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PENNSYLVANIA CHILD ABUSE HISTORY CERTIFICATION

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or print clearly in ink. If obtaining this certification for non-volunteer purposes or if, as a volunteer having direct volunteer contact with children, you

have obtained a certification free of charge within the previous 57 months, enclose an $13.00 money order or check payable to the PENNSYLVANIA

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES or a payment authorization code provided by your organization. DO NOT send cash.

Certifications for the purpose of “volunteer having direct volunteer contact with children” may be obtained free of charge once every 57 months.

Send to CHILDLINE AND ABUSE REGISTRY, PA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, P.O. BOX 8170 HARRISBURG, PA 17105-8170.

APPLICATIONS THAT ARE INCOMPLETE, ILLEGIBLE OR RECEIVED WITHOUT THE CORRECT FEE WILL BE RETURNED UNPROCESSED. IF

YOU HAVE QUESTIONS CALL 717-783-6211, OR (TOLL FREE) 1-877-371-5422.

PURPOSE OF CERTIFICATION (Check one box only)

Foster parent

Prospective adoptive parent

Employee of child care services

School employee governed by the Public School Code

School employee not governed by the Public School Code

Self-employed provider of child-care services in a family child-care home

An individual 14 years of age or older applying for or holding a paid

position as an employee with a program, activity, or service

An individual seeking to provide child-care services under contract with a

child care facility or program

An individual 18 years or older who resides in the home of a foster parent

for children for at least 30 days in a calendar year

An individual 18 years or older who resides in the home of a certified or

licensed child-care provider for at least 30 days in a calendar year

Volunteer having direct volunteer contact with children

If purpose is volunteer having direct volunteer contact with chil-

dren, choose SUB PURPOSE:

Big Brother/Big Sister and/or affiliate

Domestic violence shelter and/or affiliate

Rape crisis center and/or affiliate

Other:

PA Department of Human Services Employment & Training Program

participant (signature required below)

SIGNATURE OF OIM/CAO REPRESENTATIVE OIM/CAO PHONE

NUMBER

An individual 18 years or older, excluding individuals receiving services, who resides in a family living home, community home for individuals with an

intellectual disability, or host home for children for at least 30 days in a calendar year

An individual 18 years or older who resides in the home of a prospective adoptive parent for at least 30 days in a calendar year

AGENCY/ORGANIZATION NAME: PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION CODE, IF APPLICABLE:

Consent/Release of Information Authorization form is attached. Applicant must fill in the “Other Address” sections. By completing the other address

sections, you are agreeing that the organization will have access to the status and outcome of your certification application.

FIRST NAME

APPLICANT DEMOGRAPHIC INFO

MIDDLE NAME

RMATION (DO NOT USE INITIALS)

LAST NAME SUFFIX

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

___ ___

GENDER

Male Female

Not reported

DATE OF BIRTH (MM/DD/YYYY) AGE

Disclosure of your Social Security number is voluntary. It is sought under 23 Pa.C.S. §§ 6336(a)(1) (relating to information in statewide database), 6344 (relat-

ing to employees having contact with children; adoptive and foster parents), 6344.1 (relating to information relating to certified or licensed child-care home

residents), and 6344.2 (relating to volunteers having contact with children). The department will use your Social Security number to search the statewide

database to determine whether you are listed as the perpetrator in an indicated or founded report of child abuse.

HOME ADDRESS

MAILING ADDRESS

(if different from home address)

OTHER ADDRESS (if Consent/Release of

Information Authorization form is attached)

ADDRESS LINE 1 ADDRESS LINE 1 ADDRESS LINE 1

ADDRESS LINE 2 ADDRESS LINE 2 ADDRESS LINE 2

CITY CITY CITY

COUNTY COUNTY COUNTY

STATE/REGION/PROVINCE STATE/REGION/PROVINCE STATE/REGION/PROVINCE

ZIP/POSTAL CODE ZIP/POSTAL CODE ZIP/POSTAL CODE

COUNTRY COUNTRY COUNTRY

Different mailing address

ATTENTION ATTENTION

CONTACT INFORMATION

HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER WORK TELEPHONE NUMBER MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER

EMAIL (By submitting an email contact, you are agreeing to ChildLine contacting you at this address.)

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signature

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PENNSYLVANIA CHILD ABUSE HISTORY CERTIFICATION

PREVIOUS NAMES USED SINCE 1975 (Include maiden name, nickname and aliases.)

First Middle Last Suffix

PREVIOUS ADDRESSES SINCE 1975 (Please list all addresses since 1975, partial address acceptable; attach additional pages if necessary.)

