REPORT DATA WERE SYNTHESIZED FROM ONSITE VISITS TO SEVERAL STATES; REGIONAL CONFERENCES WITH STATE OFFICIALS; A LIMITED SURVEY OF STATE PLANNING AGENCIES, STATE IDENTIFICATION AGENCIES, AND STATE CCH AGENCIES; AND MEETINGS WITH LEAA AND FBI (FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION)/NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER (NCIC) OFFICIALS. OVERALL CONCLUSIONS CAN BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS: (1) LEAA MONEY HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE, IN PART, FOR THE INITIATION OF STATE-LEVEL CCH SYSTEMS THAT NOW SERVE OR WILL SERVE IN THE FUTURE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE U.S. POPULATION; (2) ALTHOUGH MOST ATTENTION IS FOCUSED UPON THE NATIONAL CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING THE NCIC-CCH SYSTEM, A SIGNIFICANT POOL OF INFORMATION AND SERVICE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING AT THE STATE LEVEL; (3) STATE-LEVEL CCH SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP REGARDLESS OF NATIONAL ISSUES; (4) CURRENT STATE-LEVEL CCH SYSTEMS CONTAIN APPROXIMATELY ONLY 20 PERCENT OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN STATE IDENTIFICATION BUREAU (SIB) FILES; AND (5) INCREASED ATTENTION TO IDENTIFICATION IS CRITICAL TO SUCCESSFUL FUTURE CCH OPERATION. TABLES AND EXHIBITS ARE INCLUDED, AND SURVEY INSTRUMENTS AND A REPORT ARE APPENDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED--PRG)