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

Section 385.6 – Page 9 Rev. 4/2025 Note: Unlike other employment sanctions which result in a prorata reduction in TA benefits, the change in TA benefits for the household when a non-legally responsible individual willfully and without good cause refuses or fails to comply with TA employment requirements other than applicant assessment or applicant job search would be an incremental reduction to remove the noncompliant individual from the TA budget. The district must notify the household of the employment sanction and the individual would be sanctioned from TA in accordance with the sanction progression for households with dependent children, if the household includes a dependent child or the sanction progression for households without dependent children, if the household does not include a dependent child as identified in 18 NYCRR §385.12. Essential persons receiving TA as part of a Family Assistance case would be considered to be residing in a household with dependent children for the purpose of determining the TA sanction progression under 18 NYCRR 385.12. A recipient who fails to comply with an assessment requirement is subject to the same conciliation and sanction as one who fails to comply with other work activity requirements. Q.4 Are districts permitted to conduct an employment assessment by telephone if conducting an in-person assessment is not feasible? A.4 Yes. Districts may conduct a staff-assisted assessment in person or by telephone.

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

Section 385.6 – Page 9 Rev. 4/2025 Note: Unlike other employment sanctions which result in a prorata reduction in TA benefits, the change in TA benefits for the household when a non-legally responsible individual willfully and without good cause refuses or fails to comply with TA employment requirements other than applicant assessment or applicant job search would be an incremental reduction to remove the noncompliant individual from the TA budget. The district must notify the household of the employment sanction and the individual would be sanctioned from TA in accordance with the sanction progression for households with dependent children, if the household includes a dependent child or the sanction progression for households without dependent children, if the household does not include a dependent child as identified in 18 NYCRR §385.12. Essential persons receiving TA as part of a Family Assistance case would be considered to be residing in a household with dependent children for the purpose of determining the TA sanction progression under 18 NYCRR 385.12. A recipient who fails to comply with an assessment requirement is subject to the same conciliation and sanction as one who fails to comply with other work activity requirements. Q.4 Are districts permitted to conduct an employment assessment by telephone if conducting an in-person assessment is not feasible? A.4 Yes. Districts may conduct a staff-assisted assessment in person or by telephone.