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The purpose of this Informational Letter (INF) is to inform social services districts and voluntary authorized agencies of the clarification recently issued by the federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the definition of "state" for the purpose of conducting out-of-state state central register checks on persons required to have such checks and who have lived in a state other than New York State within the previous five years prior to application. The definition of "state" includes: the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa.
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