PA Criminal Record Check
To obtain the criminal record check go on-line at https://epatch.pa.gov/home. This will eliminate the need to mail in your criminal record check application. The cost is $22 (subject to change). In most cases, you will receive your record check within a few minutes. If not, they will send it to you.
PA Child Abuse History Clearance
To access this clearance, go online at https://www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis/public/home You will have to create an account to register. It is not an instant clearance and still could take up to 14 days to process, but you will receive an email to access your clearance online. The cost is $13.00 (subject to change).
FBI Fingerprint Process
All applicants must register prior to going to the Fingerprint Center via the IdentoGO
website at https://uenroll.identogo.com/ (24 hours/day, 7 days/week) or call 1-844-321-
2101 (Monday – Friday, 8 am – 6 pm). WHEN YOU REGISTER, YOU MUST ENTER THE
APPROPRIATE SERVICE CODE FOR PDE (PA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION):
1KG6XN.
If you already have the FBI clearance from the Department of Public Welfare, we can now
accept this but we do need to see the original clearance that you received in the mail. If
you are not able to present the original then you must do the one for the Department of
Education.
You will pay a fee of $23.85 for the fingerprint clearance (this amount is subject to change). Payment may be made using a
debit or credit card, a Money Order or Cashiers Check at the fingerprint location. Money
Orders and Cashiers Checks must be made out to Morpho Trust. NO CASH or
PERSONAL CHECKS will be accepted at the fingerprint sites. All applicants will receive
an unofficial paper copy of the report at no additional cost to the applicant.
Once your fingerprints are taken at the fingerprint location, you will be issued a receipt that
will have your UEID (Universal Enrollment ID). This is the number you must provide to the
employer in order for the employer to access your FBI clearance on-line.
You must provide proof of identity upon arrival at the Fingerprint Center such as a state
issued driver’s license, state ID card, passport, etc.
Arrest/Conviction Report - PDE 6004
Arrest-Conviction Form (PDE 6004)