Feature Update - Background Checks for Youth Sports

Today we're rolling out a new version of our background checks feature for youth sports!

We know that one of the biggest challenges for sports organizations is managing background checks on coaches and volunteers. For the last several years we've helped over 50 organizations begin to manage their volunteer background checks online.

We've learned a lot with the initial version of the feature and are excited to release a completely new version today. Read on for more details!

We've redesigned the invitation process to make it faster to invite candidates to complete their background check.

You can invite volunteers or coaches with just a couple clicks from your computer or phone.

The redesigned results screen includes the candidate's name, invitation dates, and results.

In the future we'll also be adding the ability to filter candidates by date so you can view results for specific time periods.

Yardstik is the new background checks partner we're working with to invite candidates and process background checks. We've been working with Yardstik to create a simple and fast background check experience for organizations and volunteers.

Getting started just takes a couple of minutes. Just click the "Background Checks" icon when you login to your account.

One of the most common requests we've received is to allow coaches or volunteers to pay for their own background check rather than requiring the organization to pay.

Now when you invite volunteers or coaches to complete their background check they will receive an email invitation to get started. It just takes a few minutes to fill out the form to complete their check. Once they finish completing their form they'll make their payment for the background check.