TO:	Commissioners, TA Directors; Doe v. Doar Contacts; TOP Coordinators

FROM:	Russell Sykes; Deputy Commissioner

SUBJECT:  Conference Calls regarding implementation issues related to 07 ADM-06 Doe v. Doar – Unfavorable Appellate Court Decision on the Proration Policy transmitted in 04 ADM-05 “Temporary Assistance and Non-Temporary Assistance Mixed Households, Budgeting when the Family Includes an SSI Member”

EFFECTIVE DATE:  As stated in the schedule below	

CONTACT PERSON:  Temporary Assistance Bureau at 1-800-343-8859, extension 4-9344

In anticipation of questions and issues related to the implementation of the above referenced 07 ADM-06, the Center for Employment and Economic Supports (CEES) has scheduled a series of conference calls that will provide technical assistance to districts.  Additionally, these calls will provide CEES policy staff with an understanding of the issues that districts are facing, will provide for an exchange of information between districts and will allow CEES to develop a set of questions and answers that will assist all districts as they approach this difficult task.

Districts may also have questions regarding the lists of potential Doe cases that were e-mailed to the Doe Implementation contact in each district on Monday, October 15.

The call-in schedule and directions follow.  Due to line limitations, districts are asked to call in on their assigned times.

Group One:  Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson,  Lewis, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Orleans, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, St. Lawrence, Schenectady, Schoharie,  Schuyler, Seneca,  Steuben, Tioga, Ulster,  and Warren   (29 districts)

Group Two:  Albany, Allegany, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Fulton, Genesee, Greene,  Madison,  Montgomery, Nassau,  Ontario,  Orange, Oswego, Saratoga, Suffolk, Sullivan,  Tompkins, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, Wyoming and Yates (28 districts)

October 23, 2007 (Tuesday)

1:00 to 2:00:  Group One
2:30 to 3:30: Group Two 

October 30, 2007 (Tuesday)

1:00 to 2:00:  Group One
2:30 to 3:30: Group Two

November 7, 2007 (Wednesday)  (If required)

1:00 to 2:00:  Group One
2:30 to 3:30: Group Two 

November 20, 2007 (Tuesday)  (If required)

1:00 to 2:00:  Group One
2:30 to 3:30: Group Two 

Call-In Instructions

Each district can join in the conference at their respective date and time listed above.

Note:	due to call-in limitations, please only have one phone call per district (a speaker phone may be used for multiple district participants)

Call toll-free: 1-866-266-3697 or if local (518) 408-1500.

You will hear a welcome from the NYS Office of Technology and will be asked to enter your conferee code followed by the # sign.

The conferee code you should enter is:  8492199#