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NY Soc Serv L § 333 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 9-B - Public Assistance Employment Programs 333 - Local Plans and Requirements.

§  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 plan shall be developed  in  cooperation  and  coordination  with   public  and  private education institutions, child care providers, child   care resource and referral agencies if available in the district,  labor   unions, libraries, public and private employers, employment and training   agencies and organizations, and private industry councils established in   service  delivery  areas  defined  in  subdivision  five of section nine   hundred seventy-one of the executive law.Such plan shall be generally available to the public  for  review  and   comment  for  a  period  of  thirty  days  prior  to  submission  to the   commissioner.  In accordance with department regulations and  consistent   with  federal  law  and regulations, such plan shall include, but not be   limited to, the following:1. Estimates of the number of participants to be served;2. A description of available supportive  services  as  prescribed  by   section three hundred thirty-two-a of this title;3.  A description of the available activities under this title and the   estimated capacity of such activities;4. A description of the district's plan to meet  federal  requirements   regarding participation and the district's criteria established pursuant   to  the  provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision two of section three   hundred thirty-two of this title;5.  A list of education and training providers, such as  job  training   partnership act agencies, educational agencies and other public agencies   or  private  organizations with which the district expects to enter into   agreements or contracts with a description of such contracts;6. A description of the orientation to  be  provided  to  participants   pursuant to section three hundred thirty-four of this title;7.  A  description  of  the  assessment  tools chosen and the employee   qualifications, district administrative unit or contracting entity  that   will  be  responsible  for  the  assessments  and the development of the   employability plans;8. A description of the conciliation procedures to be  made  available   to  participants  pursuant  to  section  three hundred forty-one of this   title; and9. Such additional information as is necessary to comply with  federal   requirements  and  to  provide  the  report required under section three   hundred thirty-nine of this title.
NY Soc Serv L § 334 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 9-B - Public Assistance Employment Programs 334 - Orientation.

§  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  services  provided  under  this  title  for  which  they are eligible and of district or participant responsibilities, including:  (a) education, employment and training opportunities  available  under the   local  plan,  including  educational  and  training  opportunities available at no cost to the participant as well as the  responsibilities associated with the repayment of student financial aid;  (b)  supportive  services  as  prescribed  by  section  three  hundred thirty-two-a of this title;  child care pursuant to section four hundred ten-u of this chapter for persons whose eligibility for  assistance  has terminated; and applicable medical assistance;  (c)  the  obligations  of  the  district  regarding the activities and supportive services to be provided;  (d) the rights, responsibilities and obligations of the participant in the program  including,  but  not  limited  to,  participation  and  the consequences  of  failure to participate in work activities without good cause;  (e)(1) the types and settings of child  care  services  which  may  be reasonably  accessible  to  participants  and how such services shall be provided and financed;  (2) the assistance available to help participants  select  appropriate child care services; and  (3)  the assistance available upon request to help participants obtain child care services.   2. A local social services official shall inform  applicants  for  and recipients  of public assistance of their responsibility to cooperate in establishing paternity and enforcing child support obligations.   3. Consistent with federal and state  law  and  regulations,  a  local social  services  official  shall,  within  one month of the recipient's participation in orientation, notify the recipient  in  writing  of  the opportunity  to participate in the district's programs established under this title and provide a clear description of how to enter the programs.
NY Soc Serv L § 335-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 9-B - Public Assistance Employment Programs 335-C - Pilot Programs.

§  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  services  districts  to  provide  intensive employment and other   supportive services including job readiness and job  placement  services   to non-custodial parents who are unemployed or who are working less than   twenty  hours per week; who are recipients of public assistance or whose   income does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty level;   and  who  have  a  child  support  order  payable  through  the  support   collection  unit  as  created  by  section  one hundred eleven-h of this   chapter or have had paternity established for his or  her  child  and  a   court proceeding has been initiated to obtain an order of child support,   and  the  custodial  or  non-custodial parent is receiving child support   services through  a  social  services  district.  Non-custodial  parents   determined  to be eligible for participation in the pilot programs shall   be informed of the opportunity to participate  in  such  programs  on  a   voluntary  basis.  The  pilot  programs  shall  have  as  one  component   parenting education for the non-custodial parents. Non-custodial parents   shall be required to attend such parenting education as a  condition  of   participating in the pilot programs.
NY Soc Serv L § 336-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 9-B - Public Assistance Employment Programs 336-D - Job Search Activities.