10.

HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS

(Please list everyone who lived with you at any time since 1975 to present.

Please include parent, guardian or the person(s) who raised you; attach additional pages as necessary.)

Name (First, Middle, Last) Relationship

Present

Age

Gender

Parent Guardian person(s) who raised you

10.

I affirm that the above information is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief and submitted as true and correct under

penalty of law (Section 4904 of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code). If I selected volunteer, I understand that I can only use the certificate for

volunteer purposes.

APPLICANT’S SIGNATURE

DATE

CHILDLINE USE ONLY

DATE RECEIVED BY CHILDLINE SUFFICIENT PAYMENT INFORMATION RECEIVED

YES NO

VALID PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION CODE

WAIVED (supervisor initials) ___________

CERTIFICATION ID #

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INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPLETE THE

PENNSYLVANIA CHILD ABUSE HISTORY CERTIFICATION APPLICATION:

General:

• Type or print clearly and neatly in ink only.

• If obtaining this certification for non-volunteer purposes or if, as a volunteer having direct volunteer contact with children, you have

obtained a certification free of

charge within the previous 57 months, enclose an $13.00 money order or check for each application. No

cash will be accepted. Personal, agency, or business checks are acceptable. Certifications for the purpose of “volunteer having direct

volunteer contact with children” may be obtained free of charge once every 57 months. If no payment is enclosed for a non-volunteer

purpose, you must provide a payment authorization code, otherwise your application will be rejected and returned to you.

• DO NOT SEND POSTAGE PAID RETURN ENVELOPES for us to return your results. Results are issued through an automated system

generated mailing process.

• Certification results will be mailed to you within 14 days from the date the certification application is received at the ChildLine and Abuse

Registry.

• Failure to comply with the instructions will cause considerable delay in processing the results of an applicant’s child abuse history

certification application.

Purpose of Certication - Do not check more than one box:

• Check the foster parent box if applying for purposes of providing foster care.

• Check the prospective adoptive parent box if applying for the purpose of adoption.

• Check the employee of child care services box if applying for the purpose of child care services in the following:

- Child day care centers; group day care homes; family day care homes; boarding homes for children; juvenile detention center services or

programs for delinquent or dependent children; mental health services for children; services for children with intellectual disabilities; early

intervention services for children; drug and alcohol services for children; and day care services or other programs that are offered by a school.

• Check the school employee governed by the Public School Code box if you are a school employee who is required to obtain

background checks pursuant to Section 111 of the Public School Code and will continue to be required to obtain background checks prior

to employment in accordance with that section and on the periodic basis required by Act 153.

• Check the school employee not governed by the Public School Code box if you are a school employee not governed by Section 111

of the Public School Code, but covered by Act 153 (pertaining to school employees in institutions of higher education).

Denition of school employee: A school employee is dened as an individual who is employed by a school or who provides a program,

activity or service sponsored by a school. The term does not apply to administrative or other support personnel unless they have direct

contact with children.

Denition of school: A facility providing elementary, secondary or postsecondary educational services. The term includes the following:

(1) Any school of a school district.

(2) An area vocational-technical school.

(3) A joint school.

(4) An intermediate unit.

(5) A charter school or regional charter school.

(6) A cyber charter school.

(7) A private school licensed under the act of January 28, 1988 (P.L.24, No. 11), known as the Private Academic Schools Act.

(8) A private school accredited by an accrediting association approved by the state Board of Education.

(9) A non-public school.

(10) An institution of higher education.

(11) A private school licensed under the act of December 15, 1986 (P.L. 1585, No. 174), known as the Private Licensed Schools Act.

(12) The Hiram G. Andrews Center.

(13) A private residential rehabilitative institution as dened in section 914.1-A(c) of the Public School Code of 1949.

• Check the self-employed provider of child-care services in a family child-care home if providing child care services in one’s home

(other than the child’s own home) at any one time to four, ve, or six children who are not relatives of the caregiver.

• Check the individual 14 years of age or older who is applying for or holding a paid position as an employee box if the employment

is with a program, activity, or service, as a person responsible for the child’s welfare or having direct contact with children:

Applying as an employee who is responsible for the child’s welfare or having direct contact (providing care, supervision, guidance, or

control to children or having routine interaction with children) in any of the following in which children participate and which is sponsored

by a school or public or private organization:

- A youth camp or program;

- A recreational camp or program;

- A sports or athletic program;

- A community or social outreach program;

- An enrichment or educational program; and

- A troop, club, or similar organization

• Check the individual seeking to provide child care services under contract with a child care facility or program box if you are

providing child care services as part of a contract or grant funded program.

