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The high risk of sex abuse in volunteer youth organizations has been recognized, [2] and, in 1988, the BSA created a sex abuse education and prevention program called the Youth Protection program to help address the problem. [3] [4] There were around 2,000 reported cases of abuse within the Boy Scouts of America prior to 1994. [5] [6]
Boy Scouts of America et al. v. Dale, 530 U.S. 640 (2000), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court, decided on June 28, 2000, that held that the constitutional right to freedom of association allowed the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to exclude a homosexual person from membership in spite of a state law requiring equal treatment of homosexuals in public accommodations.
In 2019, the Boy Scouts of America renamed its flagship program, Boy Scouts, to Scouts BSA to reflect its policy change allowing girls to join separate, gender-specific troops. [3] In 2023, BSA agreed to pay $2.46 billion to settle claims by some 82,000 former Boy Scouts who said they had been sexually abused by BSA officials and volunteers. [4]
[1] [2] Founded in 1980, by 1991 there were 200 COPE courses offered across the United States. [3] During non-summer camp months, Project COPE courses have been made available to high schools, [4] and to private groups for team building. [5] The project has also been part of at least one program to reduce recidivism among nonviolent juvenile ...
Powder Horn is available to Venturing, Boy Scouting and Varsity Scouting leaders. [3] Adult leaders of Boy Scouts of America's Sea Scouting program can take Seabadge, which is offered by four BSA Regions in two or three locations each year. [4] Additional high-level adventure programs are available at Philmont Training Center.
The Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO), is now the single authority for the sexual assault policy to assure each branch of service complies with DoD policy. [ 1 ] In February 2022 the Secretary of Defense instituted a management plan "to better understand current gaps [in Sexual Assault Prevention] and provide our teams with ...
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On May 2, 2018, the BSA announced a new name for its Boy Scout program: Scouts BSA. The Cub Scout program had already started admitting girls and Scouts BSA would begin accepting girls in February 2019. [87] In fall 2018, after a two-year pilot program, the Lion Cub den was added. [88]