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18 CRR-NY 351.20NY-CRR

STATE COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

TITLE 18. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

CHAPTER II. REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

SUBCHAPTER B. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

ARTICLE 1. DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY—GENERAL

PART 351. INVESTIGATION AND ELIGIBILITY

CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY

18 CRR-NY 351.20

351.20 Determination of continuing eligibility.

(a) Continuing eligibility for public assistance shall be established by investigation and documentation at specified intervals and the process shall be known as recertification, which shall include a reevaluation and reconsideration of all variable factors of need and other factors of eligibility.

(b) In connection with periodic redetermination of eligibility, the social services district shall:

(1) require that the recipient complete the State-prescribed form and submit appropriate supporting data;

(2) determine the need for additional information from the recipient and/or collateral sources;

(3) interview the recipient in a face-to-face interview, in order to verify factors of eligibility, including those related to:

(i) identity of recipient;

(ii) domicile of recipient;

(iii) family composition;

(iv) rent payment or cost of housing;

(v) income from any source;

(vi) savings or other resources;

(vii) lawful residence in the United States, if the recipient is an alien;

(4) make appropriate collateral investigation, as required, where the recipient is unable to secure documentation of the above factors and any additional factors of eligibility as required to establish continued eligibility;

(5) evaluate all the factual information gathered as to its completeness, relevancy and consistency;

(6) identify the factors of eligibility subject to change which call for prompt review of continuing eligibility; and

(7) advise the recipient of his continuing responsibility to keep the agency informed of changes in his circumstances.

(c) When a social services district becomes aware that the adult relative caretaker of a minor child has died, the district must take prompt steps to adjust case classification and payee and to adjust benefit levels to reflect current circumstances. Public assistance eligibility must not lapse solely by reason of death of the adult caretaker of a minor child until arrangements are completed for the addition of the child to another public assistance household, reclassification of the case, foster care or other appropriate financial support. For State reimbursement purposes, safety net assistance given to such a child during the first 45 days after filing of the application for safety net assistance is regarded as being given to meet emergency circumstances.

18 CRR-NY 351.20

Current through July 31, 2021

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IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING CONTENT CURRENCY: JULY 31, 2023, is the date of the most recently produced official NYCRR supplement covering this rule section. For later updates to this section, if any, please: consult editions of the NYS Register published after this date; or contact the NYS Department of State Division of Admisnistrative Rules at [email protected]. See Help for additional information on the currency of this unofficial version of the NYS Rules.