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46 (c) you are requesting a fair hearing concerning your SNAP benefits and your household is planning to move away from the local social services district before the fair hearing decision would normally be issued; or (d) you have been denied public assistance for yourself or your dependent child because: 1. you are under the age of 18; 2. you have never married; 3. you either reside with and provide care for your dependent child or are pregnant; 4. you are not residing in a place of residence maintained as a home by your parent, legal guardian or other adult relative or in an adult-supervised supportive living arrangement; and, 5. you have alleged that your physical or emotional health or safety or that your dependent child would be jeopardized if you or such child lived in the same residence with your parent or legal guardian and an investigation conducted in accordance with section 424 of the Social Services Law did not support your allegation. 18 NYCRR 358-3.3 Notice requirements. (a) Public assistance, medical assistance and services: notice of action. 1. Action to discontinue, suspend, reduce, restrict; changes in the manner of payment for childcare services; denial of an extension of a waiver of public assistance program requirements or termination or modification of such waiver. Except as set forth in subdivision (d) of this section, you have a right to timely and adequate notice when a social services agency proposes to: i. take any action to discontinue, suspend, or reduce your public assistance grant, medical assistance authorization or services; or ii. change the manner or method or form of payment of your public assistance grant; or iii. restrict your medical assistance authorization; or iv. make changes in the manner or amount of payment for your childcare services and such change results in the discontinuance, suspension, reduction or termination of benefits or forces you to make changes in childcare arrangements; or v. make changes in the manner of payment for your supportive services provided to enable you as a recipient of public assistance to participate in work activities pursuant to 18 NYCRR Part 385 and such changes result in the discontinuance, suspension, reduction or termination of benefits, or force you to change child care arrangements; or vi. deny an extension of a waiver of public assistance program requirements under 18 NYCRR section 351.2(l) or such waiver has been terminated or modified. 2. Action to accept, deny, increase or make change in calculation; denial of utilization threshold exemption or increase application; employability determination changes in the manner of payment for denial of a waiver of public assistance program requirements. You have a right to adequate notice when a social services agency: