Lawyers Manual - Unified Court System

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15. To find the appropriate welfare center in New York City, see New York
City Human Resources Administration’s Family Independence
Administration,
http://www.nyc.gov/html/hra/html/family_independence/job_center_sites.shtml
(last visited June 19, 2006).
16. See Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, Food Stamps,
http://www.otda.state.ny.us/otda/fs/fs_default.htm (last visited June 19,
2006). See also Community Service Society, Public Benefits Resource
Center Manual, http://pbrcmanual.cssny.org (Note: CSS charges a fee for
subscription to the online manual; last visited June 19, 2006) to determine
the level of benefits for which one is eligible, and Office of Temporary and
Disability Assistance, Food Stamps Source Book,
http://www.otda.state.ny.us/otda/fs/FSSB.pdf (last visited June 19, 2006)
for Food Stamps rules. For more information, see New York State
Department of Health, Child Health Plus,
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/chplus/index.htm (last visited June
19, 2006).
17. Applicants who are single, without children, and currently sanctioned for
an employment program violation may not be eligible for emergency
assistance. See generally 02 ADM-2 (March 4, 2002). Emergency needs
grants can be limited if applicants/recipients make frequent applications,
03 INF-34 (Aug. 13, 2003).
18. If the client has an emergency (no place to live or no food, notice of
eviction, shut off notices for gas or electricity, etc.), she should say so
when she is requesting a fair hearing and ask for an emergency fair
hearing. An emergency fair hearing is held a few days after it is requested
and an expedited Decision After Fair Hearing will be issued. In New York
City, call (212) 417-3614 for an emergency fair hearing or go to the Fair
Hearing Office, 14 Boerum Place, Brooklyn to request an emergency fair
hearing.
19. 02 INF-36, #6 (November 5, 2002).
20. 18 NYCRR § 415.2.
21. 97 ADM-20 (Oct. 24, 1997).
22. 01 ADM-16 (Nov. 7, 2001), 03 INF-33 (July 30, 2003), 03 INF-10 (March
3, 2003).