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Oklahoma Department of
Human Services
Stronger Families Grow
Brighter Futures
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Sequoyah Memorial Office Building, 2400 N. Lincoln Blvd. • Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 521-3646 • Fax (405) 521-6684 • Internet: www.okdhs.org
 
 
 
Fingerprinting Section Dos and Don'ts
 

Use the following information when fingerprinting:


Do:
  • Process fingerprint-based backgrounds check requests for:
    • OKDHS foster care and adoptive applicants, at no charge;
    • Indian Child Welfare foster care and adoptive applicants with OKDHS or Tribal custody children, at no charge;
    • private foster care agencies at no charge;
    • private adoption agencies, private attorneys and licensed individuals for adoptive applicants for a fee of $50 per person.

  • Process Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) name-based background check requests for:
    • OKDHS foster care and adoptive applicants, at no charge;
    • potential employees of the OKDHS shelters (Laura Dester Shelter in Tulsa and Pauline E. Mayer Shelter in Oklahoma City) at no charge;
    • OKDHS Child Welfare volunteers;
    • OKDHS Aging Services in-home care providers;
    • private adoption agencies, private attorneys and licensed individuals on behalf of private adoptive and international adoption applicants, for a fee of $20 per person.
Don't:
  • Process OSBI name-based background check requests for:
    • OKDHS Developmental Disabilities Services Division (DDSD)
    • OKDHS Family Support Services Division (FSSD),
    • OKDHS Field Operations Division (FOD);
    • Oklahoma Child Care Services (OCCS);
    • Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA);
    • out-of-state agencies or individuals;
    • private foster care agencies. 

  • Process the Child Abuse and Neglect Registry Check; inquiries should be directed to Child Protective Services.

 

  • Process birth certificate requests; out-of-state birth certificate requests for OKDHS custody children should be directed to Children and Family Services Division (CFSD), Administrative Services Unit (ASU).


Last Updated:  8/11/2010
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Street address: Sequoyah Memorial Office Building, 2400 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Mailing address: P.O. Box 25352, Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 521-3646
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