Explore these maps to see which waivers were active in your state, territory, or tribe during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The last map shows where fingerprint services were available in Washington State.
Background Check Waivers – by state and territory
Select the link to open the map. Use the layer menu in the upper right hand corner to view which states the Administration for Children and Families approved for fingerprint, provisional hire, national sex offender registry, interstate, and renewal background check waivers during the pandemic.
Note, ArcGIS did not automatically map American Samoa. To view information for that region, please refer to these manually updated overviews:
Background Check Waivers – by tribe
Select the link to open the map. You can then select each type of waiver, by layer, to view which federally recognized tribes were approved for background check waivers during the pandemic. Sites represent a hub for each tribe and are not intended to represent tribal land nor populations in their entirety
Background Check Waivers – Raw Data Source
Office of Child Care COVID-19 Resources | The Administration for Children and Families (hhs.gov)
Fingerprint Vendor Availability – Washington State
Select the link to open the map. You can then select each point to view how many total fingerprint appointments were available, how many were reserved, and the percent of total appointments reserved at each vendor site.
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