N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 18 § 651.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024

Section 651.1 - Federal programs (quarterly report)

(a) For purposes of preparation of quarterly reports to the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, social services districts must report monthly to the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (the office) information on each family receiving Federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) benefits, including but not limited to the following:

(1) the county of residence of the family;

(2) whether a child receiving such assistance or an adult in the family is disabled;

(3) the ages of the members of the families;

(4) the number of individuals in the family and the relation of each family member to the head of household in the family;

(5) the employment status and earnings of the employed adult in the family;

(6) the marital status of the members of the family, including whether such adults have never married, are widowed, or are divorced;

(7) the race and educational level of each adult in the family;

(8) the race and educational level of each child in the family;

(9) whether the family received subsidized housing, medical assistance under the State plan approved under title XIX of the Social Security Act, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, or subsidized child care, and if the latter two, the amount received;

(10) the number of months that the family has received each type of assistance under the program;

(11) if the adults participated in and the number of hours per week of participation in the following activities:

(i) education;

(ii) subsidized private sector employment;

(iii) unsubsidized employment;

(iv) subsidized public sector employment, work experience, or community service;

(v) job search;

(vi) job skills training or on-the-job training; and

(vii) vocational education;

(12) information required by the office to calculate work participation rates mandated by section 407 of Public Law 104-193 (the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996), as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109171);

(13) the type and amount of assistance received under the public assistance program, including the amount of and reason for any reduction of assistance (including sanctions);

(14) any amount of unearned income received by any member of the family;

(15) the citizenship of the members of the family; and

(16) for closed cases, whether the family left the program, and if so, whether the family left due to:

(i) employment;

(ii) marriage;

(iii) 60-month limit on TANF funded assistance;

(iv) sanction; or

(v) State policy.

(b) Social services districts must report monthly to the office information on families receiving TANF benefits and information on families receiving assistance in the safety net program who are required by federal law and regulation to be included in the work participation rates mandated by section 407 of Public Law 104-193 (the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996), as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-171), including, but not limited, to the following:

(1) the number of families receiving assistance, including the number of two-parent and the number of one-parent families receiving assistance; and

(2) the total dollar value of assistance received by all families.

(c) The information required under this section shall be collected and shall be reported using the Welfare Management System, the Welfare to Work Caseload Management System, or other automated systems or reporting forms as determined by the commissioner of the office. Social services districts shall assist the office in collecting the information in accordance with instructions from the office.

(d) Scientifically acceptable statistical sampling methods may be used to collect the data required by this section when authorized by the Federal Department of Health and Services or when the commissioner of the office determines that collection of such data by any other means is not practicable or would result in significant additional costs.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 18 § 651.1

Amended New York State Register March 18, 2015/Volume XXXVII, Issue 11, eff. 3/18/2015