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

Section 385.2 – Page 3

Rev. 4/2025 Part A - The Regulations a) General participation requirements. All applicants for and recipients of public assistance must participate in public assistance work activities assigned by the social services official in accordance with the requirements of this Part. Such applicants and recipients who fail to comply without good cause with the requirements of this Part shall be subject to the provisions of section 385.12 of this Part. b) Exemptions from the requirement to participate in work activities. An applicant for or recipient of public assistance is exempt from participation in public assistance work activities pursuant to the requirements of this Part if he/she is determined by the social services official to be: 1) ill or injured to the extent that he/she is unable to engage in work activities for up to three months, as verified by medical evidence; 2) 60 years of age or older; 3) under the age of 16 or under the age of 19 and attending full-time a secondary, vocational or technical school; 4) disabled or incapacitated in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (d) of this section; 5) needed in the home because another member of the household requires his/her presence due to a verified mental or physical impairment, and the social services official has determined that no other member of the household is appropriate to provide such care. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "verified" shall mean that a licensed physician or certified psychologist has made the determination that such an impairment exists and that the household member is in need of care; 6) pregnant, beginning 30 days prior to the medically verified date of the delivery of the child; 7) the parent or other caretaker relative in a one parent household of a child under 12 months of age who is personally providing care for such a child. This exemption must last for no longer than 12 months for any parent or caretaker relative's life. i) The exemption shall last no longer than three months for any one child unless the social services official makes a determination to extend the exemption for the child for up to the total 12 month maximum for the life of such parent or caretaker relative. ii) To the extent that the total of 12 months of exemption have not been exhausted by such parent or caretaker, the social services official shall apply the exemption to the parent or caretaker in the case of a child under three months of age, but shall