§ 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  effort   shall  include but not be limited to an active and continuing search for   employment, or for persons otherwise exempt in accordance  with  section   three  hundred thirty-two of this title, and where deemed appropriate by   the social services official, activities  that  foster  preparation  for   employment.   Each such applicant or recipient shall have an affirmative   duty to accept any offer of lawful employment in which  he  or  she  may   engage.  The  failure of a social services district to assign applicants   and recipients to activities pursuant to this title  shall  not  relieve   such  persons  from the requirements  of this section. An individual who   fails to comply with the requirements of the section shall be subject to   the provisions set forth in subdivision  five  of  section  one  hundred   thirty-one  of  this  chapter and of section three hundred forty-one and   three hundred forty-two of this title.2. The social services official shall, if deemed appropriate  by  such   official,  supervise  job  search  activities  assigned pursuant to this   article.
NY Soc Serv L § 337 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 9-B - Public Assistance Employment Programs 337 - Responsibilities of State Departments and Agencies.

§   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 this chapter shall be vested in the commissioner subject to   regulations, procedures and instructions of the department.2. The department is authorized to  enter  into  agreements  with  any   state  agency,  social services district or other entity for performance   of activities authorized under this title.
NY Soc Serv L § 338 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 9-B - Public Assistance Employment Programs 338 - Cooperation of State Departments.

§  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 shall be necessary to assure compliance with federal and   state requirements or requirements of this title relating to  employment   programs  for  applicants  of and recipients of public assistance and to   assure  that  the  purposes  of  such  program   will   be   effectively   accomplished.      The  purpose  of  such  arrangements  is  to  promote   interagency planning, coordinate service delivery  and  identify  needed   resources for the implementation of such employment programs.
NY Soc Serv L § 339 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 9-B - Public Assistance Employment Programs 339 - Reports.

§  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.
NY Soc Serv L § 340 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 9-B - Public Assistance Employment Programs 340 - Technical Assistance.

§ 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 implementation and ongoing operation   of the programs pursuant to this title.  Such monitoring  shall  include   review  of  sample  cases to assess compliance with applicable state and   federal statutes and regulations.
NY Soc Serv L § 343 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 10 - Aid to Dependent Children 343 - Declaration of Object.

§  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.
NY Soc Serv L § 344 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 10 - Aid to Dependent Children 344 - Responsibility.

§  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  as  otherwise  provided,  shall  not  affect  their   eligibility for such aid.2.  Aid shall be construed to  include  services,  particularly  those   services  which  may  be  necessary  for  each child in the light of the   particular home conditions and his or her other needs.3. Each social services district shall administer the  aid,  care  and   services provided under this title, in accordance with state and federal   requirements.
NY Soc Serv L § 345 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 10 - Aid to Dependent Children 345 - Definition.

§  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, before   such person attains age nineteen, such person may reasonably be expected   to complete the program of such secondary school or training.
NY Soc Serv L § 348 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 10 - Aid to Dependent Children 348 - Application for Family Assistance.

§  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   any  rights  to  support  that  accrue  during  the period that a family   receives family assistance from any other person as  such  applicant  or   recipient  may have either on their own behalf or on behalf of any other   family member for whom the applicant or recipient  is  applying  for  or   receiving  assistance. Applicants for or recipients of family assistance   shall be informed that such application for or receipt of such  benefits   will constitute such an assignment.3.  Such  assignment  shall  terminate with respect to current support   rights upon a determination by a local commissioner that such person  is   no  longer  eligible  for  family assistance, except with respect to the   amount of any unpaid support obligation  that  has  accrued  during  the   period that a family received family assistance.4.  It  shall be the duty of social services officials to provide same   day referral of applicants for family  assistance  support  services  as   provided  under title six-A of article three of this chapter pursuant to   part D of title IV of the federal social security act, as  part  of  the   initial application for family assistance.
NY Soc Serv L § 349-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 10 - Aid to Dependent Children 349-B - Deserted, Abandoned and Out-of-Wedlock Children; Special Provisions.

