The Boy Scouts of America offers an online member and unit renewal process. Effective March 2024, unit renewal and member renewal will no longer be one and the same. Membership is now a set 12 month term from the time of registering regardless of when the unit renews. Youth and adult leader membership fees will be separated from the unit renewal.

Visit the national Unit & Membership Renewal site for more details.  

2024 HNE Membership Fees (infograph) 

Listed below are several resources to assist with smooth and improved renewal processes.  All units and members currently registered with the BSA need to complete this process on a yearly basis.

Use these resources to help your unit’s renewal. You can also visit the Internet Recharter Responses to Forum-Related Questions/Discussions helpdesk for additional questions and timely assistance.

UNIT & MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL RESOURCES (2024)  

• Individual Registration Renewal Process – slide deck overview of the changes implemented for 2024 membership renewals 
• Parent Renewal of a Youth – stepwise process in my.Scouting for parent/guardian to renew a registered youth
• Unit Renewal Checklist   
• Unit Renewal Guide (updated) – overview of Unit Renewal process for unit key 3 (with screenshots from my.Scouting)  
• Adult Leader Registration Renewal – step by step guide to renewing your BSA membership online 
• Infographic – Membership Renewals  
• Infographic – Unit Renewal with Annual Membership    
• Unit & Member Renewal Approvals – addresses the three scenarios where approval is required by a unit key 3 or council registrar (includes screenshots from my.Scouting)  
• Unit Pay for Member Renewal (September update) – explains the step by step process for units to renew some or all of their members (includes screenshots from my.Scouting)  
• Unit ACH for Member Renewal – along with credit card, ACH (or Automated Clearing House payment) can be used to pay for a renewal at the unit level. This can be done for individual renewals or the unit renewal.

 YOUTH PROTECTION TRAINING (YPT) 

Why is Youth Protection training so important? It communicates the values that Scouting takes seriously. 

Who should undergo Youth Protection training? Everyone. All registered Scout leaders, any Scout parent who attends trips or campouts, merit badge counselors, and anyone with a connection to youth. If you’re a past member, current member, parent, or volunteer, you should be Youth Protection trained.

The Heart of New England Council Executive Board established the expectation and directive that all registered adult members have a Youth Protection Guidelines Training Certification that will not expire until after the unit charter does.  For example, if the unit charter runs from January 1, 2024 until December 31, 2024, ALL registered adult volunteers Youth Protection Certificates must expire after December 31, 2024.  Any Adult Volunteer who fails to comply will be dropped from the Units Charter and them must submit a new adult application, Cori/Sori Form, CBC Form and proof of completion of Youth Protection Guidelines Training in order to be reregistered.

For more information and/or assistance please contact Brian Anders (Council Commissioner) at Brian.Anders@HeartofNewEnglandBSA.org or your District Commissioner.