DCF background checks

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What background checks can DCF do?

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) offers three different background checks:

  • Employment : We search the Central Registry and Child Abuse & Neglect history of people who will work with or provide a service directly or indirectly to children and families.

  • Adoption and Foster Care : We check prospective foster and adoptive parents plus people who will work in a DCF-licensed care facility or provide a community-based or credentialed service.

  • Adam Walsh : Child protection agencies from outside of Connecticut may request these background checks.

Request a background check.

Criminal history

Complete this form and mail or fax it to the State Police Bureau of Identification location on the form.

Background checks