1. Navigate to the PATCH home page:

https://epatch.pa.gov/home

Click the "New Volunteer Record Check" button.

2. Terms and Conditions

Read the "Terms and Conditions for the use of PATCH."  At the bottom of the page, check the box under the "Volunteer Acknowledgement Section," and then click the "Accept" button.

3. Personal Information

The "Personal Information" requested here is information about the person making the request.  Since you are making the request on behalf of the church, supply information about yourself, along with the following:

Volunteer Organization Name: Latrobe CMA

Volunteer Organization Phone Number:  724-537-8907

At the bottom of the page, use your email address and phone number.  Then click the "Next" button.

4. Personal Information Review

Make sure all of the information you have entered is correct.  Check that the "Reason for Request" is listed as VolunteerFREE.  This should be set automatically.  Finally, click the "Proceed" button at the bottom of the page.  

5. Record Check Request Form

Since you are making this request for a background check for yourself, enter your personal information on this page.  You can leave the "Identity Theft #" entry blank.  Use your own discretion as to whether or not to enter your social security number.

Once all of the information is complete, click the "Submit This Request" button at the bottom of the page.

6. Record Check Request Review

Look at the information and make sure it is correct.  If all looks right, click the "Submit" button.

7. Record Check Request Results

Hopefully, the results will become available almost immediately.  A little horizontal "barber pole" type icon spins in the window until the results are ready.  Until then, make careful note of the Control # at the left side of the table under the heading "Record Check Requests."  This number is the only way to access the record check results.  If you do not make note of this number, you will have to submit a completely new request if the search takes more than a few minutes to complete or you are unable to print the results now.

Once the spinning "barber pole" goes away, check the "Status" field.  If it says, "Pending," you will have to wait to receive email indicating that the search is complete.  Then use the link for "Result of Previous PATCH Search" on the previous page for instructions to access the results.

If the "Status" field indicates "No Record," click on the Control #.

8. Record Check Details

This page should list your name and the results of the search.  Hopefully, it says, "No record."  However, this page is not the official result of the record search.  You are welcome to print this page, but this page is not the record that the church needs for your clearances.

Click the "Certification Form" link above the "Back" button near the bottom of the page.  This will provide the certification needed by the church in order to comply with Pennsylvania State law.

9. Response for Criminal Record Check

The page may warn you to ensure that the document fits on a single page.  The correct result should look like this image.  Click either the "Print" or "Save" links at the upper-left corner.  The "Print" link will use your browser's print dialog to allow you to directly print the official document.  The "Save" link allows downloading of the PDF document to your computer so that you can print it later.

Submit the printed copy of the official document to the Cristian Education director or one of the elders at the church.