Background screening is a low cost tool that can help with non for profit risk management policies and in the case of youth sports can help protect children. Although background checks are widely used for employment screening purposes it has not been used as extensively for screening volunteers, coaches and caregivers of at-risk populations. However recent news articles show that these types of background checks are increasingly gaining traction as an accepted and expected process. This is most apparent with youth sport leagues looking to perform background checks on sports coaches and assistants. To read more about this subject read recent press release found at: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/CBR-Highly-Recommends-Background-Screening-for-Youth-League-Coaches.html