• Check the box for individual 18 years or older who resides in the home of a foster parent for at least 30 days in a calendar year if

you are an adult household member in this setting and require certication.

• Check the box for individual 18 years or older who resides in the home of a certied or licensed child-care provider for at least 30

days in a calendar year if you are an adult household member in this setting and require certication.

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• Check the box for individual 18 years or older, excluding individuals receiving services, who resides in a family living home,

community home for individuals with an intellectual disability, or host home for children for at least 30 days in a calendar year if

you are an adult household member in this setting and require certication.

• Check the box for individual 18 years or older who resides in the home of a prospective adoptive parent for at least 30 days in a

calendar year if you are an adult household member in this setting and require certication.

• Check the volunteer having direct volunteer contact with children box if applying for the purpose of volunteering as an adult for an

unpaid position as a volunteer with a child-care service, a school, or a program, activity or service as a person responsible for the child’s

welfare or having direct volunteer contact with children. In addition, check the box of one of the organizations listed, i.e. Big Brother/Big

Sister, domestic violence shelter, rape crisis center. If you are NOT applying for a volunteer in one of the organizations listed, please check

the other box and write the name of the organization in the space provided.

• Check the PA Department of Human Services employment & training program participant box if you are applying for the purpose

of participating in a PA Department of Human Services employment and training program through a county assistance ofce (CAO) or

the Ofce of Income Maintenance (OIM). The signature AND phone number of the CAO or OIM representative is required. If there is no

signature and no phone number, your application will be rejected and returned to you.

• If you were provided a “PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION CODE” by an organization, please provide the agency/organization name in the

space provided and the payment authorization code in the space provided.

• Please check the CONSENT/RELEASE OF INFORMATION box if you included a payment code in the space above and attached the

completed Consent/Release of Information Authorization form to your Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Certication application when

you mail it to our ofce. The Consent/Release of Information Authorization form allows the department to send your results to a third party.

If the Consent/Release of Information Authorization form is NOT attached to the certication application, the results WILL be mailed to the

applicant’s home address and not to the third party.

Applicant Demographic Information:

• Name - Include the applicant’s full legal name. Initials are not acceptable for a rst name. If your full legal name is an initial, please

provide supporting documentation along with your certication application.

• Social Security number - Include the applicant’s social security number. A social security number is voluntary; HOWEVER, PLEASE

NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS MAY TAKE LONGER TO BE PROCESSED.

• Gender - Please check one box.

• Date of birth - Fill in the applicant’s date of birth (Example: 01/22/1990).

• Age - Fill in the applicant’s current age.

Address:

• The address listed must be the applicant’s current home address. This is also where the results of the certication will be mailed, unless

otherwise noted. If the different mailing address box is checked and a mailing address is provided in the “different” mailing address

column, the results will be mailed to the “mailing” address and not the “home” address. Note: If the consent/release of information box is

checked and an “other” address is provided, the results will be mailed to the “other” address.

Contact Information:

• Please provide your home, work or mobile telephone number. Fill in the number where the applicant can be reached in the event that

there are questions about the information on the application.

• Please provide an email address. By providing an email address, you are consenting to ChildLine contacting you by email in the event

that you cannot be reached by phone. NO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION WILL EVER BE SHARED OR PROVIDED IN AN EMAIL

FROM OUR OFFICE.

Previous Names Used Since 1975:

• The applicant must list any and all full legal names that they have ever had since 1975. This includes maiden names, nicknames, aliases

and also known as (aka) names.

Previous Addresses Since 1975:

• List all addresses where the applicant has resided since 1975. The applicant can attach an additional sheet of paper with all of the

addresses listed if necessary. If the applicant cannot remember the exact mailing addresses since 1975, lling in as much information as

possible about the location is acceptable.

Household Members:

• Include anyone that the applicant lived with since 1975 (parents, guardians, siblings, children, spouse (ex), paramour, friends, etc.). In

addition, include the household member’s relationship to the applicant, their age (to the best of your knowledge) and their gender. If the

applicant was under the age of 18 in 1975, this section MUST include the applicant’s PARENT(S) or GUARDIAN(S). If this section is left

blank, the application will be rejected and returned to the applicant.

Signature:

• Applications MUST be signed and dated. Applications that are not signed and dated will be rejected and returned to the applicant.

CHILDLINE USE ONLY:

• Please DO NOT WRITE in this section. This is for CHILDINE staff only.

Additional Information:

Applicants can visit https://www.compass.state.pa.us/CWIS for more information about submitting the child abuse certication online or to

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