USASF Professional Responsibility Code 2019-2020 9.0 | Page 42

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APPENDIX G - BILLETING | HOUSING POLICY
It is recognized that some U.S. All Star Federation minor participants
do leave home to participate in a program away from their parents.
In those circumstances the program typically arranges for the minor
participant to live with a host or billet family. Having minor
participants live outside their homes increases risk for
abuse and misconduct to occur.
All programs that either arrange fully or have any level of involvement
in arranging for participants to live with billet families, including
references or recommendations that are specific to a prospective host
family, shall have written policies and procedures in place to govern
the arrangement.
ALL BILLETING POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES SHALL MEET THE
FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
1. It is recommended that no more than two billet participants
should be housed with any one billet family.
2. All adults living in the household of the billet family shall
be screened in accordance with the U.S. All Star Federation
Recommended Screening Policy prior to the participant moving
in with the family. [See the USASF Sexual Abuse and Prevention
Policy]
3. It is strongly recommended that all billet families be two-parent
homes. Single parent billet families may be acceptable, however.
In these cases the program shall take additional reasonable steps
to regularly monitor the billeting arrangement and its compliance
with the U.S. All Star Federation SafeSport Policies.
4. All adults living in the household of the billet family shall have
completed Darkness to Light Stewards of Children ® training prior
to the participant moving in with the family.
5. Billet families, the participant and the participant’s parent(s) or
guardian(s) shall all sign an agreement with the program that
they will comply with the rules and regulations for the billeting
arrangement and the U.S. All Star Federation SafeSport Policies.
6. Each program shall have a billet coordinator who shall be
responsible for overseeing compliance with the Billeting Policy
and all other U.S. All Star Federation SafeSport Policies.
7. Participants shall agree to comply with the house rules of the
billet families. Complaints about unusual rules shall be addressed
with the program’s billet coordinator.
8. Participants shall not stay overnight at any other home except
with the permission of the participant’s parents and advance
notification to the billet family and program’s billet coordinator.
9. Participants are not to drive billet family vehicles without
automobile liability insurance as required by applicable state law
and documentation of approval of the billet family.
10. The program’s billeting policy shall include requirements that
both the billet participant and billet family carry and maintain
appropriate insurance.
11. Participants staying with a billet family shall be permitted to
make regular check-in phone calls to parents. Program personnel
and billets shall allow for any unscheduled check-in phone calls
initiated by either the participant or parents.