Volunteer Clearance Requirements
Thank you for choosing to serve with us! At North Way, the safety and security of our children, students, and others is critical to the health of our ministry. In order to be in compliance with Pennsylvania state laws, volunteers are required to have three separate background clearances: PA State Police, PA Child Abuse and North Way Affidavit (if applicable) OR FBI Fingerprinting. These clearances serve to confirm and ensure that volunteers do not have a record of child abuse or any other criminal actions that would make them ineligible to volunteer with children. North Way recommends that you click on the links below to download and print the clearance instructions.
STEP 1: Complete Clearances
North Way recommends that you click on the links below to download and print the clearance instructions.
PA State Police Criminal Record Check
PA Child Abuse Clearance
FBI Fingerprinting Clearance
North Way Affidavit Exemption
PA State Police Criminal Record Check
Note: Free for volunteers
Link to PA State Police Criminal Record Check
Instructions
PA Child Abuse Clearance
Note: Free for volunteers if you haven’t applied for the clearance within the previous 57 months.
Link to PA Child Abuse Check
Instructions
FBI Fingerprinting Clearance
Note: Fee due at IdentoGO fingerprinting location on the date and time of your choice. Fee is reimbursable (see instructions).
Link to IdentoGO
Instructions
North Way Affidavit Exemption
STEP 2: Submit Clearances
After securing the above clearance results, confirm that your documents match the examples shown below.
Provide your Full Name, Ministry Area or Event you serve/will serve at and the Campus Name (if applicable).
Email this information to clearances@northway.org for processing.
Should you have questions regarding these clearances, please talk with the representative of the ministry for which you are volunteering or contact clearances@northway.org.
Additional Information
If you are requesting information regarding clearances that North Way already has on file for you, contact clearances@northway.org.
Provide your current Full Name and also include any maiden or previously used names.
This helpful data will assist us in retrieving your documents more efficiently.