Criminal History Background Report

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio (“RMHC NEO”) conducts a criminal history background check on all prospective employees and interns.

Below is a Criminal History Background Report Authorization for you to review and sign.  Once we receive the completed form, RMHC NEO will have an independent third party conduct a criminal history background check.

RMHC NEO will attempt to obtain and use a criminal history background “consumer report” from a “consumer reporting agency” when considering you for employment. These quoted terms are defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), a law which RMHC NEO deems to apply to you.* As an applicant for employment, RMHC NEO is considering you to be a “consumer” with rights under the FCRA.

Please understand that RMHC NEO solely will obtain a criminal history background report to assist it in determining whether to grant you employment.  RMHC NEO is not obtaining a “consumer report” for any other information and will NOT be conducting a credit check.

If RMHC NEO considers any information in the criminal history background report when making an employment decision that directly and adversely affects you, you will be provided with a copy of that report. You also may contact the Federal Trade Commission about your rights under the FCRA as a “consumer” with regard to “consumer reports” and “consumer reporting agencies.” FCRA_Summary_of_Rights

Criminal Background Report Authorization Form

*A “consumer reporting agency” is a person or business that, for monetary fees, dues or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly assembles or evaluates consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing “consumer reports” to others, such as RMHC NEO. A “consumer report” that will be used by RMHC NEO is any written, oral or other communication of any information by a “consumer reporting agency” bearing on character, general reputation, personal characteristics, motor vehicle record, or mode of living that is used or collected for the purpose of serving as a factor in establishing the consumer’s eligibility to stay at an RMHC NEO facility. A “consumer report” also may include, without limitation, information about your employment history, educational background, or your criminal history background.