CHELTENHAM LITTLE LEAGUE BACKGROUND CHECK PROCEDURES

1. Little League Background check if your clearance has expired or you are a new volunteer. (2yr cert) This is a NATIONAL CRIMINAL CHECK that meets the Little League requirements. You will receive an email from CLL's safety officer prompting you to complete this check.

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2. PA Law requires 3 things from volunteers:

Our website will now let you upload the files to your account and the safety officer can verify that way. Or email the actual certificates to the safety officer. safteyofficer@cheltenhamlittleleague.org

1. STATE criminal check (free for volunteers) https://epatch.state.pa.us/ click on “New Record Check” Volunteers Only.  Enter Cheltenham Little League and phone number 215 663 9880 for the Organization.  You will have to save and upload to your account on our website, or email the file to safetyofficer@cheltenhamlittleleague.org, or print and copy for us.
2. Dept. Human Services Child Abuse History Clearance (free to volunteers)

You must create an individual KEYSTONE ID account, log back in, and then you will be able to fill in information and use the provided code. https://www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis/public/home

Or, you can go as far as the submit page, and save your application until we supply your code.

You will receive an email when your report is complete. You may login and view/ print with the previously created account. We will automatically be able to see your clearance, but you may wish to save/ print your clearance for any other volunteer activities that require the clearance.

   c.  PA Resident Affidavit OR FBI:

When you register to coach, the PA resident Affidavit information is stated in our process. If you check the box YOU are confirming that you have been a Resident for 10 years or more. 

OR,

FBI criminal clearance with fingerprint submission is required if you haven’t been a PA resident for at least the last 10 years. There is a $21.35 fee for this that you as the volunteer must pay. The clearance is then good for three years. the volunteer will need to provide a copy of the certificate once it is received.

To schedule your ten-minute fingerprint appointment,  use the following link https://uenroll.identogo.com, and use vendor code: 1KG6ZJ  Please bring one of the following identification documents from the list below to your enrollment appointment.

 Driver's License issued by a State or outlying possession of the U.S.
 Driver's License PERMIT issued by a State or outlying possession of the U.S.
 ID card issued by a federal, state, or local government agency or by a Territory of the United States
 State ID Card (or outlying possession of the U.S.) with a seal or logo from State or State Agency
 Commercial Driver's License issued by a State or outlying possession of the U.S.
 Canadian Driver's License
 Department of Defense Common Access Card
 Employment Authorization Card/ Document (I-766) with Photo
 Foreign Driver's License (Mexico and Canada only)
 Foreign passport
 Military Dependent's Identification Card
 Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551)
 U.S. Coastguard Merchant Mariner Card
 U.S. Military Identification Card
 U.S. Passport
 Enhanced Tribal Identification Card (for federally recognized U.S. tribes)
 U.S. Visa issued by the U.S. Department of Consular Affairs for travel to or within, or residence within,
the United States
 Uniformed Services Identification Card (Form DD-1172-2)
 Photo ID Waiver for Minors and U.S. Social Security Card or Birth Certificate

Information on law:

www.keepkidssafe.pa.gov

www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis/public/home

epatch.state.pa.us/

If your job or other volunteer services has already required the above clearances, we will accept copies of same. We still need the “Little League” registration to be current in our volunteer registration.