I. PURPOSE The purpose of this directive is to inform social services districts (local districts) of the requirements of the automated finger imaging system (AFIS) in the Home Relief (HR) program. AFIS enrollment is a condition of eligibility for all HR applicants and recipients in those districts which implement such a system. This directive will address the operational requirements of finger imaging, the restrictions to which districts must adhere, and the impact on eligibility in those districts which will use finger imaging as a means of client identification. This ADM will also outline how a district is to develop and submit its plan for finger imaging to this Department.
Districts must be aware that there currently are bills pending before Districts must be aware that there currently are bills pending before the State legislature in conjunction with the State budget which the State legislature in conjunction with the State budget which would change the AFIS procedures outlined in this ADM and allow the would change the AFIS procedures outlined in this ADM and allow the process to be applied to ADC cases also. process to be applied to ADC cases also.
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