CHURCH / SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS Effective FEBRUARY 1, 2015

The Diocese of Metuchen requires the following for all volunteers:

  1. Completion of a Volunteer Application AND Code of Conduct Form
  2. Attend a Protecting God’s Children for Adults Class ( Virtus Program)
  3. Fingerprinting at a MorphoTrust site for a criminal background check.

Employee and Volunteer Background Fingerprint Process

Step One:
An Employee/Volunteer Application and Code of Conduct Forms must be completed and returned to your Parish/School designated Background Coordinator. The form can be located on the Diocese of Metuchen website (see Policies/Forms).

Step Two:
The Volunteer/Employee should have be given a Morpho Trust Applicant Information Form (Idento) (Universal Fingerprint Form IDG_NJAPP_110113)

Step Three:
Volunteer/Employee should read form carefully and follow all instructions to complete fingerprint process. The form must be presented to be fingerprinted. No exceptions allowed. No variation of form will be accepted.

Step Four:
Morpho Trust appointment scheduling is available via the web at 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.

For applicants who do not have web access, appointments are available through the toll free number center at (877) 503-5981 on a first call, first served basis Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST and Saturday, 8:00 AM to 12 noon EST.

Applicant must pay their own fingerprinting fees, $24.20 for volunteer; $ 55.45 for churchemployee; payment will be required at the time of scheduling for check and credit card payments. Applicant’s account will be charged at the time of scheduling. A fee of $10 is charged to cover the cost of a scheduled appointment for applicants who do not cancel by noon on the business day prior to your scheduled appointment (Saturday noon for Monday appointments).

The $10 fee also applies to applicants who are turned away from the printing sites due to their inability to present proper ID defined below (26), or who fail to present Universal FormIDG_NJAPP_110113 provided to you by your background coordinator and required for printing. State and federal search fees will be refunded.

The applicant ID number, date, time of appointment and payment confirmation will be confirmed by the call center. Applicant must record this information in the appropriate blocks to the right side of form while speaking with the operator.

Valid photo identification must be presented at the time of fingerprinting and must have a valid expiration date. Expired New Jersey photo driver license will be accepted in combination with current non-photo license. No other expired identification will be accepted.

Mandatory Acceptable Identification: ID must be issued by Federal, State, County or Municipal Entity for identification purposes and must include photo, name, address (home/employer) and date of birth. Examples of acceptable identification include 1) photo driver’s license or photo ID issued by any State DMV or NJ MVC, 2) passport or immigration ID, 3) Federal, State, County, and Municipal Employment ID. ID must meet all of the underlined requirements which must be present on one ID. Combination of documents is not acceptable.

Step Five:
Volunteer/Employee is to select Morpho Trust location to be fingerprint processed. At time of processing, a PCN number will be assigned to individual. Individuals will be given a receipt as proof of fingerprinting with recorded information, attached to the Applicant Universal Form.

Step Six:
The Applicant’s Morpho Trust Form and receipt should be photocopied and provided to background coordinator of Parish/School as proof of processing and should be maintained in Volunteer/Employee secured file records area.

Step Seven (If Required):
Morpho Trust Inc. will notify any individual that requires re-fingerprinting because of any computer error. A 90 day time period will be enforced by Morpho Trust for completion of re-fingerprinting. Any further delay will result in applicant being re-charged a new applicant fee.

Step Eight:
The New Jersey State Police will conduct a background search and submit the results to the Diocese.

Step Nine:
The Diocese Office of Child & Youth Protection will inform Parish/School Background Coordinator of results and provide State Police paperwork for distribution to applicant and for applicant’s parish/school file.

To be reimbursed for the fee,the Applicant Form and receipt should be photocopied and the original provided to the head of the organization you’re joining.

**** VERY IMPORTANT****

THE CHURCH AND SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS HAVE A DIFFERENT NUMBER IN BOX 7

CHURCH VOLUNTEER: MET 098

SCHOOL VOLUNTEER: MET 148

CHURCH EMPLOYEE: MET 098

Protecting God’s Children Class: (Virtus Program)

You must register “on line” for this class. The web address is:

If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Palumbo at:

Cell: 732 236-6613

E-mail: