All clubs must complete the Illinois Youth Soccer Association Organization Statement of Understanding and Agreement for the Fall 2010/Spring 2011 year.  This pertains to the IYSA Goal Safety Policy (Rule 021-A) and Risk Management Policy (Rule 019). The policies, rules, and requirements are printed on the enclosed agreement. *Please note that the IYSA now requires that background checks be completed every two years for covered individuals.

Your club needs to comply with this policy by September 1, 2010 in order to be in good standing with IYSA and IWSL. The IYSA will not issue Tournament Permission to Travel Forms nor allow clubs who are not in compliance to participate in the State Cup. The IWSL will allow clubs to register for the Fall 2010 season but any games played by any teams of a club that is not KIDSAFE certified will be declared a forfeit until such club is certified, and such forfeiture will not be removed because of after the fact certification.

All soccer clubs and independent teams associated with the IWSL must submit a completed Statement of Understanding and Agreement.  (This form can be found at the "Fall 2010 Registration" link at www.iwsl.com) A copy of the Agreement must be signed and sent to us with the name list of all covered individuals attached to it with a confirmation of each person’s Kidsafe eligibility confirmation from the verification service you have used.  They must then be sent to the IWSL Business Office.    You can view the IYSA Risk Management Policy (Rule 019) and IYSA Goal Safety Policy (Rule 021-A) at www.iysa.org.
 

To assist you with this process we now have an agreement with Backgroundchecks.com for an online registration system for volunteer background checks.  This is an option available to clubs to assist with background checks if desired, however the fees involved ($3.50 per person) are the responsibility of the club and not the IWSL. With this service the club submits and pays for all covered individuals.  

 US OneSEARCH from Backgroundchecks.com checks much more than just Illinois.  Here is a brief description:

Nothing provides better instant coverage of the United States than US OneSEARCH. With one search, you can comb more than 345 million criminal records from counties, Department of Corrections (DOC), Administration of the Court (AOC) and sex offender registries covering 49 states, Washington, DC., Puerto Rico and Guam. Also included are national and international terrorism sources, more than 4.1 million photos and our proprietary database of previously completed reports.

Click below to access Background Checks.com and create a club account.

https://business.backgroundchecks.com/Register/Registration.aspx?RegistrationType=Business&code=IWSL

DO NOT FORWARD INDIVIDUAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS.  Individual disclosure statements are to be kept in the strictest confidence by individual clubs or independent teams.  Questions, can be directed to us via email or voicemail listed below.  Completed IWSL KIDSAFE Club Certifications must be mailed by September 1, 2010  to the address below AND NOT TO THE IYSA.

IWSL

PO Box 68849

Schaumburg, IL  60168

847-985-4975 voicemail   847-584-4975 fax

email:  office@iwsl.com