All employees must renew the following clearances every five years by the expiration date to maintain employment.

Clearance reports may take up to 14 days to be received, so please plan accordingly.

• FBI Criminal Background Check (Act 114)
• Pennsylvania Criminal Record Check (Act 34)
• Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearance (Act 151)

FBI Criminal History Record Check (Act 114)  Cost $26.20

You must be fingerprinted at a PDE approved IdentoGO site.

Online registration is required prior to being fingerprinted at a public site.  A few local public IdentoGO fingerprint locations are listed below.   Fingerprint Registration  

1. Enter 1KG6XN as the service code for Pennsylvania School Districts.  If a service code is not requested/entered, you are at the incorrect place to register.   View Screen Shots for clarification.
2. The volunteer code is 1KG6ZJ.  Volunteer clearances cannot be used for employment purposes
3. Click schedule or manage appointment.
4. Enter requested personal information.
5. Create security question.
6. Enter requested personal information.
7. Do you have an authorization code?  Answer is no.
8. Enter requested personal information.
9. Choose the required documents that you will bring to enrollment.
10. Select a location.  Choose date and time.
11. Print registration confirmation and send to Wendy Schrof at District Office, as the UE ID number is needed to access, and print the FBI report.  You will not receive a clearance report in the mail. 
12. UCF must print the report from the IdentoGO System using the UE ID number. 
13. Go to scheduled appointment to be fingerprinted.  Payment is made at fingerprint site.

Local Public Fingerprint Site Locations

Site Name	Address	Phone
Pack N Ship M-F 10:30 am- 12:30 pm; 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm Saturday 11:00 am – 1:00 pm	25 Jenners Village Ctr. West Grove, PA 19390	610-345-9070
IdentoGO (located inside AAA) M – F 8:30 am – 12:00 pm; 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm Saturday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm	105 Quarry Road Downingtown, PA 19335	484-237-2230
IdentoGO (Parcel & More) M- F 10:30 am – 5:30 pm Saturday 10:30 am – 1:30 pm	1442 Pottstown Pike West Chester, PA 19380	484-999-8923
IdentoGO (Inside H&C Nursing Care)  T&Th: 9:30 am - 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm	525 Highland Blvd, Suite 105 Coatesville, PA 19320	484-359-4357
IdentoGO (inside Fiorelli agency) M-F 9:00 am - 12:30 pm; 1:00 - pm	2618 Chichester Ave, Boothwyn, PA 19061	610-485-2543

 

Pennsylvania State Criminal Record Check (Act 34)  Cost $22.00

1. Apply at PA Criminal Record Check.
2. Chose individual request.
3. Choose “employment” as reason for request. 
4. Fill in requested information.
5. Click proceed.  Enter additional requested information.  Submit and pay with credit or debit card.
6. Be sure to click on “print certificate” to print actual clearance prior to exiting the system.  If you have a problem and you do not get your report or control number, call 888-783-7972 for assistance.
7. Send a copy of clearance to Wendy Schrof at District Office.

Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 151)     Fee is $13.00

Please note MAC Users should use Chrome.  This site does not work well on Safari or Firefox browsers. 

1. Apply at Child Welfare Portal. 
2. Choose "Individual Login" if you remember your username and login.  Users cannot reset or recover a user ID.  If you do not remember the login you created, use the "Create Individual Account" to get a new username and password to access the system.
3. Click access my clearances.
4. Enter username and password*.
5. Create clearance application
6. Enter requested information and submit payment. 
7. Choose School Employee Governed by Public School Code for the “Purpose of Clearance.”
8. Complete clearance application.
9. Did an organization provide a code for your application?  Answer NO
10. Click make a payment.  Enter payment information.  Submit.
11. Your clearance will be mailed or emailed to you depending what you chose while completing the application. 
12. Send a copy of clearance to Wendy Schrof at District Office.

*Users may not reset or recover their User ID.  If you forgot your User ID please refer to the email titled "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – New Account Information" that was sent to you upon account creation five years ago.  Your User ID is located there.  Please Note: If you no longer have this information you must create a new account.  If a new account is required, users may use the same email address registered with their previous account.  If you continue experiencing issues logging in to your account, contact the CWIS Support Center at 1-877-343-0494.

For questions related to the Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance, please contact the ChildLine Verification Unit at 877-371-5422.

Send clearances, as they are received, to Wendy Schrof at District Office. 
Phone: 610-347-0970, ext. 3302; Email at wschrof@ucfsd.net