Title SOS, Social Services

§ 309. Social services official as conservator. In appropriate cases, a social services official shall initiate a special proceeding for the appointment of a conservator pursuant to section 77.03 of the mental hygiene law.

§ 31. Fellowships and scholarships for local and state public welfare employees. The department, under regulations which it shall prescribe, and from moneys received or appropriated for such purpose, is authorized to grant fellowships and scholarships to local and state public w…

§ 32. Reciprocal agreements. The department is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with corresponding state agencies of other states regarding interstate transportation of dependent and indigent persons, and to arrange with the propert officials in this state for the …

§ 326-a. Title. This article shall be known and cited as the "Equipment Loan Fund for the Disabled".

§ 326-b. Fund established; participation; other provisions. 1. There\nis hereby established in the joint custody of the commissioner and the\ncomptroller the equipment loan fund for the disabled.\n 2. Participation in the loan of the monies of the fund shall be\navailable to all…

§ 33. Contracts for supplies and commodities needed in the administration of assistance. The department may (a) make agreements for supplies and commodities needed in the administration of assistance and care, under which local welfare units may, subject to the approval of the d…

§ 330. Definitions. 1. Whenever used in this title: a. the term "commissioner" means the commissioner of the state office of temporary and disability assistance; and b. the term "department" means the state office of temporary and disability assistance. 2. "Net loss of cash inco…

§ 331. Policies and purposes. 1. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state that there be programs under which individuals receiving public assistance will be furnished work activities and employment opportunities, and necessary services in order to secure unsubsidized …

§ 332. Participation and exemptions. 1. In accordance with federal requirements and this title an applicant for or a recipient of public assistance shall not be required to participate in work activities if such individual is determined by the social services district to be exem…

§ 332-a. Supportive services. A social services district shall, subject to the availability of federal and state funds, provide such supportive services, including but not limited to transportation, work related expenses, child care for children up to age thirteen, case manageme…

§ 332-b. Disability program. 1. (a) Upon application and recertification for public assistance benefits, or whenever a district has reason to believe that a physical or mental impairment may prevent the individual from fully engaging in work activities, the social services distr…

§ 333. Local plans and requirements. Each social services district shall submit to the commissioner for approval a biennial plan for the provision of education, work, training and supportive services related to the operation of work activity programs pursuant to this title. Such…

§ 334. Orientation. 1. In accordance with department regulations, a social services district shall, at the time of application or redetermination, in writing and orally inform all public assistance applicants and recipients of the availability of activities and supportive servic…

§ 335. Assessments and employability plans for certain recipients in households with dependent children. 1. Each social services official shall ensure that each recipient of public assistance who is a member of a household with dependent children and is eighteen years of age or …

§ 335-a. Assessments and employability plans for certain recipients in households without dependent children. 1. To the extent resources are available, the social services official shall, within a reasonable period of time not to exceed one year following application and not to …

§ 335-b. Mandatory work requirements. 1. Each social services district shall meet or exceed the minimum participation rate for recipients of assistance funded under the federal temporary assistance for needy families program participating in work activities as specified below wi…

§ 335-c. Pilot programs. From the funds specifically appropriated therefor the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance in cooperation with the commissioner of the office of children and family services may conduct pilot programs in up to five social ser…

§ 336. Work activities. 1. Social services districts may provide, and\nrequire applicants for and recipients of public assistance to\nparticipate in a variety of activities, including but not limited to the\nfollowing:\n (a) unsubsidized employment;\n (b) subsidized private sect…

§ 336-a. Educational activities. 1. Social services districts shall make available vocational educational training and educational activities. Such activities may include but need not be limited to, high school education or education designed to prepare a participant for a high …

§ 336-c. Work experience. 1. (a) Work experience programs meeting\nstate and federal requirements may be established by social services\ndistricts.\n (b) Work experience programs may include the performance of work for a\nfederal office or agency, county, city, village or town o…

§ 336-d. Job search activities. 1. Each applicant for or recipient of public assistance shall, upon request of the social services official, demonstrate that he or she is engaged in an active and continuing effort to achieve self-sufficiency as defined by the department. Such ef…

§ 336-e. Subsidized public sector employment programs. 1. A social services district may establish subsidized public sector employment programs for public assistance recipients including, but not limited to, grant diversion programs, which may be supported wholly or in part with…

§ 336-f. Subsidized private sector and not-for-profit employment programs. 1. A social services district may establish subsidized private sector employment programs for public assistance recipients including, but not limited to, grant diversion programs, which may be supported w…

§ 337. Responsibilities of state departments and agencies. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, responsibility for the operation and administration of work, employment and training programs in connection with the programs administered pursuant to thi…

§ 338. Cooperation of state departments. There shall be such cooperative agreements and arrangements between and among the department, the state department of social services or its successor agency, the state department of education and other appropriate state departments as sh…

§ 339. Reports. The commissioner shall require, from each social services district, information and reports sufficient and timely to enable the state to meet all federal reporting requirements.

