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Covid-19 Member Resources

COVID-19 Member Resources

As we all navigate the new and constantly shifting landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic, Move United is focusing efforts around providing its member network with continued support. This page will be updated with news, resources, events, and tools designed to help strengthen our Member Network during this time. As we lead our community, we are directed by your needs, so please contact kdavis@moveunitedsport.org if there are ways we can support or even if you just want to check in.

Resource Library

Move United is working with partners and member organizations to develop guidelines that address the specific considerations adaptive sports programs will need to make when assessing their return to programming. This page is designed to share guidelines and resources with our member network & partners in the adaptive sports realm.

COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Considerations

As COVID-19 vaccines become more readily available, many member organizations are considering developing policies around inoculated individuals returning to the program.Attached are templates for policies, but it is important you craft a policy that is appropriate for your organizational needs.

Uploaded: May 27, 2021

Football Return to Play

Football involves close, sustained contact between participants with the high probability that respiratory particles will be transmitted between participants, but risk can be mitigated through adherence to proper safety procedures. To that end, we encourage all wheelchair football teams to create a comprehensive plan for return to play for your athletes to help ensure the safety of your athletes as best as you can.

Below are items you should take into consideration when creating those plans, as well as a proposed phased plan for re-starting practice. Each phase of reopening should be guided by local and national CDC guidance, testing availability and current health trends in your area, as well as special precautions around generally shared equipment, such as helmets, footballs and program wheelchairs.

Junior Nationals COVID Plan

To ensure the safety of the Move United Junior Nationals community consisting of athletes, coaches, officials, classifiers, staff, volunteers, supporters and spectators, COVID protocols and prevention measures will be put into place to reduce the risk of acquiring COVID-19. No plan can guarantee that an individual will not contract COVID-19. These protocols and prevention measures are intended to mitigate the spread of the virus but not guarantee individuals will not be exposed to or contract COVID-19. Move United and our event partners are committed to minimizing the risk to allow for a safe, fun, and competitive experience for the community. It is the responsibility of everyone onsite to protect their own health, as well as the health of the community.

RTP Participant Pre-Assessment Tool

As programs consider returning to in-person programming, many are finding pre-assessment essential to a safe and efficient program. Whether re-tooling existing virtual protocols or starting from scratch, this resource guide is designed to give you some general tools that can help minimize risk and maximize the experience for participants, staff, and volunteers. This resource guide will focus on three main areas: Participant Pre-Assessment, On-Site Programming Protocols, and Communications.

Uploaded: November 5, 2020

Move United Adaptive Sports Return to Play

As you formulate your own Covid-19 response and return plans, the following guidance addresses some common questions and provides specific resources to help with your mitigation efforts. The information in this document is not a substitute for public health advice provided by medical doctors, state or local government officials. Any federal, state or local authority orders must be complied with fully. The knowledge around Covid-19 is constantly changing and, as such, Move United makes no representation and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of this information.

Uploaded: January 12, 2021

Frequently Asked Questions

As programs return to play, Move United will do its best to address questions that may arise on a regular basis. If you have a question, please contact us directly.

Can we ask for proof of vaccination?

You can. Vaccination cards are not protected medical information, therefore HIPPA does not pertain.

Does Move United have a vaccination declaration waiver?

Currently the Move United Release of Liability Waiver includes a section that addresses COVID-19 and other communicable diseases. At this time it does not include any information about COVID-19 vaccinations.

As the decision as to whether a vaccine is required for participation is left to individual member organizations to make, we do not anticipate such a clause or declaration will be added to the Move United waiver. If this is something your program may institute and wish to have a clause or declaration be signed by individuals as proof of vaccination, then it must be developed separate of the Move United Release of Liability Waiver.