Coaches & Assistant Coaches

Any Volunteers willing to be a Coach or an Assistant Coach 
  
1. Please contact RABS at [email protected]
2. Complete the following Clearances

Volunteer Child Abuse and Background Clearances

Pennsylvania law requires volunteers (14 years and older) to complete clearances as part of the volunteering process if they have care, supervision or control over children or routinely interacts with children as an integral part of their day-to-day job responsibilities. The specific clearances required are:

1. Pennsylvania child abuse clearance
2. Pennsylvania criminal background check conducted by the State Police
   

• YOU MUST COMPLETE BOTH CLEARANCES BEFORE YOU WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR ANY MANAGER OR ASSISTANT COACHING POSITION!!!!!
• It may take 10-14 days for the Child Abuse and PA Criminal Background checks.
• Completed forms must be returned to [email protected] or their designate.
  
• If you have already obtained any of these clearances, that are no older than 60 months, the RABS will need PDF copies of the forms submitted to [email protected] 

Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearance

• Visit The Child Welfare Portal to obtain an electronic report
  • Create individual account – you will need an email address
  • Click on next
  • Keystone ID: create a username
  • Complete the fields and click on finish
  • Follow the prompts for creating a password (You will receive 2 emails -1 with your username & 1 with your password
  • Return to the site and Log in
  • Click through the continue and next prompts
  • Click on “Create a Clearance Application”
  • Read through and click “Begin” at the bottom of the page
  • Click Next
  • Enter in your name, birthday, gender, “yes” for Social Security Number, email address
  • Complete the remaining sheets by clicking on the “+” to add and then complete the fields
  • Click on next at the bottom of each page
  • You will be asked if your organization provided a payment code for your application
    Select NO: It will tell you that it will be free if you have not received a clearance in 57 months
  • Submit the Application
• It will take 7-14 days to receive
• Please submit a copy of your results to [email protected] 

Pennsylvania Criminal Background Check

• Visit https://epatch.state.pa.us/Home.jsp
• Select New Record Check (Volunteers Only)
  
• You will need to make sure you keep your "Control Number" if your had an initial status of "Record Under Review"
• Check Status is case sensitive, and you must complete exactly as you did in the initial request
• Please submit a copy of your results to [email protected]