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🏃 Track & field

A dozen events. A dozen volunteer coaches. Screen them all.

Track & field camps fan kids out across the infield and oval, each event run by its own volunteer. That spread of adult-athlete contact is why every event coach needs a check. VolunteerBadge clears the whole field for $5 each, identity-verified.

Start screening for $5 $5 per check Identity-verified FCRA-compliant

Every event area to screen

Sprint & relay coaches
Jumps (long, high, triple) coaches
Throws (shot, discus, javelin) coaches
Distance & cross-country leaders
Pole vault & hurdles instructors
Timing, field-marshal & parent helpers

Track camp screening questions

Track camps have a coach for every event — do they all need checks?

Yes. Each event area — sprints, jumps, throws, distance — is often run by a different volunteer working closely with athletes. Every one needs a documented $5 background check.

Many of our event coaches are last-minute parent volunteers. Is that a problem?

Only if you cannot screen them in time. Phone-based verification returns most checks same-day, so even a coach added the day before can be cleared before they run an event.

What about throwing-event coaches working one-on-one?

Throws and pole vault especially involve close, individual coaching — exactly the access that makes screening essential. They run as the same $5 check as any other volunteer.

How It Works

Three steps. Start to finish.

We stripped every unnecessary step. Here's what running a volunteer background check actually looks like.

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Volunteer ApplicationCity Parks Dept.
Full Name
Email Address
I authorize a background check per FCRA disclosure. I have received and reviewed the required disclosure document.
Step01

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 free
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Address History Check Scanning…
Step02

We 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 free
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National Criminal SearchSarah Johnson
County & Superior Courts
Sex Offender Registries
Federal Criminal Courts
FBI Most Wanted + OFAC
Step03

Run 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 check
Next-gen identity verification

We 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.

$5included — no premium tier, no add-on
How it works
Live biometric scanFACE MATCH · 99.2%
Verified
Live selfie
Photo ID
SSN + address
Identity confirmed & triangulated

Enterprise-grade verification at a nonprofit price. The same rigor banks use — built into every $5 check.

100% FREE · FOREVER

Free training for your track & field 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.

8 modules · certificate ~56 min · quizzes & video
Start the free course

What the course covers

  • Supervising a spread-out venue where many events run at once
  • Heat exhaustion vs. heat stroke, hydration & the distance risk
  • Throwing-event safety — javelin, discus & shot put sectors
  • Jump pits, runways & hurdle setup done safely
  • Overuse and acute injuries and applying R.I.C.E.
  • The CDC HEADS UP 4 R’s for a suspected concussion
  • Lightning calls and clearing an open field fast
  • Positive coaching, boundaries & mandatory reporting

Clear the whole field

Every event coach and helper, screened for $5 before the camp opens.

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