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

Section 385.4 – Page 12

Rev. 4/2025 Part C - Questions and Answers Q.1 Can the district pay to repair an applicant’s car in order to enable the TA applicant to continue working? A.1 Yes. Supportive services can be used as a diversion in a front door program. You may use the assessment process as a front door activity and determine that repairing the car enables the applicant to continue in their employment and prevents the applicant from needing public assistance. Q.2 Can I pay child care for TA applicants who are doing job search? A.2 Yes. Individuals with a child under thirteen who require child care in order to participate should be provided it. In instances where the district requires an applicant to participate and the individual does not have child care, the district must make at least two referrals for child care, one of which must be to a regulated child care provider. (If an individual is unable to find a child care provider on their own, the worker must provide the individual with two choices of child care providers. At least one of these choices must be a child care provider who is licensed or registered with the State of New York or with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.) Child care for individuals eligible for services under the Child Care Development Block Grant should be funded with Child Care Development Block Grant funds. Q.3 Which cases receive case management? A.3 For TA recipients, if local funds are available, pregnant adolescents, adolescent parents, at risk youth under eighteen, and individuals with limited English proficiency are case managed. However, the local district plan may offer case management to other groups. For SNAP, all TA/SNAP and NTA/SNAP recipients assigned to a SNAP employment and training work activity must receive case management. Q.4 Can supportive services be issued to a client after a TA case is closed? A.4 Yes, for up to 90 days after the TA case is closed due to obtaining employment. Also, based on the availability of local district funds and/or appropriate programs, supportive services may be continued beyond 90 days post-employment if the individual qualifies for TANF funded services under the 200% of poverty guidelines. Q.5 Can a client be required to move to an area with better job opportunities? A.5 No, but remoteness is no longer an allowable reason for failing to comply with work activity assignments. If the district determines that jobs exist outside of the individual’s community for which the individual is capable of engaging, then the district may refer the individual to