Common use of Transitional Support Services Clause in Contracts

Transitional Support Services. The district will provide the following supports and strategies to support job retention: HRA’s employment vendors provide participants with job retention case management services for a number of months following job placement. Employment program vendors generally provide such services for a minimum of one year. Many vendors also have the option of providing several months of free transportation (up to three months) to improve job retention and to help ease the transition from welfare to work. HRA generally seeks to include in its employment vendor contracts incentives for successful job retention efforts. The district will provide the following support services, for up to 90 days after case closing, to individuals whose TA cases have closed due to employment: It is an HRA priority to help those who move off Temporary Assistance on account of employment to continue to succeed by supporting their efforts to stay employed and offering them services to allow them to improve their skills and get better jobs. Job retention and job upgrade services are vital to the success of HRA’s efforts to help individuals and families achieve self-sufficiency. If a Temporary Assistance case is closed due to employment-related reasons, family members will automatically receive 12 months of Medicaid coverage from the time the case is closed provided the family continues to have a dependent child and meets other eligibility requirements. In addition, the district provides a Medicaid Plan of Self Support that enables childless Safety Net Assistance (SNA) participants with special needs, who become ineligible for continued Temporary Assistance because their income from employment is sufficient to meet their needs, to continue ongoing medical, mental health or substance use disorder treatment. Medical assistance can continue for up to one year after an SNA special needs case is closed due to employment earnings. If a Temporary Assistance case with children is closed due to employment-related reasons, the family will automatically continue to receive SNAP benefits for up to five months at no less than the SNAP benefit amount received prior to case closing. Families and individuals on Temporary Assistance cases without children closed due to employment-related reasons will be eligible for SNAP benefits in accordance with normal budgeting and eligibility rules. As indicated above, employment vendors provide participants with job retention case management services for a number of months following job placement. Employment program vendors generally provide such services for a minimum of one year. Many vendors also have the option of providing several months of free transportation (up to three months) to improve job retention and to help ease the transition from welfare to work. HRA generally seeks to include in its employment vendor contracts incentives for successful job retention efforts. In addition, clients who transition off cash assistance to SNAP may be eligible for training vouchers to upgrade their skills and get better jobs. If an individual’s Temporary Assistance case closes because s/he is employed, the client may be eligible for the payment of child care expenses (transitional child care) within allowable limits for up to twelve months from the date of the case closing. The client is eligible if s/he has been on assistance for the minimum required length of time, meets the income guidelines for family size, and needs child care in order to work. Depending on income, the client will be obligated to pay a portion of the child care expense. Participants may be eligible for a variety of other benefits that help in the transition from Temporary Assistance to self-sufficiency. Such benefits and services include Children’s medicaid, Child Health Plus, Medicaid, the Essential Plan, and other subsidized health insurance plans available on the New York State health insurance exchange, Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), LifeLine Telephone Service, Earned Income Tax Credit (EIC), Child Tax Credit, Child and Dependent Care Credit, and many more. HRA provides information concerning the availability of transitional services at various times during the Temporary Assistance process including at the time of orientation, upon application or recertification, and when an individual leaves cash assistance.

