Background checks for scout leaders — $5 each.
Den leaders, troop volunteers, and campout chaperones spend overnights and weekends with your scouts. 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
Around the campfire
Who's leading your scouts?
Scouting volunteers spend sustained, often lightly supervised time with kids — weekly dens, weekend campouts, and overnights. These are the adults worth verifying.
Den & troop leaders
Weekly meetings and hands-on activities.
Campout chaperones
Overnights and weekend trips with limited supervision.
Trip & outing volunteers
Hikes, service projects, and travel.
Merit-badge counselors
One-on-one mentoring toward advancement.
Committee & event staff
Pinewood derbies, fundraisers, ceremonies.
Youth leaders (teens)
Under-18 volunteers — screened with guardian consent.
VolunteerBadge · Scouting
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 campout
Send the application
Email a link or post a QR code for registered adults and volunteers. 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 youth leaders 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 unit budget? Let leaders cover their own $5.
Flip on volunteer-pays and each leader pays for their own check at sign-up — screening stays free for the pack or troop, and you still get a verified result for everyone.
Screening for scout troops, packs, and dens
Scouting runs on adult volunteers who spend real, sustained time with children — weekly den meetings, weekend campouts, and overnight trips, often with limited supervision. Scouting organizations were early leaders in youth protection, and screening every registered leader and volunteer is central to that. At $5 a check, a small pack or a large troop can screen its whole adult roster before the season.
VolunteerBadge runs a full national criminal background check spanning 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.
And because verifying the human matters as much as searching the name, VolunteerBadge confirms each leader with a government photo ID and a biometric selfie matched to the ID.
Build your unit’s screening policy — free
Generate a branded, FCRA-aware background-check policy in minutes.
Scouting screening — questions units ask
How much does a scout leader background check cost?+
It is $5 per leader or volunteer 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.
Can we screen youth leaders and volunteers 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 leaders pay for their own $5 check?+
Yes — turn on volunteer-pays so each leader covers their own check, keeping screening free for the unit.
How often should scout leaders be re-screened?+
Most units re-screen registered adults every year or two; VolunteerBadge’s automated reminders keep it on schedule.
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A safer troop starts before the first meeting
Set up your unit in a few minutes and screen your first leader for $5 — no contract, no per-seat fees, cancel anytime.
Screen a volunteer for $5