* It is important when entering your name, you use your full legal name as written on your birth certificate or drivers license. Please also verify that your social security number was typed correctly. Using nicknames or failing to type a correct social security number may delay or invalidate your check

Please follow the following steps to submit your Criminal History Background Check application:

1. Request a payment code by sending an email to [email protected].
2. When the payment code is received, visit the Pennsylvania Child Welfare Portal website at www.compass.state.pa.us/CWIS.
3. If you have not yet created an account, click on the Create Individual Account button and follow the steps to create an account. If you have, skip to step 4.
4. Click on the Individual Login button.
5. Click on the Access My Clearances button.
6. Review the Disclosure of Personal Information, then click on the Continue button.
7. Enter username (Keystone ID) and password and click the Login button.
8. Review the My Child Welfare Account Terms and Conditions information (making sure to scroll through the text box) and click the “I have read…” radiobutton and click the Next button.
9. On the “My PA Child Abuse History Clearances” page, click the Create Clearance Application button.
10. Review the Getting Started information and click the Begin button.
11. Complete the Form:
    1. On the Application Purpose page, enter the following information:
       • Select “Volunteer Having Contact with Children…” radiobutton
       • Volunteer Category: Other 
       • Agency Name: Cumberland Valley Midget Football Association
    2. On the Application Payment page, enter the following information: 
       • For the “Did the organization you are volunteering for…” question, select the Yes radiobutton.
       • Enter the code provided by CVMFA in the “Code” field.
       • Select the “By entering this code, you are agreeing…” checkbox.
12. Click the Submit Application link.