Thank you for your interest in becoming an Operation Our Town Volunteer.  It is only through the support of active community members that we will be able to take back our neighborhoods from illegal drugs and crime.

1.   Complete the Operation Our Town “Volunteer Application Form” on-line at www.operationourtown.org/http://www.operationourtown.com/volunteer_form.htm or contact our office for a printed form that can be completed and mailed.

2    All Our Town volunteer positions require both a “PA State Police Criminal History Record” (Form SP-164, or Act 34 Clearance) and a “PA Child Abuse History Clearance” (Form CY-113, or Act 151 Clearance). 

·    PA State charges a $10.00 fee to process each of these clearances, for a total cost of $20.00. 

·    The request for a Criminal History Record can be completed immediately on-line with a credit card by clicking on the "Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History (PATCH) Web Site" link on the PA State Police web-site at: www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID
=4451&&PageID=458621&level=2&css=L2&mode=2. 
The application may also be printed from this site, completed and mailed with payment to the PA State Police. 

·    It is necessary to have a completed "Criminal History Record” to submit with the application for the “Child Abuse History Clearance.”

·    The “Child Abuse History Clearance” form can be downloaded at:
www.dpw.state.pa.us/ServicesPrograms/ChildWelfare/
003671038.htm

·   Printed forms to apply for each of these clearances are also available through our office.   

3. Upon receipt of your processed clearances from PA State, submit copies to: Operation Our Town, PO Box 2486, Altoona, PA 16603.

The majority of our volunteers are contacted through e-mail.  If you do not have access to e-mail we will make every effort to contact you through alternate methods as time permits.  We also welcome your phone inquiries regarding upcoming volunteer opportunities.

Thank you again for your commitment to our community!