Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
AUTHORIZATION FOR BACKGROUND CHECK
Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System (CANTS)
For Programs NOT Licensed by DCFS
NOTE: Do not use this form if you are an applicant for licensure or an employee/volunteer of a
licensed child care facility. Please contact your licensing representative.
Name: ________________________________________________________________________________
Last
First
Middle
Date of Birth: _____________
Gender (circle): Male
Female
Race: _________________
Current Address: _____________________________________________________________________
Street/Apt.
City: _____________________________ State: ___________________ Zipcode: ________________
Parish/School/Agency: _______________________________________________
Your Position (Circle One): Priest
Deacon
Religious Order
Lay Employee
Volunteer
List all addresses at which you have resided in the past five years:
List maiden name and/or all other names by which you have been known: (last, first, middle)
I hereby authorize the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to conduct a search of the Child
Abuse and Neglect Tracking system (CANTS) to determine whether I have been a perpetrator of an
indicated incident of child abuse and/or neglect or involved in a pending investigation. I further consent to
the release of this information to the agency listed below.
______________________________________________________________________________________
Signature
Date
Archdiocese of Chicago (Agency Name)
Jan Slattery
(Contact Person)
P. O. Box 1979
(Address)
Chicago, IL 60690-1979 (City/State/Zip)
Mail this request to:
Department of Children and Family Services
406 E. Monroe – Station #30
Springfield, IL 62701
DCFS