YPT training in March was the old YPT course, so even if you took the March training you need to take it again.)

If you are a registered leader, be sure to use your BSA member number when you log into your my.scouting account so that your updated training shows up in the Council records. It should automatically be updated in Scoutbook as well.

Not sure what your BSA member number is? You can find it in your profile in Scoutbook.

YOU MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF YPT COMPLETION BEFORE OR WITH YOUR RECHARTER PAPERWORK. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL REMOVE YOU AS A REGISTERED LEADER WITH THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

If you haven't renewed your Youth Protection Training, your certification is now expired!!

Besides being unable to participate in troop events, if you are a Merit Badge Counselor, your Merit Badge Counselor record will expire when your YPT expires and you must resubmit the paperwork to become a counselor again.

Please help us avoid the great paper chase that accompanies recharter every year.  Trust me it is every bit as fun as it sounds. Please take your Youth Protection Training NOW!