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DFPS Centralized Background Check Unit Operating Handbook
October 2016
This revision of the DFPS Centralized Background Check Unit Operating Handbook was published on October 1, 2016. Summaries of new or revised items are provided below.
Updating CBCU Appendix Charts 3000-1 and 3000-2 (PATS 9347)
Appendix 3000-1: Criminal History Chart for DFPS Applicants and Employees was updated. Bail Jumping and Failure to Appear were added.
Appendix 3000-2: DFPS History Chart for External Users, DFPS Prospective Employees, Volunteers, and Interns, and CASA Employees, Volunteers, and Board Members was updated. Labor Trafficking (LBTR) and Sex Trafficking were added.