Background Check Information
Resource Links
Mailing your Fingerprint cards to
Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Child Care Licensing
If you are:

- Submitting an Initial Application (including Move, Program Change and Ownership Changes), or
- Adding a new affiliate (individual) living, working or volunteering at the facility
To flag your fingerprints as a priority to process, please click on picture for instructions:
Out-of-State Background Checks
Authorized Fingerprinting Locations
Authorized Finger Printing Locations
AFTER you receive notification from KDHE that a fingerprint is needed:
- Pick up a Child Care Licensing Background Check Packet from your local Health Department or Licensing Surveyor.
- Click here to view a list of *Authorized Finger Printing Location sites.
* Please Note: This list is not all inclusive. Additional KBI authorized locations may be available in your area.
** CENTER BASED PROGRAMS ONLY: To inquire if KBI is available to come to your location to take fingerprints, please call 785- 296-8266. **
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Click here for General Background Check Questions and Answers
- Click here for Licensed Day Care Home and Group Day Care Home Background Questions and Answers
- Click here for Child Care Center and Preschool Background Questions and Answers
- Click here for School Age Program and Drop In Program Background Questions and Answers
New and Amended Background Check Questions
New and Amended Background Check Regulations
- Kansas Register, Vol. 37, No20A, May 23, 2018
- K.A.R. 28-4-125 Background checks for licensed day care homes, group day care homes, child care centers & preschools – Effective June 7, 2018
- K.A.R. 28-4-584 Background checks for school age programs – Effective June 7, 2018
- K.A.R. 28-4-705 Background checks for drop-in programs for school age children and youth – Effective June 7, 2018
- Kansas Register, Vol.37, No45, November 8, 2018
- K.A.R. 28-4-95 Fee for fingerprint-based background checks – Effective November 26, 2018