Volunteer Training and Clearances
Volunteer Training
If you plan on volunteering with a Philadelphia SWE event, please review the following resources on STEM volunteering!
Please contact phila_outreach@swe.org with any questions.
If you plan on volunteering with a Philadelphia SWE event, please review the following resources on STEM volunteering!
- 2017 Engaging Diverse Communities in Hands-On STEM (presented by the Franklin Institute)
- 2014 Philadelphia SWE Outreach Volunteer Training
Please contact phila_outreach@swe.org with any questions.
Volunteer Clearances: PA Keep Kids Safe Clearances Required for all Outreach Activities
The Pennsylvania Child Protective Services Law requires clearance checks for all individuals who volunteer to work with children. Starting Fall 2015, volunteers are required to obtain clearances including the following:
For PA residents of 10 years or more:
These clearances are good for 60 months and are free for PA residents. There is a $27.50 fee for the FBI fingerprint check for new PA and non-PA residents. For more information see the Keep Kids Safe website: keepkidssafe.pa.gov.
To comply with this law, we require all SWE volunteers for our continuous contact outreach events to provide this clearance information as well as the disclosure statement at the link below prior to supporting outreach volunteer activities. In the event of partnering with another organization, SWE will default to the stricter volunteer rules.
To obtain the clearance documentation, visit the following websites:
The Pennsylvania Child Protective Services Law requires clearance checks for all individuals who volunteer to work with children. Starting Fall 2015, volunteers are required to obtain clearances including the following:
For PA residents of 10 years or more:
- Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance;
- Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Record Check
- Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance;
- Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Record Check;
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Fingerprint check
These clearances are good for 60 months and are free for PA residents. There is a $27.50 fee for the FBI fingerprint check for new PA and non-PA residents. For more information see the Keep Kids Safe website: keepkidssafe.pa.gov.
To comply with this law, we require all SWE volunteers for our continuous contact outreach events to provide this clearance information as well as the disclosure statement at the link below prior to supporting outreach volunteer activities. In the event of partnering with another organization, SWE will default to the stricter volunteer rules.
To obtain the clearance documentation, visit the following websites:
- Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance: www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis
- Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Record Check or Federal Bureau of Investigation Fingerprint check: http://www.dhs.pa.gov/publications/findaform/childabusehistoryclearanceforms/index.htm
- Disclosure statement: http://keepkidssafe.pa.gov/cs/groups/webcontent/documents/document/c_160267.pdf
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