If the background study is related to an application for child foster care, the license can't be granted until all background studies affiliated with the application have been completed. Disqualifications must either be set aside, or the applicant must have been granted a variance to the disqualification.
Effective October 1, 2025, DHS will fully transition to the Minnesota Maltreatment Check System (MMCS) for all incoming Child Abuse and Neglect Registry (CANR) requests. MMCS is an electronic system that replaces the original paper CANR request process.