§    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 required, as a further condition of eligibility for such assistance:  (a)   to assign to the state and  the  social  services  district  any rights  to  support  such person may have either in his own behalf or in behalf of any other family  member  for  whom  he  is  applying  for  or receiving aid; and  (b)   to cooperate with the state and the social services official, in accordance with standards established by regulations of  the  department consistent  with  federal  law, in establishing the paternity of a child born out-of-wedlock for  whom  assistance  under  this  title  is  being applied  for  or  received, in their efforts to locate any absent parent and in obtaining support payments or any other payments or property  due such  person  and due each child for whom assistance under this title is being applied for or received, except that  an  applicant  or  recipient shall not be required to cooperate in such efforts in cases in which the social  services  official  has determined, in accordance with criteria, including the best interests of the child, as established by regulations of the department consistent with federal law, that  such  applicant  or recipient  has  good  cause to refuse to cooperate.  Each social service district shall inform applicants for and recipients of family assistance required to cooperate with the state and local social services officials pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, that where a proceeding to establish paternity has been filed, and the allegation of paternity  has been  denied  by  the  respondent,  that  there  shall  be a stay of all paternity proceedings and  related  local  social  services  proceedings until  sixty  days  after  the birth of the child.   Such applicants and recipients shall also be informed that public assistance and care  shall not  be  denied  during  the  stay  on the basis of refusal to cooperate pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph.   2.  The amount of the payments due from the absent parent  in  meeting his  support  obligations  under  this  section shall be the amount of a current court support order or, in the absence of a court order, if such parent agrees to meet his support obligation, an amount to be determined in accordance with a support formula established by the  department  and approved by the secretary of the federal department of health, education and welfare.
NY Soc Serv L § 350-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 10 - Aid to Dependent Children 350-A - Protective Payments.

§ 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 state  and   federal  requirements,  pay  the allowances to another individual who is   interested in or concerned with the welfare of the child and relative.2.    The  determination  of  the  social  services  official  to  pay   allowances  to  another  individual  pursuant  to subdivision one may be   appealed to the department by the relative concerned who shall be  given   an  opportunity  for  a  fair hearing on his appeal.  The department may   review such determination on its own motion.  The powers and  procedures   prescribed by section twenty-two of this chapter shall likewise apply to   the determinations, appeals and reviews made pursuant to this section.3.  Any relative or other person who is granted an allowance of family   assistance  for the benefit of a child or children and who wilfully uses   all or any part of such allowance other than for  the  benefit  of  such   child or children, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Soc Serv L § 352 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 10 - Aid to Dependent Children 352 - Deserted or Abandoned Children; Special Provisions.

§  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 where there is reason to believe such parent may have violated the  provisions of section 260.00 of the penal law.   2. The social services official providing family assistance allowances pursuant to the provisions of this title, for the benefit of a child who has  an absent parent, shall have and shall perform the following duties and powers in addition to others imposed or conferred upon him or her by or pursuant to other provisions of this chapter or other law:  (a)  to take such steps and make such efforts to locate any parent  of such  child  whose  whereabouts  are  unknown  to  such  official as all available means will allow; such means shall include, and there shall be utilization of, appropriate  services  offered  by  the  department,  by agencies of other states and by the federal government;  (b)   to determine the ability and potential ability of the parents of each such child to support or to  contribute  to  the  support  of  such child;  (c)    to  establish  cooperative  arrangements with the family court, county  attorneys,  corporation  counsels  and  other  law   enforcement officials,  for the location of missing parents of such children and for the enforcement of their obligations to support or contribute to support of such children to the extent of their ability;  (d)    to  provide  pertinent  information  to  such  court  and   law enforcement  officials  to  enable  them  to  assist  in locating absent parents of such children and in  securing  support  payments  therefrom, provided  that  there  is  an  agreement  between  such  social services official and such court and such law enforcement officials insuring that such information will be used only for the purpose intended;  (e)  to reimburse, to the extent that state and  federal  requirements authorize  or  require, appropriate courts and law enforcement officials for activities related to the  requirements  of  this  chapter  and  the family  court act with respect to enforcement of support obligations and for services they have undertaken on behalf of such official.   3.   For purposes of this section,  "absent  parent"  shall  mean  any person  who  is legally responsible for a spouse or child, who is absent from the household, whether such person's location is known or  unknown, and fails to provide for the support of such spouse or child.