The USASF team has been hard at work over the past year investing in progressive resources to develop new safety programs, rules, and best practices for the exciting upcoming 2021/22 season!
Cheer and dance coach education and credentialing at a greatly reduced cost to the coach or club in an inclusive pricing model for coach membership.
A new partnership with Safe@AllStar to create a customized Cheer and Dance safety education and training for clubs, coaches, parents and athletes.
An exclusive youth protection partnership with TNG Consulting to deliver enhanced member safety policy and procedure review.
Enhanced safe sport standards specific to cheer and dance that meet the same requirements as the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
$50,000 in secondary excess accident medical insurance and $5 million in catastrophic accident insurance – a $3 million dollar increase.
Continued investment in developing Cheer and Dance safety rules and best practice policies that will keep your athletes safe in your facility and at sanctioned competitions.
The work over the past year continues to advance the USASF’s 17-year mission as the organization that unites the All Star community by creating and delivering consistent rules and safety policies for a better athlete experience. To expand on the highlights above, the new 2021-22 programs include:
NEW Safe@AllStar Partnership: USASF’s new partner helps protect athletes through proven prevention methods and multiple layers of protection strategies. Safe@AllStar provides a customized video training and certification model for athletes, parents, coaches and owners, solely focused on abuse prevention specific to Cheer and Dance. Safe@AllStar will staff a hotline where members can speak CONFIDENTIALLY to a child protection expert about a concern of abuse and/or misconduct, or to receive a free consultation. To learn more, visit SafeAtAllStar.com.
TNG Consulting Partnership: TNG will provide third-party intake, investigation, response and resolution to reports of misconduct and abuse. TNG also will consult on member safety policies and procedures, training and audits that bring heightened expertise to create an even safer and more transparent environment for all USASF members. For more than 20 years, TNG has provided industry-leading solutions to reduce the risk of violence, discrimination and harm in communities across the country.
Member Injury Insurance for Athletes and Coaches: USASF will provide secondary $50,000 excess accident medical insurance and $5 million catastrophic accident insurance to athlete and coach members. This is a $3 million dollar increase for the 2021-22 season that covers athlete and coach injuries that may occur in either the practice facility or at sanctioned competitions once seasonal memberships are renewed.
NEW All-Inclusive Coach Membership: The USASF coach membership fee now covers the cost for ALL coaches to take the online training and written credentialing tests. The new membership bundle will be a simple flat rate of $75 for coaches and will include:
Coach background check with 24-month monitoring
Written testing for Cheer and/or Dance credentialing
U.S. Center for Safe Sport mandatory training and education
Access to the new Safe@AllStar training programs
Competition Sanctioning: USASF develops and provides fair and consistent rules, policies and sanctioning standards for ALL competitive events. However, not all competitions follow the USASF sanctioning standards. Your safety and protection member benefits only apply at USASF sanctioned competitions.
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