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Applicants

- If you are feeling sick in any way please STAY HOME. Please cancel your appointment and reschedule when you are feeling better.

- Applicants are not required to wear a mask to be fingerprinted, but may do so if they would like to. (There will be no masks provided at CREC)

- The LiveScan fingerprinting device and the Fingerprinting Office are cleaned and disinfected on a daily basis.

In Connecticut

All newly hired employees of school districts must be fingerprinted for state and national criminal history records checks within (30) thirty days from the date such worker begins to perform such service. No candidate shall be fingerprinted without an Applicant Tracking Number they will receive after registering on the Connecticut Criminal History Request System (CCHRS) portal.

Registering on CCHRS

All applicants must register on the Connecticut Criminal History Request System (CCHRS) below.

Click Here to Register on the CCHRS

Your employer must provide you with their agency/district Service Code in order for you to pre-enroll and receive an “Applicant Tracking Number” so that you may be fingerprinted. When your information is entered, an “Applicant Tracking Number” will be generated automatically. Please keep track of your Applicant Tracking Number, this will be REQUIRED when you arrive to your fingerprint appointment.

Requirements for IDs

• Two forms of valid IDs:
• - One must be a government-issued photo ID. Acceptable documents include:
• - Valid Driver’s License or Learner’s Permit (All States, Passenger, Commercial, Enhanced)*
• - Valid Canadian Driver’s License*
• *DRIVE ONLY Licenses are not an Accpetable Form of ID
• - Valid Passport or Passport Card (U.S. and Foreign)
• - Visa with Foreign Passport
• - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Identification Cards:
• USCIS - Permanent Resident Card (I-155)
• USCIS - Employment Authorization Card (I-766)
• - Birth Certificate
• - Social Security Card
• - Local, State, or Federal Issued Identification Cards With Photograph, Including TWIC Cards
• - Native American Tribal Identification Cards
• - Military Identification Cards (Active Duty, Retired, Dependent, DOD Common Access Card, USCG Merchant Mariner Card)
• The names must match on both documents. If names do not match, please bring in your change of name document (e.g marriage, divorce, or legal change of name document). This document must have the official seal, no photo copies.

Paying for Fingerprinting

• One must be a government-issued photo ID. Acceptable documents include:
• The “Applicant Tracking Number” you receive from the Connecticut Criminal History Request System (CCHRS) portal.
• Payment: Visa or MasterCard (card holder must be present), certified bank cashier’s check, or money order made payable to CREC.
• - NO personal checks accepted
• - NO cash accepted
• - American Express NOT accepted

Fingerprinting Appointments

• There are two separate transactions:
• - First payment will be rendered at the time you pre-enroll on the CCHRS portal, which will pay for your State and/or Federal fingerprints.
• - The second is a CREC fingerprinting fee, which will be either:
• - $36.75 if you are using a money order or cashier’s check;
• - $38.28 if you choose to use a credit or debit card, as a 4.16% service charge will applied (American Express NOT accepted).
• The customer’s name must be on the card that is being presented for payment and the person presenting the card must be present to sign.

Location and Contact Information

• Fingerprinting is done by appointment only. The name of the person on the schedule must be the person present for the appointment.
• CREC Central Offices
  111 Charter Oak Avenue
  Hartford, CT 06106
• Contact: (860) 524-4003 or email fingerprinting@crec.org
• Fingerprinting appointments are scheduled Monday - Thursday from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• Emergency closings and cancellations will be announced on our voicemail at (860) 524-4003.

Volunteer Background Checks

• For the safety and security of our students, a complete background check must be completed by CREC Fingerprinting on all Level Two Volunteers prior to beginning the volunteer assignment.
• All volunteers will complete a Volunteer Application and Criminal History Check Form.
• The level of background checks depends on your volunteer level:
• An individual who voluntarily performs services for CREC for a single event, a consecutive series of days, or several nonconsecutive days for a period of one (1) week or less. Supervised volunteers do not have unsupervised access to CREC students and are not required to submit to a background check.
• Guest speakers or presenters, invited by authorized school personnel and with the approval of the building supervisor, shall not have unsupervised access to CREC students and are not subject to this policy.
• Unsupervised Volunteers may have some unsupervised access to students while providing assistance with tutoring, athletic, classroom, or overnight trip activities.
• Level Two Volunteers must submit to both the national background check and fingerprinting (This includes volunteer mentors, coaches and college interns)

Confidentiality and Disqualification

• Information obtained in the process will be kept in strict confidentiality. A criminal record does not necessarily mean that a volunteer will be prevented from serving in the schools.
• Note: Reports from background checks are usable within CREC on a need to know basis only, as per federal law. If the report has arrests or convictions that may disqualify a prospective student teacher, intern or volunteer, it will be discussed with the individual by a CREC administrator only and not shared with anyone else. When cleared, the student teacher, intern or volunteer is approved for any CREC school or program. Approval is continuous from year to year as long as there is not a break longer than three months (including summer breaks) in volunteering.