I have an internship and I work with kids. I sent in my resume, they called me for an interview and gave me the internship. When the time came for my background check I was pretty upfront with the Human Resources guy, since he knew I was doing the internship for school credit he had me give him three references instead of going to the police department to get finger printed and all that. I've been at my internship for almost three months now and have had no problems. This is at a community organization, so they might be more open to working with us than say a govt location or a large office but it doesn't hurt to try.