§ 34. General powers and duties of the commissioner. 1. The commissioner of social services shall be the chief administrative officer of the department. 2. All the administrative and executive powers and duties of the department shall be vested in the commissioner. 3. The commis…

§ 34-a. Services planning requirements. 1. (a) Each social services district shall prepare a multi-year consolidated services plan encompassing adult services and family and children's services, which shall include diversion services provided pursuant to section seven hundred th…

§ 340. Technical assistance. The commissioner shall provide technical assistance to social services districts in the development, implementation and administration of plans described in section three hundred thirty-three of this title. The department shall monitor the implementa…

§ 341. Conciliation; refusal to participate. 1. (a) Consistent with federal law and regulations and this title, if a participant has failed or refused to comply with the requirements of this title, the social services district shall issue a notice in plain language indicating th…

§ 341-a. Re-engagement; conciliation; refusal to participate. 1. The provisions of this section shall apply to persons who are residents of a city having a population of one million or more people. 2. (a) Consistent with federal law and regulations and this title, if a participa…

§ 342. Noncompliance with the requirements of this title. 1. In\naccordance with the provisions of this section an individual who is\nrequired to participate in work activities shall be ineligible to\nreceive public assistance if he or she fails to comply, without good\ncause, w…

§ 342-a. Noncompliance with the requirements of this title. 1. The provisions of this section shall apply to persons who are residents of a city having a population of one million or more people. 2. In accordance with the provisions of this section an individual who is required …

§ 343. Declaration of object. It is hereby declared a state policy that aid to dependent children be provided under the provisions of this title in every county of the state.

§ 344. Responsibility. 1. Each social services district shall be responsible for providing family assistance, under this title, to persons eligible therefor who reside in its territory. Temporary absence, within or without the state, of such persons from such territory, except a…

§ 345. Definition. As used in this title the term "child" means a person under eighteen years of age, or a person under nineteen years of age who is a full-time student regularly attending a secondary school or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical training if, befo…

§ 348. Application for family assistance. 1. Application for family assistance shall be made to the appropriate social services district. 2. Application for or receipt of family assistance shall operate as an assignment to the state and the social services district concerned of …

§ 349. Eligibility. A. Family assistance shall be given to a pregnant individual, a parent or other relative as herein specified for the benefit of a child under eighteen years of age, or of a child under nineteen years of age who is a full-time student regularly attending a sec…

§ 349-a. Procedures to insure the protection of victims of domestic violence. 1. The department, after consultation with the office for the prevention of domestic violence and statewide domestic violence advocacy groups, shall by regulation establish requirements for social serv…

§ 349-b. Deserted, abandoned and out-of-wedlock children; special provisions. 1. In addition to other eligibility requirement each person who is applying for or receiving assistance under this title, and who is otherwise eligible for assistance under this title, shall be require…

§ 35. Legal representation of individuals whose federal disability benefits have been denied or may be discontinued. 1. The commissioner shall establish criteria for selection of grant applications, review applications awarded pursuant to the provisions of this section, and exer…

§ 350. Character and adequacy. 1. (a) Allowances shall be adequate to\nenable the father, mother or other relative to bring up the child\nproperly, having regard for the physical, mental and moral well-being of\nsuch child, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundre…

§ 350-a. Protective payments. 1. Whenever the social services official who is granting allowances of family assistance to a relative for the benefit of a child determines that such relative is unable to manage the allowances he or she may, when appropriate in accordance with sta…

§ 350-j. Emergency assistance to needy families with children. 1. Any inconsistent provisions of this chapter or of any other law notwithstanding, so long as federal aid is available therefor, a social services district shall provide emergency assistance as herein defined to per…

§ 352. Deserted or abandoned children; special provisions. 1. A social services official who makes a family assistance allowance for the benefit of a child who has been abandoned or deserted by a parent shall promptly give notice thereof to the appropriate district attorney wher…

§ 352-a. Children born out of wedlock; special provisions. 1. The social services official providing family assistance allowances, pursuant to the provisions of this title, for the benefit of children born out of wedlock, shall have and shall perform the following duties and pow…

§ 353. Grant of aid. Upon the completion of an investigation the proper social services official shall (a) decide whether the applicant is eligible for and should receive family assistance, the amount, nature and manner of paying or providing it and the date on which it shall be…

§ 355. Rules, regulations and forms. The department shall 1. supervise the administration of family assistance, 2. prescribe the form of and print and supply to the public welfare officials blanks for applications, reports, affidavits and such other forms as it may deem advisabl…

§ 356. Moneys to be provided by counties and cities; how expended. 1. The legislative body of each social services district shall annually appropriate to the commissioner of social services such sum as may be needed for family assistance, and for the administration thereof. When…

§ 357. Quarterly estimates. Each social services district shall submit to the department quarterly estimates of its anticipated expenditures for family assistance and administrative expenses not less than thirty days before the first day of each of the quarters beginning on the …