Background Check Packages & Pricing

In partnership with Verified First, we’ve created packaging that fits staff and volunteer roles within your church. Plus, add-ons give you the ability to dive deeper.

Serving Volunteer

Best used for volunteers in greeting or hospitality roles.

$ 11

per person searched*

This is the most basic package and includes:
Nationwide Criminal Database search
Global Watch Lists, Homeland Security Lists, Sanctioned Lists
International and Interpol of 190+ countries
Nationwide Sex Offender Database search
Social Security Address Trace Report, including Death Index

*Plus county access fees, if applicable.

Applicant Pay
Serving Volunteer

Best used for volunteers in greeting or hospitality roles.

$ 11

per person searched*

Give your volunteers the opportunity to cover the cost of their background check. The applicant will receive an email to complete the application and provide payment. This includes the same searches as the Serving Volunteer package.

*Plus county access fees, if applicable.
*Some restrictions may apply. Learn more.

Child/Youth Volunteer

Best used for volunteers assisting with children or youth ministries.

$ 29

per person searched*

Everything in the Serving Volunteer package plus:
Unlimited County Criminal Search for all filings over at least the last 7 years
Nationwide Sex Offender Registry Search

*Plus county access fees, if applicable.

Staff and Leadership

Best used when hiring or selecting staff or other church leaders.

$ 45

per person searched*

Everything in the Child/Youth Volunteer package plus:
Education Verification
Employment Verification

*Plus county access fees and state pass-through fees, if applicable.

Get It All

All packages include:

Nationwide Criminal Database search, including millions of state and county records
Global watch lists/Homeland Security lists and sanctioned lists
International & Interpol of 190+ countries
Nationwide Sex Offender Database search
Social Security address trace report, including death index

PA 153: Special Package for Pennsylvania Churches

We offer a special Child/Youth Volunteer package that meets the standards of Pennsylvania ACT 153. It includes our basic package, plus:

PA child abuse clearance check
PA statewide criminal search

The cost is $37 per person searched, plus any state access fees, if applicable. Please note, fingerprinting is not available with this package.

Additional Details:

The difference between the National Sex Offender Registry and the Nationwide Sex Offender Database is the timing of the products. The Database contains static data and is not considered a system of record as it is not live. The states maintain the Registry, and our access to it is real-time.

The Registry will have states unavailable, and when that occurs, our team waits to finish the processing until that state is back up and has been searched. With the Database, if a state is down when the Database is updated, that state’s information is missing until the next time the Database is updated.

Add-ons

$ 3 added to package*

Best used for anyone working with children.

$ 4 added to package*

Best used for anyone driving a church vehicle.

$ 6 added to package*

Best used for anyone handling money.

Canadian Searches

Canadian National Criminal Check (CPIC)

$ 35

per person searched*

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Search

Canadian Employment Verification

$ 39

per person searched*

Includes:
Job title
Tenure
Reasons for leaving
Rehire eligibility

Canadian Education Verification

$ 39

per person searched*

Includes:
Education history
Degree

Canadian Credit Report

$ 35

per person searched*

Includes:
Bankruptcies
Collections
Other credit trade lines

Canadian MVR

$ 28

per person searched*

Includes:
License class
Status
Violations
Accidents

*Search Access Fees – In addition to the cost of the background check, your reports may be subject to various third-party access fees, including county and state court access fees, DMV access fees, and employment/education verification fees. ACS Technologies does not mark up any of these fees; instead we include them on your invoice at cost. Pricing listed in US dollars.

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Communications

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Keeping engagement front and center.

Newsfeed

Posts to keep your church informed.

Keep your members engaged by posting to their newsfeed. Group leaders can post prayer requests, encouragement, or announcements to their groups and members can comment. Leaders can post to multiple groups they lead at the same time to create multiple conversations, and choose whether to allow comments.

Photo Posts

Share memories to create connections.

Being able to post photos from group events reminds your group members of the wonderful bonds they are creating through your church and Christ. Using photo posts in Realm, you can also share images of encouragement like scripture readings or devotionals.

Events

Empower groups to organize, plan, and engage.

Realm gives your group leaders the opportunity to share events with their group members. Group leaders can attach files to the events for members to see ahead of time such as a meeting agenda or menu. Plus, leaders can add items for group members to sign up to bring when they RSVP.

Chat

Communicate with anyone in the moment.

Checking in on a member and family or planning a surprise event with just a few members within a group means communicating with the whole group isn’t necessary. And thanks to Chat in Realm, you can contact just one or a few members at a time without having to message an entire group.

Inbox

One place for all communications.

