Required clearances:

1. PA State Police Criminal Background Check

2. PA Child Abuse History Clearance Form

 

If you have previously acquired these clearances within the last five years, you do not need to request them again. Submit your clearances to Alexis at acoleman.psu@empowerorphans.org.

NOTE: If you sent your clearances into EO last year (and they have not expired), you do not need to resend them!

International applicants: paper submission is the only option for clearance requests, see instructions sent in recap email

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• If you have NOT been a resident of PA for 10+ years, you need to be fingerprinted in addition to completing the clearances

• Look out for exact instructions for completing fingerprints in the recap email, but here is the basic process:

  • You must register online prior to being fingerprinted

  • The fee is $25.75

  • Penn State University Police no longer conducts fingerprinting services this year, but the nearest location is downtown & you just schedule an appointment!

  • Closest location is: 426 Allen Street, State College, PA, 16801

• If you have lived in PA for 10+ years, you do NOT need an FBI fingerprint check!

• Please email Alexis at acoleman.psu@empowerorphans.org with any questions

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Please send all completed clearances to Alexis at acoleman.psu@empowerorphans.org OR print out a hard copy and turn them into Alexis at any Empower Orphans general body meeting.

 

Feel free to email her at the email above with any questions or concerns about the process.