SAFE ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

Thank you for volunteering to assist in our programs for children. Our goal is to have a safe environment for ourchildren. All adults who have regular contact with children (this includes all head and assistant coaches) must first fulfill the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Safe Environment Program Requirements. All clearances (1, 2, and 3) must be obtained BEFORE working with Children.
The Pennsylvania Criminal Background Check and Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance are free for volunteers. Please note that if you both work and volunteer you have to obtain the paid employment clearance; the fee waiver is for volunteering only. The Federal Fingerprint Check fee remains unchanged.

                           Print and submit to Jamila Ogle OR email a PDF copy of final results, confirmations, or certificates to [email protected].
Follow these steps:
PA Criminal Background Check
  1. Criminal Record Check
    Pennsylvania Access To Criminal History - (valid for 5 years). This form goes directly to the PA State Police. You must fill in the information and mail it to PA State Police. You can submit electronically and obtain immediate results, but you must print out the certificate to be submitted to St. Thomas of Villanova Parish.  For more detailed instructions click here.
  2. Child Abuse Clearance Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance (valid for 5 years).  This form is completed by you and mailed with a copy of your Criminal Background Check.  If you would like the Clearance to be returned to St. Thomas of Villanova Parish, sign the Consent form below otherwise this form is returned to you and you must submit it to STV.  For more detailed instructions click here.
        3.  Federal Criminal History Background Check​ Required: FBI History Clearance-Act 114 for a volunteer                      who has been a PA resident for less than 10 years. If you are volunteering in the school click on                              Education, if in the Parish click on Human Services. 
              To determine the appropriate service code, Click Here.        
               or​
              Required: a signed Disclosure Form signed by a volunteer who has been a PA resident for the entire last                10 Years and has not committed designated crimes in Pennsylvania or elsewhere.

       4. Mandated Reporter Acknowledgement FormEffective December 31, 2014, anyone paid or unpaid, who                   has direct responsibility for a child is a mandated reporter. This includes any volunteer who has direct                 contact with children while volunteering in schools, parishes, athletics, as well as groups or
           organizations such as the Boy/Girl Scouts.​
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                                                Please Read                                                      Please Sign

​        5.  Safe Environment Part 1           Safe Environment Part 1 Protecting God’s Children
        6. Safe Environment Part 2            Safe Environment Part 11: Also called, “Mandated Reporter"

For more detailed instructions click here.