Page 9

NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual

Section 385.13- Page 9 Rev. 3/2022 Part B - Department Policy Temporary Assistance (TA) The term “voluntary quit” applies to applicants and recipients who leave employment or reduce their work hours of their own accord for the purpose of qualifying for initial or increased public assistance, including those who provoked their own termination from employment or a reduction in work hours. An applicant will be ineligible for TA for 90 days from the date of the voluntary quit. The district must provide the individual an opportunity during the application process to give reasons for leaving or being terminated from employment or reducing their work hours or provoking the reduction of hours. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide reasons or otherwise demonstrate that the voluntary quit was not for the purpose of qualifying for initial or increased public assistance. If, after providing the individual an opportunity to give reasons, the district determines that the applicant voluntarily quit his employment, a standard denial notice should be used, indicating that denial was due to a voluntary quit and referencing 18 NYCRR 385.13(a). The ineligibility shall last until 90 days have elapsed from the date the individual left or reduced their employment. When there is an active TA case for other eligible house members, TA filing unit rules require the ineligible household member to apply to be added to the case at the end of the 90-day period of ineligibility. A recipient will be subject to conciliation and sanction in the same way as a recipient who fails to comply with a work activity assignment. This process will allow the individual to provide reasons for leaving or being terminated from employment or reducing their work hours or provoking the reduction of hours. If, after the conciliation process has ended, the district determines that the recipient did voluntarily quit his employment, then the individual must be issued a ten-day notice of intent indicating that they will be sanctioned due to a voluntary quit and referencing 18 NYCRR 385.13(a). Voluntary quit sanctions for recipients are the same duration as those for noncompliance with work activities, so they are included when determining an individual sanction progression and which level of sanction to use. • For TA Households with Dependent Children in districts outside of New York City:  1st instance: non-durational and until willing to comply  2nd instance: a durational period of 3 months and until willing to comply  3rd and subsequent instance/s: durational period of 6 months and until willing to comply