New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services
Subchapter B - Public Assistance
Article 1 - Determination of Eligibility-General
Part 350 - Application
Section 350.1 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Applicant. An applicant is a person who has, directly or by a representative, expressed, in writing on the State-prescribed form, to a social services official a desire to receive assistance and/or care or to have his eligibility considered. In ADC, the relative with whom a child is living or will live is the applicant in the child's behalf.
(b) Application. An application is an action by which a person indicates, in writing on the State-prescribed form, his desire either to receive assistance and/or care or to have his eligibility considered by a social services official. Such action shall be considered an application even though the applicant subsequently withdraws the application or proves, upon investigation, to be ineligible.
(c) Inquiry. An inquiry is any request for information.
(d) Public assistance. For purposes of this Title, aid to dependent children (ADC) refers to family assistance (FA), home relief (HR) refers to safety net assistance (SNA) and public assistance refers to family assistance, safety net assistance, and veteran assistance.