We all know the routine of searching through texts, emails, and direct messages trying to find a conversation. With Realm’s inbox, all of your communications are saved in one place. Your members can see their messages in their Inbox, even if they choose to receive messages as emails or texts.

Texting

Instantly reach your audience.

Identify your groups that would prefer receiving messages through text and enable Realm Texting for their group leaders. Each group will receive its own unique number. And even though you may delete the text from your phone, it will be saved in your Inbox history in Realm.

Email

Reach the right audience.

Easily connect with all those in a group or pathway, those in your custom query, or those in a dashboard filter through email. Simply select those you would like to reach and send an email to share information with the right people.

Notification Preferences

Reach them where they prefer.

Realm gives you the opportunity to connect with your members in the way they choose is best. If they prefer email, your Inbox messages and posts will reach their email inbox. Enable texting for groups who are always on the go to reach them quickly. Push notifications keep those using the Realm Connect app informed of new messages, posts.

Feature Highlights

For Churches

Unlimited streaming and video storage
Unlimited administrators
Customizable look and feel
Create personalized videos to begin your streaming sessions
Schedule content in advance
Basic editing capabilities
Viewership and utilization analytics

For Viewers

Reporting

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Detailed insights into your ministry.

Predefined Reports

Generate detailed reports.

When more details are needed, staff can utilize Realm’s predefined reports. From giving and accounting to groups and events, one of the nearly 30 reports in Realm will serve up answers to questions you have about your ministry.

Custom Queries

Access all your data.

Attention administrators: Realm’s custom queries were built for you. Unlike a prebuilt report, custom queries let you search, sort, and output your data in any way needed.

Saved Reports

Make better use of your time.

Building reports over and over shouldn’t be how you spend your time. Save your custom queries in Realm and access them from “My Saved Reports” anytime you want to re-run, edit, or output your data again.

Shared Reports

Teamwork just got easier.

Working together in Realm is easy with shared reports. Create your report and share it with others directly in Realm so they can see the results and take action as needed.

Recent Report History

Don’t lose your work.

Run a report but forget to save it? Realm gives you recent report history so you can see your history and download a recent report you may have lost.

Feature Highlights

For Churches

Unlimited streaming and video storage
Unlimited administrators
Customizable look and feel
Create personalized videos to begin your streaming sessions
Schedule content in advance
Basic editing capabilities
Viewership and utilization analytics

For Viewers

Products

Access ministry insights when
you need them most.

Sacraments

Have a pulse on your ministry.

From demographics about your congregation to statistics for church health, the Overview Dashboard is out-of-the-box ready and provides church leaders needed insight into their ministry.

Custom Fields

Remove the guesswork of giving.

Realm’s giving and pledge dashboards provide church leaders with important information like campaign progress, breakdowns by fund or payment type and year-over-year giving totals.

Security Levels

See attendance trends.

Realm understands that different people in your church should have access to different information about people. Assign roles to staff and lay leaders to give the access they need without compromising confidential information.

Data Imports

Take action on your ministry insights.

Dashboards serve you valuable information about your ministry, but it doesn’t stop there. Take action on the information you’re given by communicating with lists, adding them to groups or discipleship tracks, or even inviting them to take part in your ministry on Realm.

Feature Highlights

Church Directory
Directory Search
Individuals
Families
Custom Fields
Special Instructions (e.g. allergies)
Change Log

Sacraments
Duplicate Detection
User Security
Self-Managed Profile
Admin-Assigned Roles
Pastoral/Staff Notes
People/Profile Import

Individual Skills & Interests Listing
Update Family Members
User Communication Preferences
Profiles by Campus
Realm Shepherd Mobile App
Realm Connect Mobile App
Plus more…

Church Streaming Services
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Ready to bring in new visitors and engage your members outside of the church’s walls throughout the week?

Realm Streaming is an affordable option for a church of any size and unlike other streaming providers, Realm Streaming does not charge for video storage or restrict the number of streamed events and there is no limit to the number of users or viewers.

Reach, engage, and disciple your congregation and online community virtually with unlimited streaming and video content.

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Streaming

Expand your reach to an online community.

Realm Streaming allows your members who are unable to attend services or events to worship with you.

You can also bring new people into your church by providing a virtual experience for visitors to learn about your church’s culture, style, and programs.

Videos

Share content to connect with your congregation throughout the week.

Publish recordings of services or events for people who couldn’t attend. Connect with your congregation by sharing content tailored to programs like children’s ministry, missions and outreach, or small groups.

Mobile

Meet your viewers where they are.

All streaming and videos are mobile friendly, allowing your congregants and visitors to watch on their mobile devices or computers.

