HVAA depends on volunteer coaches to assist with the running of our sports. With each season, we seek motivated, conscientious volunteers to assist us with the task of coaching our players. The success of the leagues depends on our volunteer coaches and assistants. 

1. Get your clearances! There are 4 that you need.

- PA Child Abuse https://www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis/public/home

- PA Criminal Check https://epatch.state.pa.us/Home.jsp

- FBI Check (Only if you have lived outside of PA in the last 10 years) https://www.identogo.com

- Concussion Training - (takes about 30 minutes) https://www.cdc.gov/concussion/HeadsUp/Training/index.html

2. Once you have the clearances in PDF form, you can take the steps to upload them.

- We are using a new service to monitor and track our coach clearances. It takes 5 minutes and is mandatory. Make sure you have the PDFs are in separate files on the computer you are using before you start.

Go here: http://www.backgroundmanager.com/

Click on: Giant Green Button "Start Background Check"

Enter Organization Code: hvaa

Follow the steps.

3. Upload all of your clearances and your concussion certificate to Background Manager at 

Go here: http://www.backgroundmanager.com/

I know it seems like a lot, but it really takes very little time to comply with everything and the clearances are good for 5 years.