The safety and well-being of all participants in the Little League program is paramount. As adults, we want to ensure that young people playing in the Little League program are able to grow up happy, healthy, and above all, safe. Whether they are our children or the children of others, each of us has a responsibility to protect them.

In 1998, Little League International launched its Child Protection Program to educate local league volunteers, with the goal of creating programs where only those who have the best interests of children in mind are involved. The program was updated in 2018 to reflect mandates from the “Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Act of 2017,” which requires that all amateur sports organizations report suspected child abuse, including sexual abuse, within 24 hours to law enforcement.

Click here to see more information or to download the full Little League Child Protection Program document.