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A 50-state view of which protected populations each state's volunteer screening requirements reach. Free to use on state association sites, nonprofit resource pages, risk-management guides, and coursework — no permission needed and no attribution fee. We only ask that you keep the source link.

AKAlaska — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesMEMaine — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesVTVermont — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesNHNew Hampshire — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesWAWashington — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesIDIdaho — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesMTMontana — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesNDNorth Dakota — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesMNMinnesota — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesILIllinois — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesWIWisconsin — Children & Older adultsMIMichigan — Children & Older adultsNYNew York — Children & People with disabilitiesRIRhode Island — Children & Older adultsMAMassachusetts — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesOROregon — Children & Older adultsNVNevada — Children & People with disabilitiesWYWyoming — Children & People with disabilitiesSDSouth Dakota — Children & People with disabilitiesIAIowa — Children & Older adultsINIndiana — ChildrenOHOhio — Children & Older adultsPAPennsylvania — ChildrenNJNew Jersey — ChildrenCTConnecticut — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesCACalifornia — Children & Older adultsUTUtah — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesCOColorado — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesNENebraska — Children & People with disabilitiesMOMissouri — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesKYKentucky — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesWVWest Virginia — Children & Older adultsVAVirginia — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesMDMaryland — ChildrenDEDelaware — Children & Older adultsAZArizona — Children & People with disabilitiesNMNew Mexico — Children & Older adultsKSKansas — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesARArkansas — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesTNTennessee — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesNCNorth Carolina — Children & Older adultsSCSouth Carolina — ChildrenOKOklahoma — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesLALouisiana — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesMSMississippi — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesALAlabama — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesGAGeorgia — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesHIHawaii — Children, older adults & people with disabilitiesTXTexas — ChildrenFLFlorida — Children, older adults & people with disabilities
  • Children, older adults & people with disabilities27
  • Children & Older adults11
  • Children6
  • Children & People with disabilities6

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  src="https://www.volunteerbadge.com/volunteer-background-check-requirements/embed/widget"
  title="Volunteer background check requirements by state"
  width="100%"
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  <a href="https://www.volunteerbadge.com/volunteer-background-check-requirements">
    Volunteer background check requirements by state
  </a>
  — VolunteerBadge
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Every state regulates volunteers who work with children. They differ in whether those rules also reach older adults and people with disabilities — usually the first thing that decides whether a requirement applies to a given organization.

  • 27states name children, older adults and people with disabilities
  • 11states name children and older adults
  • 6states name children
  • 6states name children and people with disabilities

Please keep this framing if you republish it. Populations are read from each state's own cited statutes; the map does not rank how strict a state is, and it is general information rather than legal advice. Anyone relying on it should confirm with their state agency, licensor, or counsel.

Questions, corrections, or a citation you think we have wrong? Email support@screenforgelabs.com — we would rather fix it than leave it. See the full state-by-state guide .