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Background checks for homeschool co-op volunteers — $5 each.

In a co-op, parents teach and supervise other families’ children. Screen every teaching parent, tutor, and helper with an FCRA-compliant national criminal and all-50-state sex-offender check, plus identity verification, for $5 — no per-seat fees, no contract.

FCRA-compliant No per-seat fees Results in minutes

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Co-op day, covered

Who’s teaching other families’ kids?

In a cooperative, parents step into the teacher’s role for children who aren’t their own — often one-on-one and sometimes off-site. These are the adults worth verifying before co-op day.

Teaching parents

Parents leading classes for other families’ children.

Tutors & hired teachers

Paid or volunteer instructors on co-op day.

Classroom helpers & aides

Assisting in rooms, hallways, and at lunch.

Field-trip chaperones & drivers

Off-site trips, museums, and carpools.

Nursery & toddler-room parents

Caring for the youngest siblings.

Teen helpers

Under-18 mother’s-helpers — screened with guardian consent.

VolunteerBadge · Homeschool Co-op

Every $5 volunteer check

$5

Criminal records

650M+ county, state & federal court records

Included

Sex-offender registries

All 50 states + national registry

Included

Identity verification

Government photo ID + biometric selfie

Included

Address history

SSN-traced — free on every check

Included

Watchlists

FBI Most Wanted + OFAC / global

Included
Director’s note: ~94% of parents come back with a clean record — you’ll know the few who don’t. Every hit is human-reviewed before it reaches you.

Cleared before the first co-op day

Step 1

Send the application

Email a link or post a QR code for your teaching parents and helpers. They apply from their phone in minutes.

Step 2

We verify + screen

Government ID + selfie confirms the real person, then the $5 national check runs. Under-18 helpers get guardian consent automatically.

Step 3

Get a clear status

A green “verified” badge (or a flagged review) lands on your roster — with the FCRA adverse-action workflow built in.

All-volunteer co-op? Let each family cover its own $5.

Flip on volunteer-pays and every parent pays for their own check at sign-up — screening stays free for the co-op, and you still get a verified result for everyone in the building.

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Screening built for parent-led cooperatives

A homeschool co-op runs on trust: on any given co-op day, a parent volunteer is leading a classroom full of other families’ children — often one-on-one, sometimes off-site on field trips, and usually without the background-check infrastructure a traditional school takes for granted. That trust deserves a real safeguard, and at $5 per check it is finally realistic for an all-volunteer co-op to screen every teaching parent, tutor, and helper.

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 annual contract. Turn on volunteer-pays and each parent covers their own $5 check, keeping screening free for the co-op itself.

Because name-only screening is unreliable, VolunteerBadge also verifies each volunteer with a government photo ID and a biometric selfie matched to the ID — so the parent you cleared is the parent standing in front of the class.

See your state’s volunteer screening rules

Read the complete homeschool co-op safety guide

Why co-ops screen, the insurance reality, and how to build a safeguarding policy — free.

Homeschool co-op screening — questions directors ask

How much does a background check for a homeschool co-op cost?+

It is $5 per teaching parent, tutor, or volunteer through VolunteerBadge — a full national criminal check with a free address-history check and FCRA adverse-action workflow included, and no per-seat or monthly fees. Turn on volunteer-pays and each parent can cover their own $5, so screening costs the co-op nothing.

We’re an all-volunteer co-op with no budget — can we still screen everyone?+

Yes. There are no setup fees, no seat licenses, and no contract. You can screen 8 parents or 80 at the same $5 rate, and with volunteer-pays each family covers its own check — a common and easy policy for co-ops.

Does the check search sex-offender registries?+

Yes — all 50 states plus the national registry, alongside 650M+ court records, FBI Most Wanted, and OFAC/global watchlists, on every $5 check.

Can we screen teen helpers or 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.

How often should a co-op re-screen its parents?+

Most co-ops re-screen teaching parents and regular helpers once a year, or each enrollment cycle. VolunteerBadge can send automatic re-screen reminders so no one lapses between school years.

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Keep co-op day a place families trust

Set up your co-op in a few minutes and screen your first teaching parent for $5 — no contract, no per-seat fees, cancel anytime.

Screen a volunteer for $5