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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual
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Rev. 4/2025 2) accept medical care provided by the social services official or made available through other agencies to assist the individual in recovering from a mental or physical impairment and in restoring the individual to self-sufficiency; 3) accept referral to and enrollment in a program of vocational rehabilitation, training and other essential rehabilitation designed to restore an individual to self-sufficiency; 4) give evidence, as requested by the social services official, that he/she is participating in a program assigned by the social services official in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision. f) Engaged-in-work requirement. 1) For the purposes of this subdivision, the term engaged-in-work shall be defined by the social services official. Such definition shall be included in the social services district's local plan prepared pursuant to the requirements of section 385.10 of this Part. 2) The social services official shall ensure that each parent or caretaker of a dependent child, when such parent or caretaker is receiving public assistance funded through the Federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program, is engaged-in-work as soon as practicable, but no later than 24 months (whether or not consecutive) from initial receipt of assistance. For the purposes of this paragraph, the initial receipt of assistance for individuals who were receiving such assistance on or before December 2, 1996 shall be December 2, 1996. 3) The social services official shall ensure that each parent or caretaker of a dependent child, when such parent or caretaker is receiving public assistance which is not funded through the federal temporary assistance to needy families program, and each adult member of a household without dependent children who is receiving public assistance, is engaged-in-work as soon as is practicable. Individuals exempt pursuant to subdivision (d) of this section should not be considered by the social services official when complying with the requirements of this paragraph.