TrustLine (TL) Health & Safety - TL Registry

[EAS 47-600]

The TL Registry is a database system of license-exempt child care providers that have cleared criminal background checks in California. It was developed to help parents verify child care providers and protect children from possible dangerous individuals who are not licensed, as well as from others living in the home of an exempt provider.

This system also protects children by requiring both the providers, and any convicted individuals residing in the home (other than the child's own home) where the child care is provided to submit their fingerprints and a TL application form.

The application form is then forwarded to the California Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ will conduct a background check to determine whether a provider has a record of criminal convictions or substantiated child abuse reports. If there is no record of disqualifying convictions, a provider is then approved to be listed on the TL Registry.

TL applies to the following programs:

• CalWORKs Child Care
• Cal-Learn