An eligible screening request must be made before background information is disclosed by the Family Care Safety Registry (FCSR). Both the requester and the individual screened will receive screening results. Disclosure may be limited to listing if there are matches or no matches to any of the seven Missouri-only databases checked, but in many cases the FCSR may provide specific information when there are database matches.

If there are database matches and the eligible requester cannot receive the specific information the FCSR is able to provide—as may happen with telephone-requested screenings when the requesting provider is not licensed or contracted as a care provider with a Missouri state agency—specific information may be requested in writing.

• Requesting employers who received match-only screening results can submit a written request for specific information by fax, by mail, or attached to an email. Written requests must include the name and social security number of the individual screened, as well as the employer’s address and name and signature of the person making the request. Specific information will be provided to both the employer and to the individual by encrypted email or mail.
• The individual screened who received match-only screening results can submit a written request for specific information by mail, by fax, or attached to an email. Written requests must include name, address, social security number and/or FCSR registration number, and be signed by the individual. Including an email address with the written request may expedite receipt of the results. Specific information will be provided only to the individual by encrypted email or mail.

Whenever specific information is provided, the specific information for any matches to the seven Missouri-only databases checked in an FCSR screening will be provided simultaneously. For example, if a specific information letter for criminal history was provided and no other specific information was provided at the same time, all databases were checked, and the screening resulted in a match only for criminal history.