Transitional Support Services. The district will provide the following supports and strategies to support job retention: HRA’s employment vendors provide participants with job retention case management services for a number of months following job placement. Employment program vendors generally provide such services for a minimum of one year. Many vendors also have the option of providing several months of free transportation (up to three months) to improve job retention and to help ease the transition from welfare to work. HRA generally seeks to include in its employment vendor contracts incentives for successful job retention efforts. The district will provide the following support services, for up to 90 days after case closing, to individuals whose TA Temporary Assistance cases have closed due to employment: It is an HRA priority to help those who move off Temporary Assistance on account of employment to continue to succeed by supporting their efforts to stay employed and offering them services to allow them to improve their skills and get better jobs. Job retention and job upgrade services are vital to the success of HRA’s efforts to help individuals and families achieve self-sufficiency. If a Temporary Assistance case is closed due to employment-related reasons, family members will automatically receive 12 months of Medicaid coverage from the time the case is closed provided the family continues to have a dependent child and meets other eligibility requirements. In addition, the district provides a Medicaid Plan of Self Support that enables childless Safety Net Assistance (SNA) participants with special needs, who become ineligible for continued Temporary Assistance because their income from employment is sufficient to meet their needs, to continue ongoing medical, mental health or substance use disorder treatment. Medical assistance can continue for up to one year after an SNA special needs case is closed due to employment earnings. If a Temporary Assistance case with children is closed due to employment-related reasons, the family will automatically continue to receive SNAP benefits for up to five months at no less than the SNAP benefit amount received prior to case closing. Families and individuals on Temporary Assistance cases without children closed due to employment-related reasons will be eligible for SNAP benefits in accordance with normal budgeting and eligibility rules. As indicated above, employment vendors provide participants with job retention case management services for a number of months following job placement. Employment program vendors generally provide such services for a minimum of one year. Many vendors also have the option of providing several months of free transportation (up to three months) to improve job retention and to help ease the transition from welfare to work. HRA generally seeks to include in its employment vendor contracts incentives for successful job retention efforts. In addition, clients who transition off cash assistance to SNAP may be eligible for training vouchers to upgrade their skills and get better jobs. If an individual’s Temporary Assistance case closes because s/he is employed, the client may be eligible for the payment of child care expenses (transitional child care) within allowable limits for up to twelve months from the date of the case closing. The client is eligible if s/he has been on assistance for the minimum required length of time, meets the income guidelines for family size, and needs child care in order to work. Depending on income, the client will be obligated to pay a portion of the child care expense. Participants may be eligible for a variety of other benefits that help in the transition from Temporary Assistance to self-sufficiency. Such benefits and services include Children’s medicaid, Child Health Plus, Medicaid, the Essential Plan, and other subsidized health insurance plans available on the New York State health insurance exchange, Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), LifeLine Telephone Service, Earned Income Tax Credit (EIC), Child Tax Credit, Child and Dependent Care Credit, and many more. HRA provides information concerning the availability of transitional services at various times during the Temporary Assistance process including at the time of orientation, upon application or recertification, and when an individual leaves cash assistance.

Transitional Support Services. ‌ The district will provide the following supports and strategies to support job retention: HRA’s employment vendors provide participants with job retention case management services for a number of months following job placement. Employment program vendors generally provide such services for a minimum of one year. Many vendors also have the option of providing several months of free transportation (up to three months) to improve job retention and to help ease the transition from welfare to work. HRA generally seeks to include in its employment vendor contracts incentives for successful job retention efforts. The district will provide the following support services, for up to 90 days after case closing, to individuals whose TA cases have closed due to employment: It is an HRA priority to help those who move off Temporary Assistance on account of employment to continue to succeed by supporting their efforts to stay employed and offering them services to allow them to improve their skills and get better jobs. Job retention and job upgrade services are vital to the success of HRA’s efforts to help individuals and families achieve self-sufficiency. If a Temporary Assistance case is closed due to employment-related reasons, family members will automatically receive 12 months of Medicaid coverage from the time the case is closed provided the family continues to have a dependent child and meets other eligibility requirements. In addition, the district provides a Medicaid Plan of Self Support that enables childless Safety Net Assistance (SNA) participants with special needs, who become ineligible for continued Temporary Assistance because their income from employment is sufficient to meet their needs, to continue ongoing medical, mental health or substance use disorder treatment. Medical assistance can continue for up to one year after an SNA special needs case is closed due to employment earnings. If a Temporary Assistance case with children is closed due to employment-related reasons, the family will automatically continue to receive SNAP benefits for up to five months at no less than the SNAP benefit amount received prior to case closing. Families and individuals on Temporary Assistance cases without children closed due to employment-related reasons will be eligible for SNAP benefits in accordance with normal budgeting and eligibility rules. As indicated above, employment vendors provide participants with job retention case management services for a number of months following job placement. Employment program vendors generally provide such services for a minimum of one year. Many vendors also have the option of providing several months of free transportation (up to three months) to improve job retention and to help ease the transition from welfare to work. HRA generally seeks to include in its employment vendor contracts incentives for successful job retention efforts. In addition, clients who transition off cash assistance to SNAP may be eligible for training vouchers to upgrade their skills and get better jobs. If an individual’s Temporary Assistance case closes because s/he is employed, the client may be eligible for the payment of child care expenses (transitional child care) within allowable limits for up to twelve months from the date of the case closing. The client is eligible if s/he has been on assistance for the minimum required length of time, meets the income guidelines for family size, and needs child care in order to work. Depending on income, the client will be obligated to pay a portion of the child care expense. Participants may be eligible for a variety of other benefits that help in the transition from Temporary Assistance to self-sufficiency. Such benefits and services include Children’s medicaid, Child Health Plus, Medicaid, the Essential Plan, and other subsidized health insurance plans available on the New York State health insurance exchange, Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), LifeLine Telephone Service, Earned Income Tax Credit (EIC), Child Tax Credit, Child and Dependent Care Credit, and many more. HRA provides information concerning the availability of transitional services at various times during the Temporary Assistance process including at the time of orientation, upon application or recertification, and when an individual leaves cash assistance.

