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

Appendix C – Page 15 Rev. 3/2022

LDSS-4230 CONCILIATION NOTIFICATION For copies of LDSS-4230, please use the following links: English Version LDSS-4230 - http://otda.state.nyenet/ldss_eforms/eforms/4230.pdf Spanish Version LDSS-4230SP - http://otda.state.nyenet/ldss_eforms/eforms/4230-SP.pdf Overview of LDSS-4230

In accordance with 18 NYCRR 385.11, conciliation notices must be given to non-exempt applicants and recipients of temporary assistance and SNAP who have failed or refused to comply with employment requirements. This requirement does not apply to PA applicants who fail or refuse to comply with employment assessments, nor does it apply to PA applicants who fail to comply with a job search assignment. (In those cases, the applications are denied without the conciliation process.)

The opportunity to avoid a SNAP sanction by demonstrating program compliance must be offered to all SNAP recipients, which includes SNAP applicants who have received expedited SNAP benefits and are assigned to SNAP work activities, who fail or refuse to comply with an assigned SNAP work activity without good cause. For districts outside of New York City, the ability to avoid a sanction through prospective compliance does not apply to individuals who fail or refuse to comply with PA work requirements. Failure or refusal to comply with a PA work requirement continues to require conciliation followed by sanction if the district determines that the failure or refusal to comply was willful and without good cause. There is no authority to offer individuals an opportunity to demonstrate compliance to avoid a PA work related sanction.

Districts (other than NYC which uses the NYC Work, Accountability and You [NYCWAY] system) are encouraged to continue using the WTWCMS to document instances of noncompliance, and to generate the Conciliation Notice or SNAP Conciliation Notice. Manual versions of the conciliation notices are available in instances where a manual notice is needed.

Districts must also continue to ensure that individuals have the opportunity to document good cause or an exemption from participation in SNAP work activities. Individuals who demonstrate good cause or document an exemption from SNAP E&T requirements would not be subject to a SNAP E&T sanction. Individuals who demonstrate good cause but are not otherwise exempt from SNAP E&T requirements should be reassigned to appropriate work activities. If a recipient claims to have good cause or claims to be exempt from SNAP work requirements, but the district subsequently determines that the recipient did not have or failed to document good cause/exemption, the recipient must be offered the opportunity to demonstrate compliance in a SNAP work activity to avoid the SNAP sanction.