Branding

Maintain your church’s identity online.

Customize the look and feel of your streamed content and videos to match the branding and style of your church. Keep the focus on your message with an ad-free experience and the ability to add a special video to the beginning of your streaming or videos.

Analytics

Understand how your online community is engaging with your ministry.

Get a comprehensive understanding of who your viewers are and how they’re interacting with your church through viewership and utilization analytics.

Feature Highlights

For Churches

Unlimited streaming and video storage
Unlimited administrators
Customizable look and feel
Create personalized videos to begin your streaming sessions
Schedule content in advance
Basic editing capabilities
Viewership and utilization analytics

For Viewers

Church Payroll Software

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Simplify the process of paying your staff.

Payroll Runs

Process and pay U.S. employees automatically.

Once your employee data and timesheets are all set up, Realm® will calculate necessary tax withholdings, process adjustments, communicate status, and post payments.

Employee Details

Ensure everyone receives a correct paycheck.

Maintain important details about your employees and accommodate special tax requirements and allowances for your ministerial staff.

Time Entry

Process timesheets for individuals or groups of employees.

Split employees into manageable groups for processing pay periods or for structuring compensation for specific jobs. Timesheet groups run separately and give you complete control over how employees are paid.

Jobs

Define and assign jobs to your employees.

Add all of the jobs available at your church—including full-time, part-time, and one-time positions—and assign these jobs for how your staff is paid.

Adjustments

Track any additions and subtractions to employee wages.

Keep track of employee benefits, additional compensation, employer-paid items, and special situations such as housing and auto allowances, phone reimbursements, retirement plans, insurance, and one-off deductions.

Print Checks

Print physical checks and post to General Ledger.

After you run payroll, you can print checks and post payroll checks to the general ledger according to the payroll transactions list.

Tax Withholding Settings

Automatically calculate payroll withholding taxes.

Realm Payroll, along with Symmetry Software, calculates payroll withholding taxes for federal, FICA, state, and local taxes. Only taxable jobs and adjustments will be used to calculate taxes.

Church Accounting Software

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Demonstrate solid financial discipline to your congregation and vendors.

Giving Integration

Automatically post deposits from contributions.

Realm’s accounting software for churches fully integrates with Realm Giving by allowing you the option to post batches into General Ledger as deposits. Simply link your Giving Funds to your General Ledger accounts. Of course, you can control which batches to post automatically and which ones to handle yourself anytime.

Fund Accounting

Organize finances by fund.

Your Chart of Accounts is organized by listing core accounts below their account headings: Assets, Liabilities, Net Assets, Revenues, and Expenses. You may add subheadings to specify how each core account is used, and then drag and drop your subheadings into whatever order you prefer.

Account Segments

Intelligently record greater details.

After you set up core accounts to use across multiple funds, departments, etc., you can create segments to track additional information such as subdepartments and campuses. Account segments are used when entering transactions, entering budget information, performing inquiries, and processing reports.

Transactions

Track income and expenses efficiently.

Transactions record the church’s financial activity, such as paying a vendor and receiving donations. You can enter expenses, income, and other transactions, and you can switch between transaction types within any of these categories, making it quick and easy to enter another type. Reference numbers are automatically assigned to each transaction you enter.

Disbursements

Pay bills and write checks.

Open checks from the Transactions screen can be placed into a queue and printed as single checks or as a batch. Realm also provides a Printed Checks Log where you can view previous check runs and print a check register report. When printing is complete, any unposted checks that you printed are automatically posted.

Accounts

Reconcile with bank and credit cards.

Bank reconciliation is an auditing process that helps uncover discrepancies in your accounts and prevents future mistakes when recording transactions. To ensure that your account is in balance, you will compare your bank statement to the transactions recorded in your general ledger.

Vendors

Track individuals and businesses.

Vendors are businesses and individuals that provide services or supplies for you. Vendors are associated with expenses because you pay for those services or supplies, such as the power company, a landscaper, a government tax agency, or an office supply company.

Budgeting

Money in determines your money out.

Budgets help you plan and measure your fiscal performance. By estimating what your income and expenses will be, you can make plans for how you spend and save. Budgets can live completely in Realm, or they can be exported for revisions or imported from an existing CSV file.

Reporting

Save time reviewing details.

Reports can be customized with account segments to show only what you need to see. Customize standard accounting reports by selecting all the criteria you want to include in your report, such as specific time periods, funds, core accounts, and departments. Then save your reports to use again at a later time.

