FIRST Youth Protection Program

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Originally Posted by Monochron

Do the two contacts have to be the "Main" and "Alternate"? For instance, our team has a school official listed as our Alternate contact, mostly for financial/sponsorship reasons, but as she doesn't really interact with the team, it seems odd that she should have to be the second person screened...

From what I see it just says the lead mentors/mentors who interact with the members the most. Unless you only have one mentor, I think it would be the mentor who interacts the most plus the mentor who interacts the second most. If the school official is not interacting with the members much, it seems like she would not require a check. It would be surprising if she was required to have one if she is one of the least involved (member interaction wise). However, she most likely has a non-FIRST screening done anyways if she is a school official, as I assume any adult working at a school would require a check. As FIRST said:

"Alternative (non-FIRST) screening may be accepted in lieu
of FIRST screening at the discretion of the team’s Lead
Coaches/Mentors."

Therefore, she could submit the one that she had to complete to work for the school, making it quite easy and simple.
Hope this clarifies things, and let me know if I got anything wrong.