Today, FIRST issued the below email blast containing an important reminder about the screening requirement for lead mentors as part of the new Youth Protection Program.
As of Tuesday (9/2), about half of our PA teams and more than half of the teams in DE and NJ had yet to complete the process for one or both of the listed mentors. If you are in anyway affiliated with one or more FRC teams, please reach out to your team’s lead contacts to ensure your team will not be at a disadvantage when registration opens. Each team must have two listed mentors who have completed YPP screening.
**FIRST EMAIL**/Screening Requirement for Lead Mentors in the U.S. and Canada/Extended Team Support Hours/2015 FRC Season Calendar
Greetings Teams:
Screening Requirement for Lead Mentors in the U.S. and Canada: We strongly encourage your team’s Main (Lead Mentor 1) and Alternate (Lead Mentor 2) contacts to complete the Youth Protection screening process as soon as possible. The screening must be completed for the Main and Alternate contacts before your team can register for competition events.
In most cases, it takes 1-2 business days for the screening to clear. However, we suggest that your Main and Alternate contacts complete the screening no later than Wednesday, 9/10 to ensure that your team is ready for initial event registration on Thursday, 9/25 at 12:00 pm (noon) Eastern Time.
As the screening process takes time, you will not be able to complete and pass the screening on the day of registration, so we encourage you to complete the screening as soon as possible.
For details on the screening process, please visit: http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/youth-protection-program.
Extended Team Support Hours: Team Support will be available on the evening of Wednesday, 9/10 from 5:00-8:00 pmEastern Time, in addition to regular business hours (Monday–Friday from 8:30 am- 5:00 pm Eastern Time). Team Support may be contacted by phone at 1-800-871-8326, ext. 0 or by email at [email protected]. Additional extended hours for the month of September will be communicated in next week’s email blast.
2015 FRC Season Calendar: Please visit the FRC Season Calendar for important 2015 season dates and deadlines:http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/calendar/list. We will continue to add to this list, so please check the calendar periodically for additional information.
Go Teams!