Related Links

Resources of Interest

Please find below a helpful directory of links put together by the Missouri Family Care Safety Registry (FCSR). Our goal is to give people quick access to websites where they can run background checks, check professional licenses, and research the safety of caregivers.

• DSS Division of Legal Services Document Management Unit Records Request Center
  Learn how to request information maintained by the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) through the Division of Legal Services. This can include a child abuse or neglect investigative report, which may only be released to the person themselves, a legal guardian, or the individual’s legal representative.
• Good Cause Waiver
  Find information on how to apply for or check the status of a Good cause Waiver and explore Frequently Asked Questions.
• MSHP Fingerprint Services (MACHS)
  Schedule a fingerprint session or locate fingerprint services sites.
• Social Security Administration
  Apply for a new Social Security card, apply for benefits, or search for a Social Security office
• Missouri Attorney General/Identify Theft
  Learn what identity theft is and how to prevent it.

Resources for Performing Background Screenings

Criminal History

• Missouri State Highway Patrol
  Learn more about Missouri criminal history record information.
• Other State Highway Patrol sites
  Find links for other states’ Highway Patrol web sites.
• Case.net
  Inquire on case records including docket entries, parties, judgments, and charges in public court from the Missouri State Court system.

State Department of Corrections

Search active offenders, probationers, and parolees supervised by the Department of Corrections in Missouri and surrounding states.

• Missouri Department of Corrections
• Arkansas Department of Corrections
• Kansas Department of Corrections
• Illinois Department of Corrections
• Iowa Department of Corrections
• Kentucky Department of Corrections
• Nebraska Department of Corrections
• Tennessee Department of Corrections
• Oklahoma Department of Corrections

Sex Offender

• Missouri Sex Offender Registry
  Search for sex offenders in Missouri.
• DRU SJODIN National Sex Offender Public Website
  Search sex offender registries for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, and Indian Country as well as find information on sexual abuse education and prevention.

Employee Disqualification

• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Employee Disqualification List
  Provides a list of individuals who are prohibited from employment in long-term care facilities, health care facilities, or by providers that serve the elderly in their homes.
• Missouri Department of Mental Health Employee Disqualification Registry
  Provides a list of individuals who are disqualified from working with consumers receiving services from the Department of Mental Health.

Child Abuse/Neglect

• Missouri Department of Social Services Children’s Division
  Provides information for finding a local office, and how to report abuse/neglect.
• Child Welfare Information Gateway
  Provides information on the state laws for maintaining records of child abuse and neglect.
• AdoptUSKids
  Provides a compilation of state child abuse registry contacts.

Foster Care

• Missouri Department of Social Services Foster Care
  Provides information on foster parent programs, statistics, newsletters, and handbook resources.

Caregivers

• Child Care Aware of Missouri
  Provides child care resources to parents, employers, child care providers, and other community members including locating child care and providing training for child care providers.
• Show Me Child Care
  Provides a search of child care facilities maintained by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education-Office of Childhood.
• Missouri Child Care Providers
  Provides information to registered child care providers including information on the Child Care Assistance Program.

Professional Licensee Search

• Missouri Division of Professional Registration
  Search licensed professionals by profession and county.
• Emergency Medical Services
  Find general information about EMS Basic Core Guidelines and re-licensure guidelines.
• Missouri Certified Nurse Assistant Registry (CNA)
  Search the registry of CNAs, Certified Medication Technicians (CMT), and CMTs certified in Insulin Administration (IA).

Facility Licensee Search

• Nursing Home Licensing and Certification
  Provides directories of licensed long term care facilities.
• Show Me Long-Term Care
  Provides a search of licensed long term care facilities and inspection information.
• Home Care and Rehabilitative Standards
  Provides information on safeguarding services provided through certified and/or licensed home health agencies, hospice programs, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities and providers of outpatient physical therapy or outpatient speech pathology.
• Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education-Office of Childhood
  Provides information on the types of child care facilities and licensing requirements, background screening requirements for child care workers, and the regulations and inspections of child care facilities.
• Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
  Provides information on public schools.
• Office of Inspector General Exclusion Program
  Provides information to the public, health care providers, patients and others relating to parties excluded from participation in the Medicare, Medicaid and all Federal health care programs. Database enables users to enter the name of an individual or business and determine whether an exclusion is currently in effect.