Background Checks

CRIMINAL HISTORY

FEDERAL and STATE LAW requires all employees to undergo a criminal history background check, including an FBI fingerprint check, prior to employment in childcare centers, and periodically during employment. 

Step #1

FBI CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND REPORT

• Apply for this background check online by clicking here: FBI BACKGROUND CHECK;
• Pay the required $18 fee online by credit or debit card; and,
• Print out the receipt emailed to you after you have completed the online form and submitted your payment.

• Pick up a blank fingerprint card from any Hopkins House location during normal business hours; 
• Take the blank fingerprint card to your local police station to be fingerprinted. Hours are limited for fingerprinting and there may be a fee, click on links below for information; and,
• Bring the fingerprint card and emailed receipt you printed out earler to a Hopkins House location within 3 days.

Step #3

VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES BACKGROUND CHECK

• This background check requires you to make an appointment on-line and then travel to a state designated vendor to take your fingerprints electronically.  After September 1, 2018, there is $57 charge.
• You will need the following information before you go on-line:
  • Fingerprint Code: FPVADSSChDayCntrEmp
  • Facility ID: 116808
  • Return Report to: Hopkins House
• If you have lived outside Virginia at anytime during the past 5 years, you will need the address(es) where you resided.
• Click here to set up appointment for this background check: VIRGINIA BACKGROUND CHECK.

For answers to additional questions, click here: FAQ

Step #4

VIRGINIA CENTRAL REGISTRY BACKGROUND CHECK

• Click here to complete the paper form online: VIRGINIA CENTRAL REGISTRY CHECK;
• Print out the form and sign it in the presence of an official Notary Public;
• Get a $10 money order or cashier's check (payable to "Virginia Department of Social Services"); and,
• Mail the notarized form, with your money order or cashier's check, to:

Step #5

OUT-OF-STATE CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK

• Contact the state of your previous residence in the past 5 years for information about the process, which varies from state to state. (Do this as soon as possible, since it can take considerable time to complete an out-of-state process.)
• Click here for list of possible State Identification Bureaus or State Police: STATE

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