State Agencies or those contracted with the State Agency to provide this service requesting registry checks of child care providers use form 460-0643 “Request for Child and Dependent Adult Abuse Information” [1].
Processing time is between 5-10 business days, on average. The following link will provide the current processing date for the abuse registry:
http://dhs.iowa.gov/abuse-registry/processing-date [2]
Form can be sent the following ways:
The requestor will receive response from DHS informing if there IS or IS NOT a record of child abuse listing the person as responsible for a founded, registry placed child abuse assessment. Upon further request, the central abuse registry can provide more specific report data.
Information regarding re-dissemination, criminal penalties, and appeals are included on the requesting form.
Key points to ensure the forms come in without issues which prevent us returning unprocessed:
Iowa is a participant in the Interstate Identification Index (III) and National Fingerprint File (NFF). Child Care agencies from outside of Iowa may request criminal history record checks by doing the following:
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Links
[1] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/470-0643.pdf
[2] http://dhs.iowa.gov/abuse-registry/processing-date
[3] mailto:dhsabuseregistry@dhs.state.ia.us
[4] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/470-3301.pdf
[5] https://dps.iowa.gov/divisions/criminal-investigation/criminal-history/record-check-forms
[6] https://www.iowasexoffender.gov/
[7] https://dhs.iowa.gov/dhsuser