HI ALL,

Please update and upload your ASAP safety plans --- ASAP (LOL) – we need to get all the safety plans in by March 15! EVERY LEAGUE NEEDS TO DO ONE! – here are some helpful hints on how to do it faster… And some notes on the new Diamond Leader Program – REMEMBER ALL COACHES / MANAGERS PARTICIPATING IN REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS HAVE TO ATTEND DIAMOND LEADER TRAINING.

IT’S A GOOD IDEA TO GET ALL YOUR COACHES/MANAGERS IN THE DIAMOND LEADER PROGRAM NOW.. See notes below

JP

DA WA5/13

Quick changes or league information for your league on the following pages: (this will only take 10 to 20 minutes) SAFETY PLANS ARE DUE BY April 1st.  Feel free to have a earlier deadline for your district.
Page 1: Add your league name and league ID
Page 2: Add your league name and 2023 board of directors contact information
Page 3: Add Emergency phone numbers, hospitals, and neighboring Quick Care Centers.
Page 7: Add the league’s training dates, times and location.
Page 9: To answer a frequent question… League’s that do not have a concession area still need to include requirement 9. Please leave it in.
Page 11: Add League Safety Officer information
Page 16: Requirement 14… League are required to submit player, manager, player data for final approval on all Safety Plans. Please upload your rosters by APRIL 1, 2023, is the deadline for roster uploads for districts and leagues to qualify for early submission.  
Page 16: Requirement 15 Little League will require leagues to answer survey questions during the upload process in the Data center. 

Now that you have the league’s safety manual completed… (this will take 10-15 minutes)
1. Print out a copy to use as reference.
2. Go to the Leagues DATA Center. (League Safety Officers your league President should have sent you log on access)
3. Start the upload process. It will prompt you for page numbers and training dates.
4. Answer the two questions required in requirement 15.
5. Click on the league’s facility survey (5 pages) review it, make any changes, save it, and submit! BAM you are done!
REQUIREMENT 14: Safety plans are not fully approved until the player registration and rosters have been uploaded. This will be needed to complete the last requirement so please make sure your player agent uploads rosters. Please follow up with the league’s player agent and verify that he/she is uploading player and volunteer registrations after every signed update.  The due date is APRIL 1, 2023, or two weeks after your draft

Background Checks: Please make sure the league’s JDP account is set and ready to go. All of the leagues should have background checks on the board members done by now. Please follow up and make sure this has been done.
Concussion Policy: Each state has one. Please check your states current concussion laws. Little League offers links to each state https://www.littleleague.org/player-safety/concussions-youth-athletes/
Concussion Training: This is mandatory for all volunteers to do annually. CDC has free on line class that takes about 25 to 30 minutes. It is a state law. It is a requirement of all volunteers to do. The league is required to keep a copy of the volunteers certificate on file. I attached my completion certificate for reference. Two web links are below.
https://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/training/index.html
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1089818/
USA Sport abuse awareness: Compliance to the SafeSport Law is mandatory but the Abuse Awareness training is highly encouraged right now, not mandatory. It’s only mandatory at the tournament level. Here are the links.
www.LittleLeague.org/ChildAbuse
https://www.littleleague.org/player-safety/child-protection-program/safesport-resources-parents/
https://www.usabdevelops.com/ItemDetail?iProductCode=OCAAA&Category=ONLINE&WebsiteKey=f50aacb2-a59e-4e43-8f67-29f48a308a9e

NEW THIS YEAR!!! https://www.littleleague.org/diamondleader/ All managers and coaches that travel to any regional tournament are required to have this training completed!

HIGH FIVE TO THE FOLLOWING 100% DISTRICTS!

CA12 Jenice Condie
CA 14 Bruce Marcellus
CA 32 Lisa La Page

Thank you everyone and please feel free to reach out to me for any questions or help!