Background Checks for Child Care Employees

All individuals working in licensed child care in Tennessee must submit to a criminal history background check through the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI). Click here for more information on getting a background check completed for employment in a licensed child care agency.

If you have already been fingerprinted for your background check, you can call toll free anytime, day or night, to check the status of your results,. For faster service, please have your Background Check Disclosure Form complete before calling. That number is 1-877-862-2425.

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Background Check Procedures

Background Check Information

Child Care Fingerprint Applicant Information & Criminal/Juvenile History Disclosure Form

Transmittal Authorization Form

TBI/TAPS Program

Child Care Services Information Locate Your Local Child Care Provider Child Care Resource & Referral Centers Child Care Complaint Hotline: 1-800-462-8261 Child Care Licensing: (615) 313-4778