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 351 - Investigation and Eligibility
Continuing Eligibility
Section 351.20 - Determination of continuing eligibility

Universal Citation: 18 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 351.20

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

(a) Continuing eligibility for public assistance shall be established by investigation and documentation at specified intervals and the process shall be known as recertification, which shall include a reevaluation and reconsideration of all variable factors of need and other factors of eligibility.

(b) In connection with periodic redetermination of eligibility, the social services district shall:

(1) require that the recipient complete the State-prescribed form and submit appropriate supporting data;

(2) determine the need for additional information from the recipient and/or collateral sources;

(3) interview the recipient in a face-to-face interview, or may interview the recipient by telephone or other digital means at the request of the recipient, in order to verify factors of eligibility, including those related to:
(i) identity of recipient;

(ii) domicile of recipient;

(iii) family composition;

(iv) rent payment or cost of housing;

(v) income from any source;

(vi) savings or other resources;

(vii) lawful residence in the United States, if the recipient is an alien;

(4) make appropriate collateral investigation, as required, where the recipient is unable to secure documentation of the above factors and any additional factors of eligibility as required to establish continued eligibility;

(5) evaluate all the factual information gathered as to its completeness, relevancy and consistency;

(6) identify the factors of eligibility subject to change which call for prompt review of continuing eligibility; and

(7) advise the recipient of his continuing responsibility to keep the agency informed of changes in his circumstances.

(c) When a social services district becomes aware that the adult relative caretaker of a minor child has died, the district must take prompt steps to adjust case classification and payee and to adjust benefit levels to reflect current circumstances. Public assistance eligibility must not lapse solely by reason of death of the adult caretaker of a minor child until arrangements are completed for the addition of the child to another public assistance household, reclassification of the case, foster care or other appropriate financial support.

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