Family Care Safety Registry

Missouri Department of Social Services, Children’s Division
Child Abuse/Neglect Records Check

The Family Care Safety Registry maintains a computer interface with the Child Abuse and Neglect (CA/N) information maintained by Children’s Division/Department of Social Services. The CA/N database, (also called the Division of Family Services’ Central Registry), contains the names of individuals who have been determined, through a Department of Social Services case investigation, to be perpetrators of child abuse and/or neglect.

Child abuse and neglect findings include:

• Physical abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Educational neglect
• Medical neglect
• Physical neglect
• Emotional maltreatment

An individual's name will be added to the Central Registry if the Children’s Division case investigation yields a finding of preponderance of evidence, probable cause, reason to suspect, or court adjudication that abuse did occur. For more information, contact the Department of Social Services Children’s Division at (573) 522-8024.