To ensure a safe environment, members of ministries who are in direct contact with the vulnerable such as children, elderly or disabled must undergo virtus training and fingerprinting.
VIRTUS TRAINING
The Virtus Protecting God’s Children training is available online in English and Spanish. The course addresses awareness, prevention of, and response to child sexual abuse. Before completing the online training, registration must be done. See instructions in either English or Spanish.
Monthly virtus bulletins are sent once a month are required to maintain an active and up to date Virtus account to be eligible to serve. The bulletin reminders are sent via email and take about 3 to 5 minutes to complete.
For volunteers who have Virtus accounts but need to show verification their account is up to date, they can print out their Training Report by following these instructions.
- Log into your Virtus account at www.virtus.org by entering your user id and password.
- Click on the Home tab at the top of the page.
- Click on Training Report Box.
- Print the page.
This page is dated and indicates both live training record and the number of featured, read and missed bulletins.
FINGERPRINTING
If you are also required to do fingerprinting, the head of the ministry or a member of our staff will let you know.
You must register online by accessing www.fieldprintflorida.com and following these instructions:
- Click "Schedule an appointment" (registration can be done in English or Spanish)
- Create a secure username/password and enter the Fieldprint scheduling system
- In the "Reason why you need to be fingerprinted" screen, select the web link: "I know my Fieldprint Code". (To obtain this access code, please call your parish or school beforehand.) Please note that the access code is case sensitive.
- Provide all the information requested. This information is required by the FDLE/FBI in order to process the criminal search.
- At this point, the website will prompt the applicant for the information required to find a local fingerprinting facility and schedule an appointment. Instructions, directions, maps and photos will all be provided directly online.
- If additional questions or problems arise, please contact Fieldprint customer service at: 1-800-799-1067 or CustomerService@fieldprint.com. Or select the "Contact Us" link on the website.
Re-fingerprinting must be done every 5 years.
