SOPA Announces Updated Requirements for Unified Partners

UPDATED REQUIREMENTS FOR UNIFIED PARTERS: Medical no longer required

Special Olympics Pennsylvania (SOPA) continues to seek out ways to make it easier to recruit and retain both athletes and volunteers. SOPA has created a health history questionnaire that is collected in case of emergency. By collecting health history information now on all Class A volunteers, SOPA will no longer require a medical form by an authorized medical personnel for Unified Partners. This will go into effect immediately.

NOTE: This is specifically for Unified Partners that participate in community based Special Olympics Pennsylvania programming. There are no changes for Unified Partners that participate in Unified Champion Schools. Below is how the health history questionnaire is completed:

• For NEW Class A volunteers, this information will be collected upon collecting the Volunteer Application Form.
• For RENEWING volunteers, this information will collected within the Online Portal specifically under “My Information” and “Update Profile.”
• On an annual basis, we will ask all of our volunteers to update all information within “Update Profile” like contact information, first year in SOPA, how did you hear about us, health history, etc.