When the Administrative Assistant assigns the applicant to the waitlist for priority services, they will send the applicant a welcome letter which will include additional instructions regarding the submissionof criminal history background checks and central registry searches.
When the Policy Review Specialist assigns an applicant for non-priority services to a Licensing Specialist, the assignment letter will include additional instructions regarding the submission of criminal history background checks and central registry searches.
A DBHDS licensed provider may not serve individuals until they have requested background and
central registry checks for all direct care staff.
In addition, if you are applying for a children’s residential service, pursuant to Code of Virginia § 37.2-408.1, no person shall be allowed to work, volunteer, or provide services at a children's residential facility unless all components of the background check have been received by the children's residential facility. A children's residential facility may employ a person pending the results of the check of the central registry maintained by the Department of Social Services provided that the person has received qualifying results on the fingerprint-based criminal history background check, the person does not work in the children's residential facility or any other location where children placed in such facility are present, and such employment is permitted under 42 U.S.C. § 671 and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto