The Archdiocese of Washington (ADW) requires anyone who works with children in any way to be in compliance with all Child Protection Requirements.  If all requirements are not met, you cannot serve with any ministry involving children.

You are a valuable part of our Parish, and we hope to have everyone continue to support ministries such as School of Religion, the Parochial School, Children’s Liturgy of the Word, and Youth Ministry.

The requirements for Child Protection Compliance are found on the ADW Child Protection Compliance Checklist.

All training components are provided at no charge with the exception of fingerprinting. Rather than lose valuable volunteers, if paying the charge for fingerprinting yourself presents you and your family with financial hardship, please present the receipt to the Parish Office for reimbursement. Reimbursements will be issued within 10–14 days of receipt. 

• ADW Child Protection Website

• ADW Child Protection Policy The policy will be provided to you and reviewed during your training.  All new volunteers and current volunteers who took his or her training prior to July of 2019 are required to read the current policy, print out page 56 (it is the 57^th page of the document, but says page 56.) Then, sign acknowledging that you received and read the policy and return it to the Parish Office.

• ADW Child Protection Compliance Checklist Use this document to track your compliance status.

• Register for Virtus.  During the registration process, you will be asked to register for a training session. Some important things to remember:
  • All of your Child Protection compliance status information is available at Virtus. 
  • Each person has his or her own individual login information.
  • Please click on need log-in information if you do not remember yours.
  • If you are registering for the first time, please click on First Time Registrant on the left side of the screen.

• Fingerprinting:
  • If you have never been fingerprinted for Archdiocese of Washington Child Protection purposes, you must be fingerprinted. Fingerprinting results through other organizations are not available to ADW.
  • ADW Approved Fingerprinting Service Providers  Choose a provider from this list and schedule an appointment with them.
  • The Live Scan Pre-Fingerprinting Application must be completed prior to fingerprinting as instructed by the fingerprinting service provider. Some may ask that the form be completed online. Some may ask you to bring the completed form with you. The following information is needed to complete the form properly:
    • The Agency Authorization Code is 9000016616.
    • Leave ORI Code blank.
    • The Reason Fingerprinted is Child Protection
    • Position Applied For should be your volunteer position. For example, catechist, youth ministry volunteer, school parent, children's liturgy, coach, etc.
    • For Request Type, check Child Care.
    • Mail Response To does not apply and should be left blank.
    • Here is the form in two separate formats: 
      • ADW Live Scan Fingerprinting Pre-Registration Application (fillable Word document)
      • ADW Live Scan Fingerprinting Pre-Registration Application (PDF)
  • You will also need to bring a photo id with you.
  • If paying the charge for fingerprinting yourself presents you and your family with financial hardship, please present the receipt to the Parish Office for reimbursement. Reimbursements will be issued within 10–14 days of receipt. 

• ADW Volunteer Application The application should be completed and returned to the Parish Office.