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

Section 385.9- Page 9 Rev. 4/2025 2) Such effort shall include but not be limited to an active and continuing search for employment, or for persons otherwise exempt in accordance with sections 385.2 and 385.3 of this Part, and where deemed appropriate by the social services official, activities that foster preparation for employment. 3) Each such applicant or recipient shall have an affirmative duty to accept any offer of lawful employment in which he or she may engage. 4) The failure of a social services district to assign applicants and recipients to activities pursuant to this Part shall not relieve such persons from the requirements of this subdivision. i) An applicant who fails to comply with the requirements of this subdivision shall be ineligible for public assistance; for purposes of this subparagraph, the term applicant shall mean the entire applicant household. ii) A recipient who fails to comply with the requirements of this subdivision shall be subject to sanction in accordance with the provisions of sections 385.11 and 385.12 of this Part. 5) Supervised job search activities shall be described in the local plan. f) Subsidized Public Sector Employment Programs 1) A social services official may establish subsidized public sector employment programs for public assistance recipients including, but not limited to, grant diversion programs, which may be supported wholly or in part with public assistance funds. Such programs shall be established through agreements between social services districts and employers; provided, however, that, if appropriate, the Office may act on behalf of one or more social services districts in establishing such agreements. 2) Programs may include, but need not be limited to, on-the-job training programs which reimburse employers in part or in whole for the cost of training public assistance recipients through wage subsidies. 3) The social services official or the Office is authorized to transfer public assistance funds to employers through written agreements developed and executed in accordance with Office regulations. 4) A recipient may be assigned to a subsidized public sector employment activity only if: i) the conditions of employment including such factors as the type of work, geographical region and proficiency of the participant are appropriate and reasonable; ii) the recipient is deemed an employee for purposes of the applicable collective bargaining and labor laws and receives the same benefits and protections as existing employees similarly situated (working a similar length of time and doing similar work) receive pursuant to the provisions of law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement or otherwise as made available to such existing employees;