The people who serve children and seniors should be safe in every sense. Now you can ask volunteers to share a verified immunization record — a SMART Health Card — right alongside their identity check and $5 background check. It’s built in, and it costs nothing extra.
No monthly fees. No add-on charge. Optional for every volunteer.
Digitally signed · verifiable · free
How it works
1.The volunteer gets a SMART Health Card
Free from their state, pharmacy, or health system — a signed QR vaccine record.
2.They add the QR to their application
Upload the image or paste the code during their VolunteerBadge application.
3.VolunteerBadge verifies it
We check the issuer’s digital signature — authentic, unaltered, in seconds.
4.You see a verified record
It appears on the volunteer’s profile, separate from the background check.
Nurseries, youth programs, camps, schools, senior centers, hospice, and memory care all share one thing: the people being served are the least able to fight off a preventable illness. Infants too young to be fully vaccinated, elderly residents with weaker immune systems, and anyone immunocompromised depend on the healthy adults around them.
Many organizations already want to confirm their volunteers are up to date — but until now that meant chasing paper cards, blurry photos, and email attachments no one could actually verify. VolunteerBadge turns it into a clean, verifiable, optional step.
Children, seniors, and immunocompromised people rely on the adults around them being healthy. An immunization record adds a layer of care.
A SMART Health Card is digitally signed by the issuer. We confirm it’s authentic — no more trusting a photo of a paper card.
Volunteers upload a QR code or paste a short code during their application. If they don’t have one, we show them how to get it free.
It’s optional, volunteer-controlled, shown only to your team — and kept completely separate from the background check.
A SMART Health Card is the open, national standard for a digital vaccine record — a QR code that's cryptographically signedby the organization that issued it. Over 400 issuers (state health departments, CVS, Walgreens, hospitals, and health systems) issue them, and more than 150 million Americans can already get one for free. Because it's signed, VolunteerBadge can confirm it's genuine and unaltered in seconds — without calling anyone. Read more about the standard at smarthealth.cards →
From their pharmacy, state portal, or a records app like MyIR or Docket.
A digital signature proves the record is authentic and untampered.
Once they have it, volunteers can carry it and share it whenever it’s asked for.
Volunteers: see how to get and add your SMART Health Card →
Open Settings → Health
A single toggle: “Ask volunteers for their immunization record.”
Volunteers get an optional step
During their application they can attach a SMART Health Card — or skip it.
See verified records on the profile
A “Verified” immunization card appears on each volunteer’s profile, separate from the background check.
An immunization record is a value-added benefit — not a background check.It is not a consumer report, is not part of any background check, and is not governed by the FCRA. VolunteerBadge verifies only that the card is authentic, never a person's health status. How an organization requests or uses health information is its own responsibility, including the ADA and applicable state laws — consider consulting your counsel. See our Terms and Privacy Policy.
Included free with every VolunteerBadge account. Screen a volunteer for $5 — the immunization record costs nothing extra.