The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act requires states to “check any child abuse and neglect registry maintained by the State for information on any prospective foster or adoptive parent and on any other adult living in the home of such a prospective parent, and request any other State in which any such prospective parent or other adult has resided in the preceding 5 years, to enable the State to check any child abuse and neglect registry maintained by such other State for such information, before the prospective foster or adoptive parent may be finally approved for placement of a child” and to ‘‘comply with any request described…(above) that is received from another State.”

Adam Walsh Information and Forms

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7/3/2016 – GEORGIA – Georgia is the latest state to launch a child abuse registry. The Division of Family and Children Services on Friday launched a registry allowing employers of certain child-serving agencies to find out if a job applicant was deemed an alleged child abuser by the division. The central child abuse registry, called the Child Protective Services Information System, will include names of people who allegedly abused a child. The registry will only be accessible to certain child caring employers and agencies, allowing these employers to learn if an applicant has a substantiated allegation of abuse with the division. READ MORE HERE

State Child Abuse Registries

Child Abuse Registries in Foreign Countries and Geographic Entities

MDHHS – Central Registry – State of Michigan

Disclosure of Confidential Child Abuse and Neglect Records

Beyond Background Checks – Perform A Child Abuse Registry Check

Establishment and Maintenance of Central Child Abuse Registries