🍂 Fall break
A few days off school is still full days with your volunteers.
Fall-break mini-camps are short, but the duty of care isn't. Every volunteer still spends full, often-unsupervised days with children. VolunteerBadge clears them for $5 with biometric identity verification — quick enough for even a two-day program.
Who to clear for the short week
Fall break camp screening questions
Fall break is only a few days — is screening overkill?
No. A short mini-camp is still full days of childcare, and a two-day program carries the same duty of care as a two-week one. Hosting venues and insurers expect every volunteer to be checked regardless of length.
Can we screen a fall crew in time for such a short window?
Yes — phone-based verification returns most checks same-day, so even a crew confirmed days before break can be cleared before the camp opens.
Do reused volunteers from summer need re-checking?
A current check is best practice each program, but returning volunteers re-verify their reusable badge quickly instead of starting over.
How It Works
Three steps. Start to finish.
We stripped every unnecessary step. Here's what running a volunteer background check actually looks like.
Build your application
Create a volunteer application in minutes. FCRA disclosure language is embedded automatically — applicants sign digitally, you stay compliant from day one.
No charge to create applications or collect signatures.
Always freeWe verify address history
The moment they submit, we pull their actual address history and cross-reference it. Any gaps or addresses they 'forgot' get flagged before you spend a single credit.
No credits used. Catches incomplete applications early.
Always freeRun the check. Done.
One click searches county courts, sex offender registries across all 50 states, FBI Most Wanted, and OFAC. Plain English results with FCRA guidance included.
One credit per check. No hidden fees.
$5 per checkWe verify the human — not just the name on the form.
VolunteerBadge is the only volunteer screening platform that ties a real, verified identity to every application: a biometric face match against a government photo ID, then triangulated against the SSN trace and address history behind the check. A borrowed clean identity can't get through.
Biometric facial match
A live liveness selfie — proof a real person is present, not a photo.
Government photo ID
The selfie is matched face-to-face against their official ID document.
SSN + address triangulation
Identity cross-checked against the SSN trace and address history on the report.
Enterprise-grade verification at a nonprofit price. The same rigor banks use — built into every $5 check.
Free training for your fall break camp volunteers
Screening tells you who to trust. Training tells them what to do. Send every counselor and helper through this free, self-paced course built for the real situations your camp runs into — animated lessons, video, scenarios, and a certificate on passing.
What the course covers
- A short week, a full duty of care — get ready before day one
- Active supervision, headcounts & name-to-face counts
- Authorized check-out done right, even in earlier fall dusk
- Fall weather: layers, heat & the lightning rule
- Allergies, EpiPen & first-aid basics
- Behavior guidance, bullying & homesickness
- Seasonal outings — pumpkin patches, hayrides & off-site headcounts
- Abuse prevention, boundaries & mandatory reporting
Cleared before the short week
Screen every fall-break volunteer for $5 — fast enough for even a two-day camp.
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