Located at 859 County Line Road in Horsham, PA 19044

Volunteers who have lived in Pennsylvania continuously for 10 or more years must obtain:

  • Pennsylvania Criminal Background Check (through the PA State Police)
  • Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance (through the Department of Human Services)
  • A signed Disclosure Statement Application for Volunteers

Volunteers who have NOT lived in Pennsylvania continuously for 10 or more years must obtain:

  • Pennsylvania Criminal Background Check (through the PA State Police)
  • Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance (through the Department of Human Services)
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation Fingerprint Clearance

 

All Volunteers Must Obtain:

Pennsylvania Criminal Background Check through the State Police

  • A report of the criminal history record information (or lack thereof) from the Pennsylvania State Police
  • Can be obtained at no cost online at https://epatch.pa.gov with results available within a few minutes

Step-by-Step Process

 

All Volunteers Must Obtain:

Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance through the Department of Human Services

  • A certification from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services as to whether the person is named in their central register as a perpetrator of a founded report or indicated report of child abuse; founded report for school employee or indicated report for school employee; or are under investigation for child abuse
  • Can be obtained at no cost online at https://www.dhs.pa.gov/KeepKidsSafe/Clearances/Pages/PA-Child-Abuse-History-Clearance.aspx (create an individual account).

Step-by-Step Process

 

Volunteers who have lived in Pennsylvania continuously for 10 or more years must:

 

Volunteers who have NOT lived in Pennsylvania continuously for 10 or more years must obtain:

Federal Bureau of Investigation Fingerprint Clearance

  • FBI clearances do have a fee and are done in Pennsylvania using a company called IdentoGO, https://www.identogo.com/  On the home page you can search for convenient locations. Once you have your location picked out go to https://uenroll.identogo.com/ and enter code 1KG6ZJ and follow the prompts.  You will have to supply a credit card for the fee.
  • Instructions for what to bring with you to the fingerprinting location is all found on the web pages as you go through this process.
  • After you are fingerprinted you will receive a letter in the mail with your results. Bring this to the site and we will make a copy and return the original to you.