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Recreation staff say youth football compliance improved but gaps remain in coach background checks
Summary
Art Shepherd, recreation-division staff, reported 40 youth football teams and 164 coaches completed background checks and training in 2010; staff said county funds cover checks for two coaches per team and leagues covered additional checks, leaving the program at about 85 percent compliance versus a departmental goal of 100 percent.
Art Shepherd, recreation-division staff, told the Recreation and Parks Board on Dec. 2 that youth football participation and coach certification improved this season but that full compliance remains a goal.
Shepherd said the county recorded 40 teams this year and conducted background checks and coach training for 164 people. "We did background checks on 164," he said, noting that county funding covers checks for two coaches per team and that some leagues paid for additional coaches to be checked. Shepherd said the total number of potential coaches (based on two per team) was 80, while the actual number checked was 164, which he characterized as roughly four coaches per team overall.
The county’s approach, Shepherd said, includes issuing…
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