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If the Background Check Variance Request Application is received outside of the ninety (90) day timeframe the Designee will deny the application.

4290-1 A. BACKGROUND CHECK VARIANCE REQUEST APPLICATION REVIEW The Designee will review the Background Check Variance Request Application and all supporting documents to determine if the application received is complete.

When the barrier condition is a substantiation of Child In Need of Assistance (CINA), the Designee will notify the Child Care Program Office (CCPO) Program Coordinator (PC) II responsible for CCAP oversight, of the receipt of a Background Check Variance Request Application for CINA and the individual’s name. The PC II will contact the Office of Children’s Services (OCS) to obtain the CINA record to be included with the Background Check Variance Request Application when reviewed by the Department’s Variance Committee.

Information needed to complete a Background Check Variance Request Application depends on the barring crime and/or condition and will include the following items as applicable:

1. Background Check Variance Request Application;

2. Copies of all known and available information relevant to determining whether the health, safety, and welfare of recipients of services will be adequately protected or an explanation why information is not available and the steps taken to obtain the records. Records include, as applicable, copies of:

a. All protective orders the individual has been a party; b. All charging documents including any charges where the individual was not convicted. This information should cover the individual’s entire history, not limited to the barriercrime or condition; c. All conviction or judgment documents, to include all convictions regarding the applicant’s criminalhistory; d. All copies of releases from incarceration, dates of release from incarceration, and any terms and conditions of parole, if the individual was incarcerated;