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Background Checks

Because we work with youth and vulnerable populations, the RDC is required to run 4 background checks on all of its staff, employees, and volunteers:

1). DHS Central Registry.

-  Please download and print out this form.

-  If you are a community volunteer, please check the box requesting that results be sent to a volunteer agency: Refugee Development Center, 122 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing, MI 48912.

-  If you are a student at MSU, results cannot be mailed directly to the RDC, so please check either the box to send them to your address, or the box indicating  you will pick them up at the DHS office. 

-  Michigan residents mail completed form with a copy of your driver’s license or state ID to: DHS, 5303 S. Cedar St., Lansing, MI 48911, or fax them to (517) 887-9500.

-  Non-residents of Michigan, mail with a copy of driver’s license or state ID to: Michigan DHS, Children’s Protective Services Program, PO Box 30037, 235 South Grand Ave., Suite 510, Lansing, Michigan 48909, or fax them to: (517) 241-7047.

*You may also stop at either of these offices with a copy of your driver’s license, and ask them to run this check for you while you wait. Otherwise, results will be ready within 10 days.*

2). National Sex Offender Registry. Please visit www.nsopw.gov. Agree to the terms of use, enter your first and last names, and “Search”. Print out the sheet titled: “Search Results”.

3). Michigan Sex Offender Registry. Please visit www.mipsor.state.mi.us. Scroll to the bottom of the page, enter the code shown, and enter your first and last names. Print out the sheet titled: “Search Results”.

4). ICHAT.

-  If you are a community volunteer, we will run this one for you.

-  If you are in any way affiliated with MSU (student, grad student, professor/staff/employee, or spouse of professor/staff/employee), please stop at the Center for Service Learning and Civic Engagement office in the students services building, and fill out their form so they can complete this check. All MSU-affiliated volunteers must be registered at the Center for Service Learning and Civic Engagement.

Please bring to your volunteer orientation or first shift:

- The results you received from the DHS Central Registry

- The search results you printed out from the National Sex Offender Registry

- The search results you printed out from the Michigan Sex Offender Registry

Thank you for helping us help our clients!

Welcome!

The greater Lansing area is home to a large population of refugees from all corners of the world. Many of these individuals have suffered grave injustices and lived in places where they had little or no control over their lives. They have lost family, friends, homes and entire communities.

When refugees come to America, they usually have little money, few contacts, and a limited understanding of America’s vast and complex culture. That is where the Refugee Development Center comes in.

The RDC is a hope-filled, welcoming place that provides refugees with the education, support, and language skills they need to succeed. Over the course of a year at the RDC, you will see:

* Adults from Somalia, Burma, and Cuba learning English together—some returning semester after semester because of the relationships and support they have found in their classes.

* Children of all ages getting homework help, going on field trips to the mayor’s office, or painting a mural on the wall of Christ Lutheran Church.

* Hundreds of volunteers of all ages, tutoring children, mentoring youth, and teaching English.

* People from America and around the world whose lives will be enriched by learning with new friends.

Thanks to our many volunteers and community partners, we are changing the lives of hundreds of refugees. We invite all those who wish to invest in our community’s future and contribute to newcomers’ experiences to get involved at the Refugee Development Center!

Refugee Development Center
122 S. Pennsylvania Ave.
Lansing, MI 48912

Phone: (517) 482-2252
Fax: (517) 482-4719

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