Department of Economic Security, Division of Children, Youth and Families—Child Protective Services—CPS Central Registry (March 2010, Report No. QA-1001)

This document answers five questions about Arizona’s Child Protective Services Central Registry, a confidential database of substantiated child abuse and neglect reports. In addition to describing the Central Registry and the type of information maintained in it, the document provides information on its purpose, who may receive information from it, how to challenge the entry of information into it, and when reports are expunged from it. For each question, this document also provides comparative information for other states.