The safety and well-being of all participants in the Little League® program is paramount. Little League and Upland Foothill promotes a player centric program where young people grow up happy, healthy, and, above all, safe. Little League and Upland Foothill does not tolerate any type of abuse against a minor, including, but not limited to, sexual, physical, mental, and emotional (as well as any type of bullying, hazing, or harassment). The severity of these types of incidents is life-altering for the child and all who are involved.
The goal of the Little League Child Protection Program is to prevent child abuse from occurring through an application screening process for all required volunteers and/or hired workers, ongoing training for its staff and volunteers, increased awareness, and mandatory reporting of any abuse. Little League and Upland Foothill is committed to enforcing its Child Protection Program, as highlighted below under “Enforcement.”
Upland Foothill has established a zero-tolerance culture that does not allow any type of activity that promotes or allows any form of misconduct or abuse (mental, physical, emotional, or sexual) between players, coaches, parents/guardians/caretakers, spectators, volunteers, and/or any other individual. League officials must remove any individual that is exhibiting any type of mental, physical, emotional, or sexual misconduct and report the individual to the authorities immediately.
Upland Foothill continues to keep up-to-date with all of its safety policies and procedures within the Child Protection Program, including adherence to the youth protection standards of SafeSport and USA Baseball’s Pure Baseball program. The Child Protection Program provides the resources necessary for our Board of Directors successfully fulfill its requirements.
ENFORCEMENT
Upland Foothill has established a culture that does not allow any type of activity that promotes or allows any form of mental, physical, emotional, or sexual misconduct behavior between players, coaches, parents, volunteers, hired workers, and any other individual. League officials must remove any individual that is exhibiting any type of mental, physical, emotional, or sexual misconduct and report the individual to the authorities immediately. Any violations of the policies set forth herein may result in suspensions and expulsions from the League as outlined in our Local Rules.
CONTACT
If you have been subject to, or a witness thereof, mental, physical, emotional, or sexual misconduct behavior between players, coaches, parents, volunteers, hired workers, and any other individual, please email us at:
[email protected] Such good faith reports will be confidential to the Disciplinary Committee only and we follow all non-retaliation criteria during our investigations.