Title SOS, Social Services

§ 309. Social services official as conservator. In appropriate cases,\na social services official shall initiate a special proceeding for the\nappointment of a conservator pursuant to section 77.03 of the mental\nhygiene law.\n

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

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

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

§ 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\nadministration of assistance. The department may\n (a) make agreements for supplies and commodities needed in the\nadministration of assistance and care, under which local welfare units\nmay, subject to the approval of …

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 334. Orientation. 1. In accordance with department regulations, a\nsocial services district shall, at the time of application or\nredetermination, in writing and orally inform all public assistance\napplicants and recipients of the availability of activities and\nsupportive se…

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

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

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

§ 335-c. Pilot programs. From the funds specifically appropriated\ntherefor the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability\nassistance in cooperation with the commissioner of the office of\nchildren and family services may conduct pilot programs in up to five\nsocial…

§ 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\nmake available vocational educational training and educational\nactivities. Such activities may include but need not be limited to, high\nschool education or education designed to prepare a participant for a\nh…

§ 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\npublic assistance shall, upon request of the social services official,\ndemonstrate that he or she is engaged in an active and continuing effort\nto achieve self-sufficiency as defined by the department. Such…

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

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

§ 337. Responsibilities of state departments and agencies. 1.\nNotwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary,\nresponsibility for the operation and administration of work, employment\nand training programs in connection with the programs administered\npursuant to…

§ 338. Cooperation of state departments. There shall be such\ncooperative agreements and arrangements between and among the\ndepartment, the state department of social services or its successor\nagency, the state department of education and other appropriate state\ndepartments a…

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

§ 34. General powers and duties of the commissioner. 1. The\ncommissioner of social services shall be the chief administrative\nofficer of the department.\n 2. All the administrative and executive powers and duties of the\ndepartment shall be vested in the commissioner.\n 3. The…

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

§ 340. Technical assistance. The commissioner shall provide technical\nassistance to social services districts in the development,\nimplementation and administration of plans described in section three\nhundred thirty-three of this title.\n The department shall monitor the imple…

§ 341. Conciliation; refusal to participate. 1. (a) Consistent with\nfederal law and regulations and this title, if a participant has failed\nor refused to comply with the requirements of this title, the social\nservices district shall issue a notice in plain language indicating…

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

§ 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\nprovisions of this section shall apply to persons who are residents of a\ncity having a population of one million or more people.\n 2. In accordance with the provisions of this section an individual who\nis requ…

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

§ 344. Responsibility. 1. Each social services district shall be\nresponsible for providing family assistance, under this title, to\npersons eligible therefor who reside in its territory. Temporary\nabsence, within or without the state, of such persons from such\nterritory, exce…

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 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\nwho is granting allowances of family assistance to a relative for the\nbenefit of a child determines that such relative is unable to manage the\nallowances he or she may, when appropriate in accordance with …

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

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

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

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

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

§ 356. Moneys to be provided by counties and cities; how expended.\n1. The legislative body of each social services district shall annually\nappropriate to the commissioner of social services such sum as may be\nneeded for family assistance, and for the administration thereof. W…

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