A breakthrough first step in criminal background screening, including a 7-year incarceration records search

Smart Screen™ Advanced - TenantCheck Government, as part of the TotalVerify™ data hub from Equifax, helps public housing authorities and property managers accelerate the criminal background screening function by leveraging a proprietary incarceration data network and sex offender registry data network to provide a screening solution that delivers a “no incarceration or sex offender records found” result instantly for applicants/tenants who have no associated records in the networks. Smart Screen Advanced includes filtering that limits the check of incarceration records to the most recent seven (7) years. This enables a quick first step check that may help tenant screeners spend fewer resources and shorten timeframes associated with traditional background screening processes.
Benefits
INCREASES
Faster Housing Eligibility Determinations

Helps individuals in need by accelerating the housing eligibility determination process by performing an instant check to see if an applicant/tenant has a “no incarceration or sex offender records found” result within a proprietary incarceration data network and a sex offender registry data network.

ReduceCosts (2)
Reduced Work

Property management can run a Smart Screen check first to help estimate impact to downstream work and cost by helping to potentially reduce additional research often necessary to inform criminal background.

Streamline (3)_0
Simplified, Consistent Processes

Leverages unique datasets and incorporates consumer identity information, alongside the consumer report output, where available, to help reduce manual effort for individuals without incarceration records or sex offender records in the networks.

Key Features
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      Includes filtering that limits the check of the incarceration data network to the most recent seven (7) years, from date of order submission.

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      Leverages an expansive incarceration network in the U.S. covering approximately 185M incarceration records from over 1,900 county jails and over 30 states prison systems, with data updated as frequently as every 15 minutes. Also leverages a sex offender registry network.

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      The “no incarceration or sex offender records found” response is a consumer report.


Use Cases
Smart Screen™ Advanced - TenantCheck Government is for businesses that want to:
  • Reduce delays in making eligibility determinations
  • Increase efficiencies in their current process
  • Enable streamlined processes with unique datasets

Smart Screen™ Advanced - TenantCheck Government is for:
  • Public housing authorities
  • Property managers

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