How do I keep parents from applying for themselves, rather than their child?

If you are an organization that sends youth to serve, you may not be alone when you experience parents applying instead of their child. There is not a way in the system to switch an application from one participant to another. We have found that adding a statement or a question at the top of the application has helped improve the experience for users. Has cut down on the number of parents applying instead of their children.

Here is an example of what others have found to be helpful.