For in-home & companion programs
Friendly-visitor and companion programs send volunteers into older adults’ homes, often alone. VolunteerBadge screens them with identity verification and FCRA-compliant checks, for $5.
Companion and friendly-visitor programs are a lifeline against senior isolation — but they also send a volunteer into a private home, one-on-one, frequently unsupervised. That’s the highest-trust role in volunteering.
It’s also where identity matters most: a name and SSN can be borrowed, but the person who shows up at the door is real. VolunteerBadge verifies that person — a biometric ID match on every applicant — alongside a full FCRA-compliant criminal check, for $5.
No monthly fees, no contracts. Screen every volunteer you send into a home.
The in-home risk
Volunteers who enter homes unsupervised have access to a senior’s living space, belongings, finances, and medications. Many states require background checks for in-home elder services, and even where they don’t, identity verification is the single most important safeguard. VolunteerBadge provides both.
This is general information, not legal advice. Confirm your specific obligations with counsel or your licensing/state agency.
No colleagues, no cameras. The only real safeguard is knowing exactly who you sent.
Financial exploitation is a leading form of elder abuse. Identity verification is the front line.
A live biometric selfie matched to a government ID on every applicant — not just a record search.
A name, DOB, and SSN can be borrowed — and a clean record run on the wrong person tells you nothing. VolunteerBadge ties a live biometric selfie to a government photo ID, then triangulates it against the SSN trace and address history. So the volunteer you clear is the person who actually walks into an older adult’s home. Included in every $5 check.
How identity verification worksNo add-ons, no monthly fees, no minimums.
Absolutely — they enter homes unsupervised. Many states require it for in-home elder services, and it’s essential practice regardless. VolunteerBadge provides compliant checks plus identity verification.
$5 per volunteer — national criminal + sex-offender search, identity verification, free address-history trace, built-in FCRA workflow.
Because the volunteer works alone in a senior’s home. A borrowed identity can pass a basic search; our biometric ID match confirms the living person is who they claim to be.
Yes — operated by a licensed Consumer Reporting Agency.
FCRA-compliant, identity-verified, documented. No contract, no monthly fee, no catch.
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