About

The Office of Youth Protection and Programming, which is part of the Office of Culture, Ethics and Compliance, serves as a centralized resource for those at USC who engage with people under the age of 18. 

Our office promotes the protection of minors at USC by: 

• Developing and promoting compliance with relevant, effective safety policies and practices that help safeguard minors engaging with USC 
• Providing support and guidance to youth programs so that they can operate safe, compliant activities and meet their responsibility to protect youth participants  
• Communicating requirements for reporting known or suspected child abuse or neglect 
• Offering the USC community resources, education, and training on child abuse prevention and awareness  
• Identifying and improving mechanisms for preventing child abuse and protecting minors across the university 

USC Youth Protection Advisory & Working Groups 

Representatives serving on the USC Youth Protection Advisory and Working Groups provide high-level strategic guidance to the Office of Youth Protection and Programming to help strengthen USC’s youth protection efforts, and ensure the well-being and safety of minors remains a top priority across the university.

The USC Youth Protection Advisory and Working Groups include individuals representing the following areas:

• Athletics 
• Audit Services
• Department of Public Safety 
• Keck School of Medicine 
• Office of Culture, Ethics and Compliance 
• Office for Equity, Equal Opportunity and Title IX 
• Office of Professionalism and Ethics
• Office of the Senior Vice President, Administration 
• School for Early Childhood Education 
• Strategic and Global Initiatives  
• Risk Management 
• University Counsel for Student Affairs
• USC Joint Educational Project