If you are working with minors, please see the steps below that should be followed:
- Policy review: Review the Protecting Minors policy
- Register the activity (annually): Register the activity with the Youth Protection office via their online form. Click “Access the registration portal.”
- Background checks: Reach out to background@usc.edu to ensure that all adults involved in the program have cleared their background checks before the program’s start date. If you already have this completed, you may be fine. Just check first.
- Training: Ensure all adults involved follow the instructions in the Quick Start Guide (attached here) to register and complete the following required Praesidium training: Duty to Report: Mandated Reporter Requirements and Best Practices.
- Review and adhere to COVID-19 Restart Guidance for USC Youth Programs (if in-person programming planned, attached here).
- Once the activity/activities have been registered, schedule consultation call/meeting with the director of the Youth Protection Program, Carissa Coons, which you can schedule here. You can also meet prior to registration if that’s more helpful. You can meet with her to go over all of your activities at once or individual activities.
Please refer to the Youth Protection Program for more information.