Cash Assistance. The interim final rule included as an enumerated eligible use cash assistance and provided that cash transfers must be ‘‘reasonably proportional’’ to the negative economic impact they address and may not be ‘‘grossly in excess of the amount needed to address’’ the impact. In assessing whether a transfer is reasonably proportional, recipients may ‘‘consider and take guidance from the per person amounts previously provided by the Federal Government in response to the COVID–19 crisis,’’ and transfers for some governments to support the well-being of households and individuals in their communities. Some commenters requested that Treasury set a specific dollar amount for permissible cash transfers, and Treasury has also received recipient questions on whether specific types of transfers, such as those to a substantial share of the population in the jurisdiction, would be a permissible use of funds.
Cash Assistance. Under the amendments to the Social Services Law (SSL) made by Chapter 562 of the Laws of 2015, which amend the SSL to add sections 341-a and 342-a and amendments to 18 NYCRR §385.11, which establish re-engagement/conciliation and sanction procedures for NYC, including changes to the CA sanction periods when a CA applicant or recipient in NYC refuses or fails to comply with a CA work requirement, NYC no longer has durational sanctions for Cash Assistance. Instead, an individual will be able to prevent a sanction from being imposed during the conciliation and/or timely notice of intent period or to have a CA sanction lifted either by demonstrating compliance with agency work rules for at least 5 business days as required by the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) or by demonstrating that s/he is exempt from CA work requirements. For individuals who have been sanctioned for 30 days or more, OTDA will send out a reminder notice. This notice will inform the CA head-of-household that the sanctioned individual may end their sanction by complying with employment requirements or by documenting that they are now exempt. If the sanctioned individual’s household size was equal to 1 at the time of the sanction, as required by OTDA, the individual must also submit a new application and would be subject to application timelines based on case category at the time of reapplication. In addition to OTDA sending out a notice, HRA will also send out the notice “Option to End a Temporary Assistance Sanction” (NYC (LDSS-4231)) to all individuals remaining (and sanctioned/discontinued single-person CA households) that remain sanctioned after 60 days.
Cash Assistance. Cash payments provided to eligible CLIENTs under 20 the Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) program; the fieneral Relief (fiR) program;
