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Adult Foster Care and In-Home Services (local department-approved providers)

Individuals approved by a local department of social services as adult foster care providers (up to three adults in the provider's home) or as companion, chore or homemaker providers; the local department runs the check.

AFC & IN-HOME · ON FILE
Registries named
2
Required
1
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
1 of 2
Rules checked
October 16, 2026

Required checks

Named by a regulation, a statute or the state's Medicaid agency

  1. Virginia Criminal History Record Check (Central Criminal Records Exchange)

    Virginia Department of State Police

    NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At approval and at each renewal (approval lasts up to 24 months); adult household members at the department's discretion
    BASIS
    22VAC30-120-30 B 1; 22VAC30-120-70

    The local department shall obtain criminal history record information from the Central Criminal Records Exchange of any individual the local department is considering approving as an in-home or adult foster care provider.

    Read the source law.lis.virginia.gov

Expected checks

Standard practice, or implied by a provider's enrollment duties; no rule names them outright

  1. List of Excluded Individuals/Entities

    HHS Office of Inspector General

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At approval and each renewal
    BASIS
    Standard practice for publicly funded care providers; no DMAS enrollment duty found for local department-approved providers

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • At least two unrelated references and an employment history, assessed at interview (22VAC30-120-30 C)
  • Statement that the provider, any assistant and adult household members are free of communicable tuberculosis (22VAC30-120-30 E 1)

Why some registries are not screened yet

Checked by request to the agency
The agency answers a written request or form rather than an online search.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Virginia's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 16, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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