Parents

Troop 53 / Chester County Council - Adult Membership Information

To get an adult BSA membership (needed to attend camping events), you'll need to do the following:

 1.  Take Youth Protection Training (YPT).   

This is a free course and will take about an hour or so. 

1. Go to My.Scouting.org and create an account.  

2. From the My.Scouting.org portal, click Menu then My Training from the menu list. 

3. The My Training page is where you will start your Youth Protection Training

4. When you are done with the class, print your certificate.  You will need it to submit this with your membership application.

There is additional information here:  https://www.scouting.org/training/youth-protection/

2.  Fill out the adult membership application.  You can type in the pdf version, or hand write. 

https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/524-501.pdf   

3.  Complete three background checks:

a.  Report of criminal history from the Pennsylvania State Police

b.  Child Abuse History Clearance from the Department of Human Services

c.  A fingerprint based federal criminal history (FBI) submitted through the Pennsylvania

State Police or its authorized agent if the volunteer has lived outside the Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania in the last 10 years.   If you have lived in PA continuously the last 10 years, you can sign and submit CCCBSA Disclosure Form for Volunteers and skip the fingerprint FBI criminal history.

There is more information here, including links to each background check: 

https://www.cccbsa.org/resources/pa-background-checks/

https://www.cccbsa.org/resources/pa-background-checks/clearances/

https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs/resources/keep-kids-safe/child-abuse-clearances.html

The background checks can take a few weeks to process.  You will need to submit a copy of each background check with your application.

4.   Complete the physical form A B and C, including doctor signature on page C.  

You'll need the physical and a copy of your insurance card (front and back) for your application and for summer camp.  (For summer camp, please give Jen DiJoseph (dijoseph4@comcast.net) a pdf or hard copy of your physical and insurance card by July 1.)

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/11I-1gIr6Uoyyzm5WMIaH36SbvRZ2AP1C/view?usp=sharing

5. Give Brendan Magee (mageebg@hotmail.com) your completed YPT certificate, filled out membership application, completed physical/insurance card and completed background checks.

Brendan will submit your application to the council to process your application. 

Council will then do additional background checks, and it can take several weeks to process. 

Please keep in mind that the council registration fee will be approximately $95 every year. 

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Your application needs to be approved by the council to be a member and you need to be a member in order to attend camping trips. It always takes longer than expected so starting the process sooner rather than later is recommended

YPT: Must be done annually

https://my.scouting.org/

Pennsylvania State Police Response for Criminal Background Check (PSP)

It is easiest to go to the Pennsylvania Access To Criminal History (PATCH) website and apply for the criminal record check online with the Pennsylvania State Police at: https://epatch.state.pa.us/Home.jsp. You will need your social security number. 

Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance

Please go to the PA Department of Pubilc Welfare – Child Welfare Information Solution (CWIS) website at

https://www.compass.state.pa.us/CWIS in order to apply online. You will need to create an account and then fill out the application. You will also need a list of everywhere you have lived since 1975 and everyone you’ve lived with. This will give you immediate access to your results or the status of your results if your results cannot be processed immediately.

Fingerprint based FBI criminal history clearance 

Estimated cost-$21.35

For more information and to begin the registration process, go to www.identogo.com and use the code 1KG6ZJ