For meal-delivery programs

Meal-delivery volunteers reach the door — screen them for $5.

Meal-delivery volunteers are often the only person a homebound senior sees all day — and they reach the doorstep. VolunteerBadge screens them for $5, identity-verified.

For a homebound older adult, the meal-delivery volunteer is sometimes the only human contact of the day — and the only person regularly checking that they’re okay. It’s a beautiful role, and a trusted one.

Those volunteers reach the doorstep, learn routines, and sometimes step inside. Programs widely screen them, and many require it. VolunteerBadge makes it affordable: a full FCRA-compliant check for $5, with identity verification on every applicant.

No monthly fees. No contracts. Screen every driver and deliverer your program depends on.

Why meal-delivery programs screen

Meal-delivery volunteers learn which seniors are home alone, when, and how vulnerable — information that demands trustworthy people. Many programs require criminal background checks (and a separate driving-record check for drivers). VolunteerBadge provides the criminal search, identity verification, and documentation.

This is general information, not legal advice. Confirm your specific obligations with counsel or your licensing/state agency.

Why screening matters here

They know who’s home and alone

Delivery volunteers learn a senior’s schedule and vulnerability. That knowledge has to sit with trustworthy, verified people.

They reach the doorstep — sometimes inside

Wellness checks mean access. Identity verification ensures the right person is making it.

Cheap enough to screen every driver

$5 a check, no monthly fees — screen your whole delivery roster without straining the budget.

The safeguard that matters most for seniors

We verify the human, not just the name.

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 works
Live biometric scanFACE MATCH · 99.2%
Verified
Live selfie
Photo ID
SSN + address
Identity confirmed & triangulated

Everything included in your $5 check

No add-ons, no monthly fees, no minimums.

National criminal search — 650M+ records + all 50 state sex-offender registries
Biometric identity verification — live selfie matched to a government photo ID
A free SSN trace & address-history check on every applicant
Built-in, FCRA-compliant adverse-action workflow + audit trail
Every possible record human-verified — refunded if we can’t confirm it’s your applicant

Common questions

Do Meals on Wheels volunteers need a background check?

Most programs require one — delivery volunteers reach homebound seniors at the door and learn their routines. VolunteerBadge provides FCRA-compliant criminal checks plus identity verification; pair it with your own driving-record check for drivers.

How much does it cost?

$5 per volunteer — national criminal + sex-offender search, identity verification, free address-history trace, built-in FCRA workflow. No monthly fees.

Does it verify identity?

Yes — biometric selfie + government ID + SSN triangulation on every applicant, so the volunteer at the door is verified.

Is it FCRA-compliant?

Yes — operated by a licensed Consumer Reporting Agency.

Screen your meals on wheels & meal delivery volunteers for $5

FCRA-compliant, identity-verified, documented. No contract, no monthly fee, no catch.

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Operated by ScreenForge Labs, LLC — a licensed Consumer Reporting Agency

Meals on Wheels Volunteer Background Checks — $5 FCRA Screening | VolunteerBadge