18 CRR-NY 456.1NY-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 C. SOCIAL SERVICES
ARTICLE 5. ADULT AND FAMILY SERVICES
PART 456. INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES
18 CRR-NY 456.1
18 CRR-NY 456.1
456.1 General.
(a) Each local social services department shall provide information about and referral to appropriate community agencies and resources which provide services related to:
(1) financial assistance provided by the district, by SSA or by any other source, including SSI benefits, OASDI, emergency financial needs, public or private resources, food stamps, workers' compensation and disability insurance;
(2) health care and services, including medical assistance, Medicare, maternal and child health services, health screening and preventive services, and speech and hearing;
(3) social services provided by local social services departments, other public agencies and voluntary agencies, and including but not limited to services related to alcoholism, drug addiction, physical and vocational rehabilitation, visual handicaps, housing, social isolation, transportation, home-bound or congregate living, medical and psychiatric problems, foster care, adoption, family planning, protection, deinstitutionalization and reentry into the community;
(4) employment services provided by the Department of Labor or by other public and private community agencies;
(5) other community services related to such areas as education, legal matters, discrimination, recreation and consumer problems.
(b) The provision of information and referral services shall be made available to any individual or family who requests help, without regard to eligibility for financial assistance or other services.
18 CRR-NY 456.1
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.