Background Check Directions

Act 34 and Act 33 clearances are free for volunteers.
Please be sure you have access to a printer and your email before beginning.

For volunteers, click New Record Check. For employees, click Submit a New Record Check.
Scroll down and click Accept.
Click Individual Request, then Continue.
Fill out the Requestor Information page. Choose “Other” if you are a volunteer. Click Next.
Review the information and click Proceed.
Fill out the Record Check Request page. Your Social Security number is not required.
Click Enter This Request.
If you're doing this for a spouse or child, you can add another person. Otherwise, click Finished.
Review your information and click Submit.
Employees: Click Checkout and enter credit card information.
Volunteers: Skip checkout.
Click the Control #, then click Certification Form and print it.

Click Create Individual Account, then click Next.
Create a Keystone ID (write this down along with your security question answers).
Click Finish, then check your email for a temporary password.
Close the browser and go back to the Child Abuse History site. Click Individual Login, scroll down, and click Continue.
Log in with your Keystone ID and temporary password.
Set your security questions, then mark the device as Private.
Create a new password and write it down.
Log in again with your new password.
Agree to the terms and proceed.
Click Create Clearance Application, then Begin.
Choose your Application Purpose:
- Volunteers: Choose the first option
- Paid staff: Choose the fourth option
Enter your information through the next few pages.
- When asked about the Certificate Delivery Method, say Yes to receive it by mail and email.
- Agency Name: Pathway Church
Sign your name (first and last only) on the eSignature page.
Pathway Church does not provide a payment code.
Employees: Click Make a Payment and submit payment.
Print the Submission Confirmation as proof.
- The certificate will be emailed and mailed to you in about 2 weeks.

Required for:

If you are a volunteer who has lived in PA for 10 straight years, you can sign a waiver at the church instead.

Service Codes:

Employees: 1KG756
Volunteers: 1KG6ZJ
Go to the site and click Schedule or Manage Appointment.
Fill out the required info (Pathway Church does not provide an Authorization Code).
Closest location:
Beaver County YMCA
2236 Third Ave
New Brighton, PA 15066
(You may choose any location.)
Walk-ins are allowed, but appointments are recommended.
Print the Service Summary page and review it.
- Bring that page, a payment method, and your ID documents to the appointment.

FAQs:
https://www.identogo.com/uploads/general/FAQs_03_29_18_final.pdf