Required Pennsylvania Clearances for Adult Volunteers

When do we need to do this?

  • All New Volunteer must complete it before we can turn in your Scout Leader application.
  • Parents attending Day Camp or Resident Camp, or who are working with youth at meetings and events, need to complete the clearances, too.

What do I do?

Note: You are going to need to save three files as PDFs. First make sure that when you print a web page from your Browser, you can save it as a PDF. Basically you act like you are going to print to paper then select choices to save it to a folder you can find on your machine. Try it and see if you can find the file and open it. If not, look for the part of the page where they talk about downloading Free .pdf converters like CutePDF.

The links below were taken from this website:

Us/Risk Management

Look for the part that says this: How To Obtain Your Background Checks.

1)The first thing you need to do is:

State Police Criminal Record CheckPA

  • PA State Police Criminal Record Checks can be obtained online by visiting the State Police web site -Click Here
  • Click “New Record Check Volunteers only”
  • Check the agreement box, continue, fill out the information
  • Volunteer Organization Name and Phone: Boy Scouts of America Laurel Highlands Council, (412) 471-2927
  • Follow through the process.
  • You will get to a page that says: No Record
  • Then you click on the control number. This will take you to a page you can print or in this case, turn into a PDF

2)The second thing you need to do is:

Child Abuse History Clearance

  • PA Child Abuse History Clearances may be made online -Click Here.
  • Create Individual Account
  • Create Keystone ID
  • (you will get your temporary password emailed to you)
  • Access the site again
  • Now click individual login
  • Click Create Clearance Application
  • Volunteer – Other - Boy Scouts of America Laurel Highlands Council
  • Follow though – This takes some time. You need all your prior addresses and names and ages of people you lived with.
  • When done they send you email to get back in for the results. You can also choose the go to my account at the end if you still have the screen up.
  • Get your results as a PDF file you save to your machine. It will say “no record exists”

3)The third thing you need to do is (2 possibilities):

FBI Criminal Background Check:

  • If PA resident for less than 10 continuous years and/or a resident of anywhere other than PA, thenTo request an FBI Fingerprint Clearance(approximatecost $27.50):Click Here.
  • Select “Department of Human Services” option
  • Complete the registration, and visit one of the listed sites to get your fingerprinting done.
  • Submit the fingerprints according to instructions on the page.

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Laurel Highlands Council Pennsylvania Resident Volunteer Verification Form (PDF):

  • If you have been a PA resident for at least 10 continuous years, then complete the Laurel Highlands Council Pennsylvania Resident Volunteer Verification Form(PDF):ClickHere
  • Follow the link. It opens a PDF with fields to fill in.
  • Sign the form with “s/” followed by your name.
  • You might have to save it to your machine, Open it from there, fill in forms, save and close.
  • Open it again to be sure your information is there.

4)Ok, now you have your 3 forms. There is one more thing to do.

Upload Your Forms to the Council

Registered leaders MUST upload their forms. Parents are encouraged to upload all 3 forms, so that you do not need to present printed documents at events like Day Camp.

  • LHC BSA volunteers must upload copies of your required documents totheLHC BSA Online Risk Management System
  • Fill out the information. You are a “Unit Volunteer.” Your District is “Frontier”. We are a “Pack”. Unit Number is 0843.
  • If you are a registered leader already, you have a BSA membership number. If not leave it blank.
  • Upload the three forms. You will get an email saying it worked.

Hang on to your electronic copies! You may need them for other organizations (school, church, etc.) If you are a new registering leader, please print a paper copy of all three clearances and present them with your completed application.