About the Course
This training is to provide DCFS Child Welfare Staff with guidance on how to complete and submit the 29-A when requesting a clearance.
The CW Form 29-A is used to request a * Department of Children and Family Services ** (DCFS) State * Repository and/or State Central Registry ** Records (ACESS/TIPS) clearance for the following:
Foster/adoptive parent applicants;
All adult household members in the foster/adoptive parent applicant’s home;
Adoption petition families;
Private in and out of state child placing agencies;
Potential caregivers * for a child in the custody of (DCFS); **
CASA volunteer applicants;
Private adoptive families (Juvenile Court Judge);
Safety monitor for a present or impending danger safety plan and,
Foster child mentor, tutor and transportation provider applicants when an SCR clearance is required per policy.


