Classroom Speakers Screening Criteria

Thank you for your interest in UpLink Classroom Speakers! If you are selected as a volunteer, you will be joining thousands of other mentors who are making a difference for young people.

To be considered as an UpLink Classroom Speaker, you must fill out an application. Filling it out completely and legibly will help in processing your application more quickly. Please make sure all forms are signed. Once your application is received by the screening department, background checks will be conducted that will help move the selection process forward.

The following background checks are routinely conducted free of charge to volunteers.*

• Criminal
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Driving
• Sex Offender Registry

*Note: While the overwhelming majority of applicants pass screening, some do not. The most common reasons for failure are having a currently suspended driver’s license or having a DWI/DUI within the last three years. These findings, among others, automatically disqualify an applicant from service as a YouthFriend or UpLink volunteer.

Please contact the YouthFriends Missouri and Kansas City screening department at
816.842.7082 or 877.842.7082 (toll free) with questions.