Background Check Central Unit, Department of Social and Health Services
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Welcome to the Background Check Central Unit (BCCU)

Our staff process over 23,000 background check requests as well as 800 fingerprint based checks each month. BCCU conducts background checks for agencies providing services to vulnerable adults, minors, and children such as:

You can receive helpful updates by joining the BCCU ListServ. This email method provides information on various background check processes (current policy issues, helpful hints to assure proper form completion, system downtimes, turnaround times for processing background checks, etc.). Click here to join our ListServ. If you are from outside DSHS and would like to receive this information, please email your request to bccuinquiry@dshs.wa.gov

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