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All persons affiliated with a member program shall submit to an Act 34 criminal record and an Act 151 child abuse history checks. The costs associated with completing the checks will be born by member program. The criminal record check will be completed by submitting form SP4-164 to the Pennsylvania State Police. The child abuse history check will be completed by submitting form CY 113 to the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare. Any individual added to the staff of a member program must submit to the above tests before being allowed to participate, whether during an existing season or any new season hereafter. The results of the checks will be maintained by the member program. Each member program will submit a Certificate of Compliance to the Commissioner when all checks are completed listing all eligible individuals. It will be the responsibility of the member team to terminate an existing staff member or deny a position to an applicant based on the results of the tests. It is suggested that no individual be accepted to a program who has been convicted of a felony, a crime against a child, violent crime, domestic violence, or alcohol/drug offense. As long as the person checked remains on the staff of the same member team, a new series of checks need not be completed unless the member team has reason to believe there has been a change of circumstances. All individuals checked have an affirmative duty to report any change in circumstance to his/her member team. Parish Football Associations. All CFA parish football associations will adopt and adhere to the provisions of the Youth Protection Program, Diocese of Harrisburg. For more information about the program go to the Harrisburg Diocese Web Site at: http://www.hbgdiocese.org On the Harrisburg Diocese Home Page click on the "Youth Protection" button. The "Youth Protection" page includes buttons for: Online Training, How to Report, Information and Procedures, Links and Resources and Information Updates. Click on the Information and Procedures button for the Youth Protection page. The page lists Diocesan Youth Protection Program, Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Criminal Records Checks, Procedural Documents, General Information, and Code of Conduct for Behaviors with Minors. Procedural Documents will provide info on Diocesan Procedures for Criminal Records Checks and Forms for Criminal Records Checks. CFA Football League Zero Tolerance Spectator Rules of Conduct Youth football is for the development and participation of young children. Football games are contests that allow our children to learn to honor the game of football. On the field officials penalize players and coaches when rules are violated and behavior is unsportsmanlike. Off the field, there are no officials to penalize spectators whose behavior becomes unacceptable due to stress and emotions. In the past adult behavior that was entirely unacceptable resulted in the expulsion of organizations, adults and guilty persons from the CFA. Think about that for a moment. Children were denied the privileges of participating in CFA youth football because of some adult’s inappropriate behavior. We cannot have this unfortunate situation because it is unfair to our children. Accordingly, effective August 1, 2011, the CFA, in order to protect the reputation and the participation of our children, hereby adopts the following to be enforced by all CFA Associations. ZERO TOLERANCE SPECTATOR RULES OF CONDUCTNo Profanity is allowed No intimidating language or actions shall be directed toward players, coaches, spectators, guests or anyone else No heckling of game officials, coaches or players Absolutely no spectators shall be allowed inside the fence during practices or on game days Absolutely no alcoholic beverages are permitted during practice or games The unacceptable behavior of a single spectator could endanger the continued participation of our entire group of children in this league. Consequently, any person who violates any one or all of the “Zero Tolerance Spectator Rules of Conduct” will cause themselves and possibly their participating child/children to be immediately expelled from the CFA Football League.
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