Background Checks

Babe Ruth League, Inc. would like to emphasize the importance of your league selecting the right volunteers, especially managers and coaches. It is the managers and coaches who spend the most time interacting with the participants.

The purpose of this letter is to remind you that the main responsibility of your league's Manager/Coach Selection Committee should be to recruit the most qualified adults to serve as managers and coaches in your league. This is a task that should be carried out year-round, not just before or during the local league season. The qualities exhibited by a manager or coach should be those that create respect from the players, not only because s/he might lead them to a league championship, but because s/he does his or her job in giving them the inspiration to become better citizens via proper mental and physical development. While background checks are not specifically mandated in Babe Ruth League as it is the local league's responsibility as to how their volunteers are selected, the Manager/Coach Selection Committee should take the necessary steps to make sure the coaches selected meet the guidelines established by Babe Ruth League, Inc.

If your league chooses to do background checks, we recommend that you team up with LexisNexis Screening Solutions. LexisNexis VolunteerScreening Plus is an online volunteer screening service providing a wide variety of background reports to the nonprofit industry. This web-based service offers affordable access to criminal records, credit reports, motor vehicle records, identity verifications and other credentialing information with the results of these searches available within minutes. LexisNexis VolunteerScreening Plus provides you with innovative, cost effective, background check solutions that help you provide a safe environment for the youth you serve and at the same time, protect and promote the integrity and reputation of your league.

Above all else, Babe Ruth League, Inc. cares about the protection of its players, and feels confident that through your leadership as League President as well as that of your local league's Board of Directors, background checks - especially for managers and coaches - should take place, and using LexisNexis VolunteerScreening Plus is the route to take.

Together, we can achieve our goal of making Babe Ruth League, Inc. the safest program in which our youth can enjoy the great games of baseball and softball. If you have any questions or need to discuss background checks for your league, do not hesitate to contact us via your respective region's toll-free number.

LexisNexis®ScreeningSolutions combines advanced technology and an extensive depth and breadth of data to provide fast, accurate results, and a convenient, easy-to-use Web site for ordering reports and receiving results.

Open a LexisNexis Screening Solutions account

It's easy - simply go to, Volunteer Screening click "Sign Up Now" on left navigation of the Home page, and follow the registration instructions. But before you begin, here are a few important details about the sign-up process.

· Be sure to enter your Promotional Code to ensure you receive your discounted pricing.

- Your Promotional Code(s): SN310, CAMA, BabeRuth

· LexisNexis Screening Solutions has set the standard for data security within the risk industry. As part of the company's robust security protocol, all organizations must undergo a credentialing process to ensure that only legitimate organizations gain access to sensitive data and that they use it only for appropriate business purposes.

- On the application, be sure to include a telephone number (work or mobile) where you can be reached for verification during the business day (8 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET).

- After submitting the application form, a sign-up form will appear. Please print, complete, and fax this document to LexisNexis Screening Solutions at (678) 893-9600. If you have 501(c)3 documentation, please fax it together with the document. IMPORTANT: Including your 501(c)3 documentation will help the approval process go smoothly and quickly.

- When you have completed the online portion and faxed the requested documents; notify Matthew McGregor. Your account set up will be tracked internally

- Within approximately one week, you will receive a welcome e-mail from LexisNexis Screening Solutions once your account is approved. If there are questions or issues with your application, sign-up form or documentation, LexisNexis Screening Solutions will contact your organization directly.

Contact LexisNexis Screening Solutions with additional questions

The LexisNexis Screening Solutions team is ready to assist you with any additional questions you might have regarding your screening service. Customer support is available Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. ET.

· Toll free phone: (866) 399-6647
· E-mail: volunteer.support@lexisnexis.com

LexisNexis Contacts

Kelly Metzger
Non Profit National Account Manager
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