Backgrounds

Colorado applicants are required to participate in a criminal background check, a child abuse and neglect records check as well, previous state(s) of residence, state criminal history check, state sex offender registry check, and state child abuse and neglect check. However, a State Criminal History Check will not be required for states participating in the National Fingerprint File (NFF) Program. Currently, there are nineteen (19) states, besides Colorado, that participate in the NFF: Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wyoming. For all other previous states of residence, criminal history checks must be requested.