OTDA Issues Interim Assistance INF
September 30, 2011
Author: Louise M. Tarantino| Catherine M. Callery (Kate)
On September 15, OTDA/CEES (Office of Temporary Disability Assistance/Center for Employment and Economic Supports) issued 11 INF-10: “Electronic Interim Assistance Reimbursement (eIAR) Implementation Questions and Answers.” This INF contains OTDA’s “most recent set of questions and answers pertaining to the Electronic Interim Assistance Reimbursement (e-IAR) process.”
The eIAR process, which was implemented November, 2010, "is a project designed, implemented, and mandated by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to automate the Interim Assistance Reimbursement (IAR) paper check process by utilizing a SSA secure website known as Government-to-Government Services Online (GSO).
The computerized process allows the SSA to calculate the initial and post-eligibility IAR amount owed to the Social Services Districts (SSDs). The amount due is based on the SSD workers' reported IA payment information inputted into and transmitted through the GSO. In addition, the system includes a comprehensive e-mail alert system, retains an electronic record of the IAR determination for review and query, and automatically notifies SSD workers via e-mail of the reimbursement determination and payment."
The INF is available at: http://www.otda.ny.gov/policy/directives/2011/INF/11-INF-10.pdf
Links to the four attachments at cited in the directive are at: http://www.otda.ny.gov/policy/directives/2011/
The Q&As are in Attachment 1 at: http://www.otda.ny.gov/policy/directives/2011/INF/11-INF-10-Attachment-1.pdf
Thanks to Jim Murphy of the Cortland office of Legal Services of Central New York for alerting us to this “behind the scenes” look at the IA process.
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