In 2015, Pennsylvania enacted new laws regarding Volunteer Background Checks – effective starting last Season. In addition to the Bert Bell Mandatory background check (National Criminal Record), every volunteer will be required to do the following:

Background Checks

https://opportunities.averity.com/IYFL

 If the volunteer has NOT been a continuous PA resident for the past 10 years:     
        a. FBI Criminal Background Check (fingerprint check) for federal criminal history records ($27.50) - https://uenroll.identogo.com/

All volunteers are required to provide copies of the above clearances prior to the effective date of duties.

If you have a question as to whether you will need clearances, please refer to the required clearance volunteer list below. 

1. All Board Members
2. All football and cheer coaching staff - 18 yrs or older
3. Equipment Manager
4. Team Parent
5. Any volunteer that will be in direct contact with and/or has oversight over child participants.

Also, if you have already completed the above required clearances as part of another organization, you will not be required to re-complete. You can simply upload each at the end of your volunteer application. 

For more information: Department of Human Services: http://keepkidssafe.pa.gov/cs/groups/webcontent/documents/document/C_135249.pdf

Any coach or volunteer that does not have the proper clearances will not be able to participate, and some clearances could take 2-3 weeks to finalize, so we encourage all to complete as soon as possible.