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Background Investigations - Children's Facilities

The VDSS Office of Background Investigations (OBI) conducts background investigations on individuals who seek to provide services or care to vulnerable populations. Primary responsibilities include:

  • Conduct Child Protective Services Central Registry checks to determine if an individual has a founded case of child abuse or neglect.
  • Review national criminal fingerprint background records for barrier crimes for all employees and volunteers and contractual service workers who provide services on a regular basis and will be alone with a child at a children's residential facility, licensed or operated by the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and Social Services in accordance with § 63.2-1726.
  • Review national criminal fingerprint background records for barrier crimes for foster and adoptive parents, relatives, birth parents, and adult household members for licensed child placing agencies and local departments of social services in accordance with § 63.2-901.1.
  • Review national criminal fingerprint background records for barrier crimes for employees, volunteers, applicants, agents, and household members for licensed child day centers, licensed family day homes, or family day systems, child day center exempt from licensure pursuant to § 63.2-1716, registered family day home, family day home approved by a family day system, or child day center, family day home, or child day program that enters into a contract with the Department or a local department to provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant in accordance with § § 63.2-1720.1, 63.2-1721.1 63.2- 1724, and 63.2-1725.
  • Provide technical support and training regarding background investigation issues.

(Note: Criminial background investigations for child care facilities are conducted by the child care facilities through the Virginia State Police and not the Office of Background Investigations.)

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