Child Care: State Requirements for Background Checks

HEHS-00-66R Published: Feb 28, 2000. Publicly Released: Feb 28, 2000.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information for each state about the background checks it requires to be conducted on its regulated child care providers.

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