Instructions for Obtaining Required Volunteer Clearances
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Required PA Background Checks
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1. PA State Police Criminal Record Check
Can be obtained online at epatch.state.pa.us. Click on "New Record Check (Volunteers only)" button. The fee is waived. Receive results online within a few minutes.
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2. PA Department of Human Services Child Abuse History Clearance
Can be obtained online at https://www.compass.state.pa.us/CWIS. Click on "Create Individual Account". Results will be emailed to you within 14 days.
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3. Federal Criminal Background Check (FBI Fingerprint Clearance)
If you have lived in PA continuously for 10 years, you will only need to complete the Disclosure Statement Application located at:
corpuschristilansdale.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Volunteer_Disclosure_Form.pdf .
Please print out, sign and return it to Heather Wright in the Corpus Christi Parish Office.
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If you have not lived in PA continuously for the past 10 years, you will need to get your fingerprints checked:
Go to https://uenroll.identogo.com
Service Code: 1KG6Y3 is for Pennsylvania Department of Education Volunteers
Click on Schedule or Manage Appointment and complete required information.
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For fingerprint locations please visit the following website: https://www.identogo.com/locations/pennsylvania
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All required clearances, including FBI, must be renewed every 5 years (60 months).
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Required Philadelphia Archdiocesan Training:
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1. Attendance at “Protecting God’s Children, Awareness Session for Adults”
Go to Virtus.org and select "FIRST-TIME REGISTRANT" to register for a session. Once you attend please drop off a copy of “Ministerial Behavior and Boundaries” to Heather Wright in the Corpus Christi Parish Office.
Please note: If you attended a “Protecting God’s Children” class prior to July 2011 you must complete the Information & Communication Technology Addendum. This is a one-time requirement. This training is now available on-line through the OCYP website at childyouthprotection.org under “Training Institute”. When completed, the certification form must be signed and handed in to Heather Wright in the Corpus Christi Parish Office.
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2. Mandated Reporter Training
Click this link childyouthprotection.org - then click on menu Staff and Volunteers, select Required Training, scroll down to Mandated Reporter Online Component (part II), then ‘click here’. Register and take the on-line quiz. You will receive a confirmation by email from the Archdiocese that you took this training. Please print and bring the form entitled “Certificate of Completion” to Heather Wright in the Corpus Christi Parish Office.
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Please note: If you completed the Mandated Reporter Training prior to December 2014, you must now complete the amended Mandated Reporter Amendment by reading the Promise to Protect brochure, signing the Acknowledgement form and bringing the form to Heather Wright in the Corpus Christi Parish Office.
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All copies of Clearances, Ministerial Behavior & Boundaries and Proof of Mandated Reporter Training must be received by the Corpus Christi Catholic Parish Office before you will be cleared to volunteer.
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Contact Heather Wright in the Parish Office at 215-855-1311, x 113 if you have any questions.
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The following forms can be downloaded if you do not want to apply on-line. Include the consent form with the child abuse form when mailing the application to the state. It gives the state permission to send the results to the Parish Office.