Transitional Support Services. ‌ The district will provide the following supports and strategies to support job retention: HRA’s employment vendors provide participants with job retention case management services for a number of months following job placement. Employment program vendors generally provide such services for a minimum of one yearsix months. Many vendors also have the option of providing several months of free transportation (up to three months) to improve job retention and to help ease the transition from welfare to work. HRA generally seeks to include in its employment vendor contracts incentives for successful job retention efforts. The district will provide the following support services, for up to 90 days after case closing, to individuals whose TA Temporary Assistance cases have closed due to employment: It is an HRA priority to help those who move off Temporary Assistance on account of employment to continue to succeed by supporting their efforts to stay employed and offering them services to allow them to improve their skills and get better jobs. Job retention and job upgrade services are vital to the success of HRA’s efforts to help individuals and families achieve self-sufficiency. If a Temporary Assistance case is closed due to employment-related reasons, family members will automatically receive 12 months of Medicaid coverage from the time the case is closed provided the family continues to have a dependent child and meets other eligibility requirements. In addition, the district provides a Medicaid Plan of Self Support that enables childless Safety Net Assistance (SNA) participants with special needs, who become ineligible for continued Temporary Assistance because their income from employment is sufficient to meet their needs, to continue ongoing medical, mental health or substance use disorder abuse treatment. Medical assistance can continue for up to one year after an SNA special needs case is closed due to employment earnings. If a Temporary Assistance case with children is closed due to employment-related reasons, the family will automatically continue to receive SNAP benefits for up to five months at no less than the SNAP benefit amount received prior to case closing. Families and individuals on Temporary Assistance cases without children closed due to employment-related reasons will be eligible for SNAP benefits in accordance with normal budgeting and eligibility rules. As indicated above, employment vendors provide participants with job retention case management services for a number of months following job placement. Employment program vendors generally provide such services for a minimum of one yearsix months. Many vendors also have the option of providing several months of free transportation (up to three months) to improve job retention and to help ease the transition from welfare to work. HRA generally seeks to include in its employment vendor contracts incentives for successful job retention efforts. In addition, clients who transition off cash assistance to SNAP may be eligible for training vouchers to upgrade their skills and get better jobs. If an individual’s Temporary Assistance case closes because s/he is employed, the client may be eligible for the payment of child care expenses (transitional child care) within allowable limits for up to twelve months from the date of the case closing. The client is eligible if s/he has been on assistance for the minimum required length of time, meets the income guidelines for family size, and needs child care in order to work. Depending on income, the client will be obligated to pay a portion of the child care expense. Participants may be eligible for a variety of other benefits that help in the transition from Temporary Assistance to self-sufficiency. Such benefits and services include Children’s medicaid, Child Health Plus, MedicaidFamily Health Plus, and/or the Essential Plansuccessor programs to Child Health and Family Health Plus, and other subsidized health insurance plans available on the New York State health insurance exchangeMedicaid for Pregnant Women, Infants, Children (PCAP), Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), LifeLine Telephone Service, Earned Income Tax Credit (EIC), Child Tax Credit, Child and Dependent Care Credit, and many more. HRA provides information concerning the availability of transitional services at various times during the Temporary Assistance process including at the time of orientation, upon application or recertification, and when an individual leaves cash assistance.