Awareness is a key element to any prevention strategy. Awareness and orientation on safeguards, policies and procedures are instrumental in contributing toward a knowledge and prevention of various forms of abuse. Awareness and orientation can be disseminated in a variety of ways and should be made available to all coaches, managers, volunteer staff, and adult players of Junior and Senior American Legion Baseball teams prior to conducting any meetings, events, practices or games that involve youth participants, regardless of how experienced they may be.
It is strongly urged and recommended that the respective American Legion department and/or American Legion post or other organization sponsoring an American Legion Baseball team assume responsibility for ensuring their coaches, managers, volunteer staff, and adult players of a Junior or Senior American Legion Baseball teams have the skills, knowledge, materials, equipment, facilities, etc., needed to do the job. It is essential that every coach, manager, and volunteer staff of an American Legion Baseball team know who they should go to with questions or problems should they arise.