ICPC State Pages

About the ICPC

The Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (AAICPC) was established in 1974 and consists of members from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The AAICPC has authority under ICPC to "promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact." The AAICPC obtains its Secretariat Services, as an affiliate of the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA).

For more information, please visit the AAICPC website.

Contact the AAICPC

American Public Human Services Association
1133 Nineteenth Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 682-0100
fax: (202) 289-6555

Web Manager: Carla Fults [cfults@aphsa.org]

Click on a state to see it's page:

ICPC STATE Pages

New York

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern · Phone: (800) 345-5437 · Fax: (518) 486-6326

New York Criminal Background Checks/Abuse and Neglect Registry

Home Studies which Require Criminal / Perpetrator Record Checks

New York requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

Foster Care
Relative-Foster Care
Foster-Adopt
Adoption
Other, specified below

In addition to the applicant to be certified or approved as a foster or adoptive parent, all other adult household members or persons over the age of 18, residing in the home of such applicant must be checked.

************NOTE: In accordance with NYS Social Services Laws 424-a CPS background & 378-a Criminal Histories will NOT be conducted as a part of an unlicensed relative ICPC request in NYS. Fingerprint checks for criminal histories & Child Abuse histories are ONLY permitted/authorized & conducted for foster care & adoption requests. *****************

Criminal Background Screening

The following methods are used to capture fingerprints to conduct criminal records checks:

Live Scan or other computerized technology
Finger Print cards
Other, specified below

The first option is Live Scan. If, because of disability or inability to secure fingerprints, other options used, are fingerprint card or name search.

Criminal background checks/screening via Live Scan or other computerized technology are offered at the following levels:

National
Local

State or Local Criminal Record Checks Requirements/Process:

Each applicant for approval or certification as a foster or adoptive parent and any other person over the age of 18 who resides in the home of the applicant must have a FBI and New York State criminal history check performed before the applicant may be certified or approved. [SSL Section 378-a(2)]

Applicant will not be approved if the person has committed any of the following misdemeanor or felony offenses:

Where the applicant has:

(A) a felony conviction at any time involving: (i) child abuse or neglect; (ii) spousal abuse; (iii) a crime against a child, including child pornography; or (iv) a crime involving violence, including rape, sexual assault or homicide, other than a crime involving physical assault or battery; or

(B) a felony conviction within the past five years for physical assault or a drug-related offense.

Types of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

New York requires the following types of criminal background and perpetrator checks (Federal (F), State (S), Local (L), Abuse and Neglect Registry (ANR), Not Required (NR)):

Federal State Local ANR NR

Foster Care y y y

Relative

Relative Foster Care y y y

Adoption y y y

Foster-Adopt y y y

Parent

	Federal	State	ANR
Foster Care	y	y	y
Relative
Relative Foster Care	y	y	y
Adoption	y	y	y
Foster-Adopt	y	y	y
Parent

New York provides Abuse and Neglect searches:

Wait Time for Criminal Records Results

Wait time for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

State: 48-72 hours

Local/County: Not Offered

Manually - Fingerprint Card

State: 4-7 days

Local/County: Not Offered

Verification of Criminal Records Results

Actual results/information contained in the Criminal Background

Period of Time the Checks are Valid

There is no time limit of the validity of the criminal history record check or the SCR check after the person is certified or ap