Feature Highlights

General Ledger

Fund Accounting
Cash Basis Only
Chart of Accounts
Income/Expense Tracking
Credit Card Transactions
Bank and Credit Card Reconciliation
Bank Reconciliation Autosaves
Departmental Expense Tracking
Transaction Logs
User Security
Incremental Budgeting

Giving Integration

Contribution Posting
Link General Ledger to Giving Funds
Giving Receipts
Deposit Reference Numbers
Automatically Post Batches as Deposits
Batch Deposit Details

Disbursements

Reports & Analytics

Internal Financial Reports (by department or by account segment)
External Financial Statements
Budget Comparisons
Vendor Totals and Aging Report
Extract General Ledger Statement Report to CSV
Plus more…

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Messages

Connect like never before.

Messages makes it easy for you to get in touch with people in your church. You can quickly communicate with members of a group or start conversations with one person or multiple people – just by searching for them by name. When you send a message, people will be notified by the app and can respond right away.

Posts

Share life together.

Life happens between Sundays. The newsfeed contains a personalized feed of posts, photos, and events from the groups you’re in. People in your church will see messages from their group leaders and other group members. They can respond with comments or show their support by tapping on the heart. People can share something with their group by posting a message, uploading a photo, or inviting people to an event.

Church News

Keep people in the loop.

Communicate what’s happening across your church—anytime. People can browse through the app to read churchwide posts, check out upcoming church events, and more. They can double-check their group meeting schedule or find another opportunity to participate in a new church event. Whatever’s going on, it’s all right there in the palm of their hand.

Look people up.

Good news! Everyone can recycle their outdated directory now. The next time you need to look someone up, you can pull out your phone and search for them in the Realm® Connect app. You can also browse through the list of your entire church and look up someone’s family members. And similar rules apply from your printed directory—people can opt out of being listed if that’s their preference or choose what information is available for others to see. It’s a great way to put names to faces and learn more about the people in your church.

Giving

Encourage consistent personal giving.

Give people the tools they need to make their giving more consistent. Anyone who has given can open the app to review their total giving year-to-date or check if a recent gift has been processed. People can also set up recurring gifts or make progress toward any pledge goals. It’s a new way for your church family to manage their giving from the convenience of their mobile phone.

Events

Capture RSVPs to events.

Know who will be there (and what they’ll bring). Open up the app to get details about an upcoming event and see who has RSVP-ed. As part of their response, they can note any number of guests or items they have signed up to bring. People can also register for events that require payment, such as a youth camp or adult retreat. Your church family can see who else is coming and post comments about the event.

Profiles

Allow self-maintained profiles.

Can we get an “Amen?” Yay, no more bottlenecks! Give people the ability to keep their own family information and photos current. It’s super simple and a great way to start people off using the app. (It also means you don’t have to struggle to read someone’s handwriting on those contact cards.) People can set their own preferences about who else—besides staff—can see their information. They can make contact information visible to anyone in the church or restrict it to people in their groups, their group leaders, or just the church staff.

Communication

Contact people.

Connect with those who need it most. Realm’s mobile app makes it possible to go one step beyond looking information up. When you find the person you want to contact, you can simply tap on his or her contact information to initiate contact immediately, whether that’s a phone call, a text, or an email. It’s super convenient, and you don’t have to try to memorize phone numbers and email addresses.

Feature Highlights

Push Notifications
Mobile Giving
Event RSVPs
Recurring Gifts
Event Registration
Event Payments
Shared Photos
Post Comments

Profile Photos
Group Feeds
Tap to Call
Tap to Email
Personalized News
Church Calendar
Church Directory
Open Addresses in Maps

Group Rosters
Group Events
Meeting Schedules
File Sharing
Attendance
Pledge Programs
Contact Preferences
Giving History

Stay connected to each other and to the ministry of your church.

Deepen relationships, celebrate milestones, boost giving, and participate in the work of the Lord. Download the “Connect – Our Church Community” app for iOS or Android devices. With Realm, it’s freely available to anyone in your church.

Background Checks

Shepherd – Pastoral Care

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Recents

Quickly access last-touched info.

Shepherd keeps your most relevant information at your fingertips. You can easily jump to any of the last 10 profiles you looked up, and you can see your most recent conversations all on one screen.

Find anyone in your church.

Just start typing in the search bar and matches will automatically start showing up. The search is even smart enough to recognize nicknames.

Ministry is in your hands.

Take your pastoral care ministry to the next level by giving your pastors and pastoral staff on-the-go mobile access to your church directory, groups, pastoral notes, and messages in messages in the Realm® Shepherd app.

Family Members

View family members.

This is a great way to see everyone in a household. It also gives you a way to look someone up when you can only remember a family member’s name. (It happens to the best of us.)

