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VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS
Per the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office for the Protection of Children and Youth, all volunteers must be screened before engaging with students. Though there are a few steps, AACA Administrative Assistant Connie Del Toral is available to help you throughout the process.
Steps to becoming an approved volunteer:- CBC: Criminal background check run through Virtus online as part of the Virtus registration process. Rechecked every three years through Virtus. You will be prompted to complete/update this when you log in to your Virtus account.
- New users, please set up your account at Virtus online, selecting “Chicago” as your Archdiocese and “Alphonsus Academy” as your site.
- CANTS 689: Yearly check of the central registry of Department of Children and Family Services. Download form, complete and return to cdeltoral@alphonsusacademy.org
- PGC: Virtus’s Protecting God’s Children training session. Register and attend within 15 days of beginning volunteering.
- KPA: Virtus’s Keeping the Promise Alive three-year online recertification. You will be prompted to complete/update this when you log in to your Virtus account.
- MRT: Mandated Reporter Training from State of IL training website. Re-certified every three years, including re-signing the Acknowledgment Form (CANTS 22). Return your certificate and form to cdeltoral@alphonsusacademy.org
- ASB: Archdiocesan Standards of Behavior for Church Personnel Working with Minors and Vulnerable Adults (formerly Code of Conduct). Read and signed and re-acknowledged yearly through Virtus. You will be prompted to complete this when you log in to your Virtus account.
- CBC: Criminal background check run through Virtus online as part of the Virtus registration process. Rechecked every three years through Virtus. You will be prompted to complete/update this when you log in to your Virtus account.