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

Section 385.8- Page 7 Rev. 3/2022 Part B - Department Policy Overview Federal and State law require minimum participation rate requirements for recipients of each category of Temporary Assistance (TA). This section describes the minimum participation requirements that districts must attain for each TA case type. Districts should assign individuals to appropriate activities for up to 40 hours weekly and provide the necessary supportive services to help them to advance economically, while at the same time being mindful of the need to meet participation rates. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cases are assigned case types 11 and 12. Cases that have exhausted the 60-month TANF time limit transition to Safety Net Assistance Maintenance of Effort (SNA MOE) are identified as case type 16 and/or 17 with a State and federal charge code of 60, 63 or 64. Safety Net non-MOE cases are households without dependent children and are assigned case type 16 and 17. Failure to meet the effective federal All Families work participation rate, which includes TANF and SNA MOE cases, would expose the State and districts to the risk of significant federal fiscal penalties. Required Rates: • TANF/SNA MOE All Families: 50% (minus applicable caseload reduction and excess MOE credits) • SNA non-MOE: 50% • TANF/SNA MOE Two Parent Families: 90% (Not Currently Applicable) Universe: Denominator cases for each participation rate will be selected from the universe for the case types included in each rate. The TANF and SNA MOE universes include all cases that receive TANF/SNA MOE funded "assistance" issued in the month and for the current or future month. Similarly, the SNA non-MOE universe includes all cases that receive SNA non-MOE funded “assistance” issued in the month for the current or future month, excluding non-disabled two-parent families with dependent children. A case is generally considered to have received “assistance” by having received a payment type intended to meet the ongoing basic needs of the household, as opposed to meeting transitory or emergency needs. The payment types meeting this definition, and additional information about the distinctions between assistance and non-assistance are detailed in 09 ADM 04 (which effectively replaced 99 ADM-7), 03 INF 35, and GIS 07 TA/WMS006). An assistance payment to an SNA case is designated as SNA MOE when an individual in the case has a State Federal Charge code of 60 (MOE alien), 63 or 64 (State time limit), except when that payment is to a non-disabled two-parent case with dependent children.