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

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.

State Police Criminal Record Check Clearance form
PA Child Abuse Clearance form
FBI Fingerprinting Clearance results letter
North Way Volunteer Exemption form page 1
North Way Volunteer Exemption form page 2
Pennsylvana Department of Education Federal Criminal History Record Information letter page 1
Pennsylvana Department of Education Federal Criminal History Record Information letter page 2

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.

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