A Public Assistance Grant Increase - Finally!
August 13, 2009
In the course of the budget process, the Legislature adopted – and Governor Paterson then approved – an increase in the basic allowance portion of the public assistance grant for the first time in nearly twenty years. Read More
Access to Education and Training for Public Benefits Recipients
August 1, 2008
Ever since welfare reform in 1996, welfare recipients have faced multiple obstacles to participating in education and training. Many of us find this a strange irony since education and training clearly and consistently provide the most successful path off of welfare and out of poverty. But the rules requiring recipients to engage virtually full-time in work-related activities have often made education a practical impossibility. Read More
OTDA Launches New Drug/Alcohol Policy
June 1, 2001
A joint project between the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) and the Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) has culminated in a new initiative which promises a more parent friendly approach to assessing and treating drug and alcohol abuse. This initiative was announced at a teleconference on May 3, which was broadcast across the state, and is part of a report by Mary Nakashian entitled, "Identifying Substance Abuse among TANF Families in New York State." Read More
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