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Volunteer Requirements

First, "Thank You" for showing interesting in volunteering your time making this program possible for our children. Please understand these requirements are because our first priority is the safety of all children involved in the STRA program.

All STRA coaches are required to complete the following training and courses:

Rutgers SAFETY: 3 hour course provided by STRA (one time course)
Background Check: Fingerprinting and background check (every 5 years)
Concussion Training: 20 minute online course (every 2 years)

Rutgers SAFETY Course

**Rutgers S.A.F.E.T.Y. Clinic

You must be present by the class start time. This is a 3 hour course with two breaks. No one will be allowed to enter the class once the doors are closed.

The Rutgers S.A.F.E.T.Y. Clinic (Sports Awareness for Educating Today's Youth) is a three-hour training program that meets the "Minimum Standards for Volunteer Coaches Safety Orientation and Training Skills Progams" (N.J.A.C. 5:52) and provides partial civil immunity protection to volunteer coaches under the "Little League Law" (2A:62A-6 et. seq.)

**The **Rutgers S.A.F.E.T.Y. Certification is valid for 20 years.

Find available Rutgers S.A.F.E.T.Y. Courses here: https://youthsports.rutgers.edu/courses/.

Concussion Course

Concussion training is an online course. It take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

Procedure:

Click here
Sign-in or register as a New User
Click on the link "Concussion in Sports - What You Need to Know". This can be found at the bottom of the main page
Click the "Order Now" button in the Elective Course box and follow the steps to complete the course
After completing the course, save your certification as a PDF and email it to [email protected].

Background Check

Southampton Township has passed Ordinance No. 3-19. This requires all volunteers and paid employees for local youth sports organizations undergo a background check once every five years. During the course of the background investigation, STRA will not have access to any coach's personal information. As a result of the background investigation, the NJ State Police will simply notify STRA whether a coach passes or fails.

IdentoGo by Morpho Trust conducts all background checks. As a part of completing the background investigation, you must schedule an appointment with IdentoGo for fingerprinting. You will need the following information:

Service Code: 2F1J3Y
ORI#: NJ920610Z
Contributor's Case #: C12002

Additional information can be found on the background check registration form.

All coaches must pay $24.05 for the background check at the time of fingerprinting. STRA will reimburse the coaches the full $24.05 after receiving a letter from the State of NJ, Office of the Attorney General with the results of the background check. Reimbursement checks will be processed.

Fingerprint form.pdf
Fingerprint Scheduling