Child Safety Clearances

FOR ECYD CAMPOUT

PA State police criminal record check

5 Minutes

Click the link below. Click on “Record Check” under the heading to begin. Follow through to the end of the process to print a complete certificate. The “No Record Found” page is not acceptable. It is the user's responsibility to double click on the control number. This will open a new screen, click on the blue hyper-link, "Certification Form" near the center of the page. A form will be displayed in PDF format with a seal.  Renewal required every five (5) years. 

FOR ECYD CAMPOUT

PA Department of Public Welfare Child Abuse Clearance Check 

5 Mins + Retrieve in a few days

You can get an e-clearance on their website by creating an "Individual Account" (receive in several days) or can be sent by U.S. mail (Be careful as it comes in a very non-descript envelope. Takes several weeks.).

Please check back on the site in one to two weeks to retrieve the clearance. Download and email to us. Renewal is required every five (5) years. Cost: free for volunteers once every 5 yrs

FOR ECYD CAMPOUT

If  in the last ten years you have ONLY lived in PA, then you do not need a background check, but you are required to have a Disclosure Statement Application for Volunteers

Renewal is required every five (5) years. 

If you have lived outside of PA at anytime in the last ten years then you need a Federal Criminal Background Check aka fingerprinting

Making an appt: 3 Mins

Fingerprinting appt: 10 Mins

Processing time for results: 1-2 weeks

Required for all volunteers who have lived outside PA at all in the past 10 years. This includes college students.

Volunteers must make an appt or walk into an Identogo facility for fingerprints. This service code is required for registering: 1KG6Y3 code for (PDE) Pennsylvania Dept of Education Volunteers. 

Cost: $23 (Can be reimbursed if used for ECyD)

10 Minutes

A Regnum Christi volunteer certification and registration.

aka VIRTUS Training 

This includes one 2.5 hour session to inform you on how to interact with youth in order to keep them safe and to keep you protected. 

Follow the link below to register for the next available SAFE Environment Session, available at various locations around the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. 

Please email us your proof of attendance. In order to receive credit for a live session, there must be both: a.) an online registration, and also b.) a participant signature within the attendance verification sheet at the session. After the session has been conducted, the attendance sheet is often sent to a diocesan office and reviewed by a diocesan representative within two weeks. 

If you are volunteering before the session is taking place, please send us a copy of the confirmation for the session you will be attending. 

 2 hours

Login for a online training session. Check your email JUNK folder to confirm your email address. Login. Find "Training Selection" and then click on the online training session  Mandatory Reporter of Suspected Child Abuse : Safe Environment Part II ("Mandated Reporter Training").  C

REQUIRES YOU TO REGISTER WITH A PARISH. FOR MISSION YOUTH WHICH PARISH? CHESTER COUNTY OR PHILLY?

Once you complete all three modules of the Mandated Reporter Session online, send your Certificate of Completion (along with your reservation for the SAFE Environment session you will be attending, if you have not already attended a SAFE Environment Session).