BLUECOLLAR FOUNDRY
Parents & Guardians

Parent Safety & Safeguarding

Before you enroll your kid in anything I run, you should be able to check my homework. This page is the full list of safeguards behind the teen programs, plus the honest, current status of each one.

You should expect all of this from anyone who works with your kid.

Not just from me. From coaches, tutors, mentors, youth pastors, program leaders. Anyone. Clearances, insurance, clear rules about contact, and a way for you to see what happens in every session. If a program can't show you those things in writing, that's your answer about the program.

Here's mine. Several of the statuses below say "In progress" instead of something more impressive, because that's the truth today. Everything marked "In progress" will be complete and in hand before the first cohort meets in October 2026, and you get copies before session 1, not promises.

Every safeguard, with its status

"In progress" means exactly that: not done yet. Nothing on this page claims otherwise.

  • PA State Police Criminal Record Check (Act 34)

    Completed copy provided to every enrolled family before session 1.

    In progress

  • PA Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 151)

    Completed copy provided to every enrolled family before session 1.

    In progress

  • FBI Fingerprint Clearance (Act 114)

    Completed copy provided to every enrolled family before session 1.

    In progress

  • Recorded sessions

    Every session is recorded, and parents get access to every recording. Pennsylvania is an all-party-consent state, so recording consent is part of the enrollment paperwork. It gets signed up front, not assumed.

    Policy

  • Parent visibility

    A parent or guardian signs the enrollment agreement, because minors can't contract. A parent is required at session 1 and welcome to sit in on any session after that, no notice needed.

    Policy

  • No private contact

    No DMs, no texts, no private messages between me and any minor, ever. All communication runs through a channel a parent can see.

    Policy

  • Group-first format

    Teen mentorship runs as small cohorts of 6-8 students, not private one-on-ones. That's by design, not by accident.

    Policy

  • Insurance

    Business liability and errors & omissions coverage for youth programs. Certificate of insurance available to enrolled families and schools on request.

    In progress

  • Mandated reporter training

    Pennsylvania child-protection training, completed before the first cohort meets.

    In progress
The test is simple: if any of this isn't verifiable by the time you enroll, don't enroll, and tell me. Ask for the documents on the fit call, before session 1, or any time in between. I'd rather lose an enrollment than have a parent take my word for it.

See the teen cohort, then ask me anything

The teen cohort details (curriculum, price, guarantee, and how the fit call works) are on the Parents & Teens page. If you have a safety question this page didn't answer, bring it to the call. That's what it's for.

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