Background checks for childcare volunteers — $5 each.
Nursery helpers, preschool aides, and childcare co-op parents care for the youngest, most vulnerable children. Screen every adult with an FCRA-compliant national criminal and all-50-state sex-offender check, plus identity verification, for $5.
FCRA-compliant No per-seat fees Results in minutes
The littlest ones
Who's caring for the youngest kids?
Infants and preschoolers depend completely on the adults around them and can't speak up. Every nursery helper, aide, and co-op parent is worth verifying.
Nursery & infant-room helpers
Total, hands-on care for babies.
Preschool aides
All-day contact with the youngest kids.
Childcare co-op parents
Rotating care of other families’ children.
Mother’s-day-out volunteers
Drop-in care during services and events.
Play & activity leaders
Small-group time with toddlers.
Teen mother’s-helpers
Under-18 helpers — screened with guardian consent.
VolunteerBadge · Childcare
Every $5 volunteer check
Criminal records
650M+ county, state & federal court records
Sex-offender registries
All 50 states + national registry
Identity verification
Government photo ID + biometric selfie
Address history
SSN-traced — free on every check
Watchlists
FBI Most Wanted + OFAC / global
Cleared before the first drop-off
Send the application
Email a link or post a QR code for helpers and aides. They apply from their phone in minutes.
We verify + screen
Government ID + selfie confirms the real person, then the $5 national check runs. Under-18 helpers get guardian consent automatically.
Get a clear status
A green “verified” badge (or a flagged review) lands on your roster — with FCRA adverse-action built in.
On a nonprofit budget? Let volunteers cover their own $5.
Flip on volunteer-pays and each volunteer pays for their own check at sign-up — screening stays free for the program, and you still get a verified result for everyone.
Screening for daycare, preschool, nursery, and childcare co-ops
No group depends more completely on the adults around them than infants, toddlers, and preschoolers — they cannot speak up, and they are cared for hands-on all day. Church nurseries, preschools, parent co-ops, drop-in childcare, and mothers’-day-out programs all rely on volunteers and aides with total, close access to the youngest children, which makes screening every one of them non-negotiable.
VolunteerBadge runs a full national criminal background check across 650M+ county, state, and federal court records, sex-offender registries in all 50 states, FBI Most Wanted, and OFAC/global watchlists — with a free SSN-traced address-history check on every applicant, no per-seat fees, and no contract. Note that licensed childcare centers may have additional state fingerprint requirements; VolunteerBadge complements, and does not replace, any mandated state check.
And because verifying the human matters as much as searching the name, VolunteerBadge confirms each caregiver with a government photo ID and a biometric selfie matched to the ID.
Build your childcare screening policy — free
Generate a branded, FCRA-aware background-check policy in minutes.
Childcare screening — questions programs ask
How much does a childcare volunteer background check cost?+
It is $5 per volunteer or aide through VolunteerBadge — a full national criminal check with a free address-history check and FCRA adverse-action workflow, and no per-seat or monthly fees on pay-as-you-go.
Does it include a sex-offender registry search?+
Yes — all 50 states plus the national registry, alongside 650M+ court records, FBI Most Wanted, and OFAC/global watchlists, on every $5 check.
Is this the same as a state licensing fingerprint check?+
No. Licensed childcare centers often must run a state fingerprint-based check for paid staff. VolunteerBadge is a fast, affordable national database check that complements those requirements — ideal for volunteers, nursery helpers, and co-op parents — but it does not replace a mandated state check.
Can we screen teen mother’s-helpers under 18?+
Yes. VolunteerBadge screens applicants as young as 14 and collects a parent/guardian authorization for anyone under 18 before the check runs.
Can volunteers pay for their own $5 check?+
Yes — turn on volunteer-pays so each volunteer covers their own check, keeping screening free for the program.
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Peace of mind for every parent at drop-off
Set up your program in a few minutes and screen your first volunteer for $5 — no contract, no per-seat fees, cancel anytime.
Screen a volunteer for $5