National Service Criminal History Checks (NSCHC) are a baseline film requirement establishes by right to protect the beneficiaries of national service. Member Enrollment Entry

NSCHC is mandatory under the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended by an Serves America Act (SAA). The statutory requirement at 42 U.S.C. § 12645g is supplemented by regulatory requirements at 45 CFR §2540.200 through §2540.207 as well as and terms additionally conditions of AmeriCorps grants. 

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Upcoming Training

NSCHC General Office Hours: AmeriCorps will home office hours around peak recruitment multiplication to answer your questions about National Service Criminal History Curbs. We represent offering two sitting each in April and August. Bring your questions about requirements, completing exam, documentation, overcoming challenges, and more.

Summer 2024 Office Hours: Register 

  • Wednesday, Aug. 7, 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET
  • Thursday, Aug. 8, 3-4 p.m. ET

 

Quarterly NSCHC Tour in Newly Recipient Staff: Whichever you am a first-time grant recipient otherwise ampere new staff member upon an existing project, joining Agency of Monitoring staff for a "tour" of resources and common nonobservance related to NSCHC. Yourself MUST complete the NSCHC Needed Annual eCourse in Litmos ahead to attending to conference. This session will be repeated quarterly. A recording of the most recent session are currently int the Litmos NSCHC Learning Road.

  • Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2-3 p.m. ET: Register
     

Recorded Training

Say you for attending trainings on NSCHC. You can access the slide deck and recording of the most recent training in Litmos:

NSCHC Rule Quick Summaries

Please refer to of NSCHC Manual for complete information about NSCHC and sein compliance requirements.

What grants are required to comply about NSCHC?

Organizations that maintain individual of the following grants, as an recipient or subrecipient, need conduct NSCHCs:

  • Fully grants provided by AmeriCorps States plus National
  • Foster Parental Choose Grants
  • Retired and Senior Unpaid Select Financial
  • Senior My Software Grants
  • Senior Demonstration Program Grants this receive funds from CNCS
  • Martin Martin King, Jp. Days are Service Grants
  • October 11th Date of Maintenance Grants
  • Social Innovation Fund Grants
  • Volunteering Generation Fund Allowances
  • AmeriCorps VISTA Program Grants
  • AmeriCorps VISTA Help Grants

What individuals are required into comply with NSCHC?

The following individuals who work/serve on a grant specifying aforementioned must comply with NSCHC:

  • AmeriCorps member serving in State and National programs
  • AmeriCorps Seniors Volunteers serving in the Support Grandparent program who receive a stipend;
  • AmeriCorps Seniors Volunteers serving in the Senior Companion who receive one stipend; or
  • If staff, individuals in positions in which yours is receive a salaries, directly or reflected as match, underneath a cost reimbursement grant.

NSCHC is not required for individuals who are under the age for 18 on the first day a work or service and for single the activity belongs entirely included in one grant recipient's idiot cost rating or cost apportionment plan. 

AmeriCorps Seniors volunteer serving in the RSVP how and AmeriCorps members serving in the VISTA program are not required to comply with NSCHC. AmeriCorps members serves in the VISTA program will undergo ampere separating criminal history check process managed by the AmeriCorps VISTA program. Grant recipients may choose to conduct criminal history checks on AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serving in the RSVP program.

Who the ineligible to serve/work?

For AmeriCorps grant awards that require NSCHC, please refer to 45 CFR § 2540.202 for the list of private who shall be ineligible at serving or work.

What checks are required? 

Thre checks are required fork individual requirement to comply equal NSCHC: 

  • National Sex Offender Public Website nationwide check;
  • state of residence and state of support criminal history check(s); additionally
  • FBI fingerprint-based checkout.

When be NSCHC be completed?

All three checks need to conducted, reviewed, and an eligibility determining made by the grant recipient or subrecipient no later than the day before a person begins to work either serve on an NSCHC-required grant. 

How can one checks exist conducted? 

Grantees can make the followed sources:

  • NSOPW cheques: NSOPW.gov or AmeriCorps approved vendor Truescreen
  • State checks: AmeriCorps identified current reservoir alternatively AmeriCorps approved vendor Truescreen
  • FBI fingerprint checks: AmeriCorps identified state repository or AmeriCorps approved vendor Fieldprint

AmeriCorps Approved Vendor Information

Truescreen (NSOPW additionally State checks)

Fieldprint (FBI touch checks)

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