Activity

See how people are involved.

Now you have a quick and simple way to see how someone is involved in your church. You can see the groups a person has participated in, the sacraments or religious milestones you want to track, and whether or not this person has completed or been part of any pathway.

Notes

Add pastoral notes to profiles.

Pastoral notes help you keep record of your interactions, observations, visitations, and more. You can either add notes for your entire pastoral team to see or you can mark them as private to be the only one who can see them.

Categorize your notes with tags.

Create your own custom tags to organize your notes. They can be anything you want, and the tags are shared across your entire pastoral team.

Messaging

Communicate directly with people in your church.

Pastors love having a separate inbox dedicated to ministry and discipleship conversations. This keeps life-changing discussions safe from getting lost among day-to-day emails.

Install Shepherd today.

“Realm Shepherd – for Pastors” puts ministry within reach for all pastoral staff. Look up people, view activity, add notes, and send messages. Shepherd works on iOS and Android devices.

Church Background Checks

Mitigate Risk Minimize Legal Liability Prevent Abuse in All Areas Save Time and Effort Protect Core Assets Encourage Peace of Mind

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Trust, but verify.

It’s never been more important to know exactly who is volunteering, serving, working, and caring for your church family. That’s why we have partnered with Verified First to provide the most comprehensive background checks for churches.

Seamless Integration

Safety doesn’t have to be complicated.

Realm’s seamless integration with our Background Check solution makes it easy to use and quickly manage your background screening needs. Order background checks directly through your Realm church management software and track history and progress along the way.

Applicant Pay

Relieve your screening budget.

Protect your church while removing financial burdens with our Applicant Pay Serving Volunteer package. This package allows your volunteers to support your ministry by paying for their screening.

Permissions

Limit access to screening.

Privacy is important when screening your staff and members. In Realm, you can designate which staff members have the ability to view, submit, and manage background checks.

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Screen for critical information in the top worldwide databases.

Follow Up & Renewal

Better manage background checks for church volunteers.

You can search for cases where follow-up is needed or when it’s time for a renewal, as well as query and report on other key background check information all directly in Realm, enabling your volunteers to stay up-to-date on their screenings.

Packages

Packages to fit your needs.

Each role within your church requires different levels of screening, which is why we’ve created packages that fit those roles. Plus, add-ons enable you to dig even deeper when needed.

Background checks are already part of Realm.

Getting started is super simple:

Sign in with administrative permissions.
Under the Admin menu, click “Manage Realm Account.”
Click the “Additional Features” tab.
In the Background Checks section, click “Learn more.”
Click “Sign up for background checks.”
Complete the provided application form.

Background Check Packages & Pricing

Serving Volunteer

Applicant PayServing Volunteer

Child/Youth Volunteer

Staff and Leadership

All packages include:

Additional Details:

Add-ons

Nationwide Sex Offender Registry Search

Motor Vehicle Registration

Credit Check

Canadian Searches

Canadian National Criminal Check (CPIC)

Canadian Employment Verification

Canadian Education Verification

Canadian Credit Report

Canadian MVR

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Communications

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Keeping engagement front and center.

Newsfeed

Posts to keep your church informed.

Photo Posts

Share memories to create connections.

Events

Empower groups to organize, plan, and engage.

Chat

Communicate with anyone in the moment.

Inbox

One place for all communications.

Texting

Instantly reach your audience.

Email

Reach the right audience.

Notification Preferences

Reach them where they prefer.

Feature Highlights

Reporting

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Detailed insights into your ministry.

Predefined Reports

Generate detailed reports.

Custom Queries

Access all your data.

Saved Reports

Make better use of your time.

Shared Reports

Teamwork just got easier.

Recent Report History

Don’t lose your work.

Feature Highlights

Products

Access ministry insights whenyou need them most.

Sacraments

Have a pulse on your ministry.

Custom Fields

Remove the guesswork of giving.

Security Levels

See attendance trends.

Data Imports

Take action on your ministry insights.

Feature Highlights

Church Streaming Servicesand Solutions

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Reach, engage, and disciple your congregation and online community virtually with unlimited streaming and video content.

WANT TO LEARN MORE? Fill out your information and we will be in touch.

Streaming

Expand your reach to an online community.

Videos

Share content to connect with your congregation throughout the week.

Mobile

Meet your viewers where they are.

Branding

Maintain your church’s identity online.

Analytics

Understand how your online community is engaging with your ministry.

Feature Highlights

Church Payroll Software

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Applicant Pay
Serving Volunteer

Access ministry insights when
you need them most.

Church Streaming Services
and Solutions

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