2001 Policy Directives

• Administrative Directives (ADM)
• Informational Letters (INF)
• Local Commissioner Memoranda (LCM)

Administrative Directives (ADM)

• 2001 ADM-17 Safety Net Assistance Application for Able-Bodied Adults at the State Sixty-Month Time Limit (PDF, 74k)
  • Attachment: Call-in Letter (PDF, 10k)
  • Attachment: Safety Net Assistance (SNA) Application Supplement (PDF, 14k)
• 2001 ADM-16 Transitional Benefit Alternative: Transitional Food Stamp Benefits for Family Assistance Leavers (PDF, 39k)
• 2001 ADM-15 Change in the Automobile Exemption Policy for Applicants and Recipients of Food Stamps (PDF, 30k)
  • Attachment: Food Stamp Vehicle Resource Desk Guide Flowchart (PDF, 11k)
• 2001 ADM-14 Temporary Assistance Procedures: District Waiver Option of Quarterly Reporting Requirements (QRS) (PDF, 34k) and Attachments (PDF, 11k)
• 2001 ADM-13 Temporary Assistance Budgeting: Initial and Increased Earnings of Recepients (PDF, 32k)
• 2001 ADM-12 Temporary Assistance Budgeting: The Treatment of Retroactive SSI and Social Security (RSDI) Corrective Payments (PDF, 116k)
• 2001 ADM-11 Safety Net Assistance Recoupment Rate Change (PDF, 32K)
  • Attachment (PDF, 124k)
• 2001 ADM-10 Revised Alcohol and Drug Abuse Screening and Referral Form, Revised Referral Protocols, Targeting TANF Applicants/Recipients (PDF, 47k)
  • Attachment: Form LDSS 4571 (8.5x14) (PDF, 27k)
  • Attachment: Identification Training Outline (PDF, 34k)
• 2001 ADM-09 Six-Month Reporting Rules Food Stamp Households With Earned Income (PDF, 47k)
  • Attachment A (PDF, 11k)
  • Attachment B (PDF, 6k)
• 2001 ADM-08 Changes in Food Stamp Application and Recertification Procedures (PDF,43K)
• Attachment: LDSS-4753 (PDF, 13k)
• 2001 ADM-07 Food Stamp and Temporary Assistance Treatment of Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance Payments
• 2001 ADM-06 Revised Letter of Notification (LON) and Letter of Intent (LOI) Approval Process for the acquisition of EDP equipment and/or related services (PDF, 12k)
• 2001 ADM-05 Temporary Assistance (TA) Budgeting: 2001 Changes to the Earned Income Disregard and the Poverty Level Income Test (PDF, 14k)
• 2001 ADM-04 Reporting Requirement for TANF Assistance: Reg. 351.1(b)(2) (PDF, 31k)
• 2001 ADM-03 Errata: Exemptions to the State Sixty-Month Cash Time Limit/Evaluation for Safety Net Assistance (PDF, 4k)
• 2001 ADM-03 Exemptions to the State Sixty-Month Cash Time Limit/ Evaluation for Safety Net Assistance (PDF, 57k)
• 2001 ADM-02 Expansion of Food Stamp Categorical Eligibility (PDF, 14k)
• 2001 ADM-01 Continuation of Food Stamps on TA Case During Move (PDF, 9k)

Informational Letters (INF)

• 2001 INF-28 Digest of Laws of 2001 Relating to Programs of the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (PDF, 23k) and Attachment (PDF, 15k)
• 2001 INF-27 SSA Cost of Living Adjustment for January 2002 - SSI Benefit Levels Chart (PDF, 35k)
  • Attachment: SSI Benefit Levels Chart Effective January 1, 2002 (PDF, 31k)
  • Attachment: Food Stamp Group Living Budget Data Chart (PDF, 7k)
• 2001 INF-26 District of Fiscal Responsibility and Drug/Alcohol Contacts (PDF, 69k)
• 2001 INF-25 Treatment of Income/Resources of Participants in Operation Enduring Freedom (PDF, 27k)
• 2001 INF-24 Obsolete Form DSS-632: “Consent for Verification of Information” (PDF, 127k)
• 2001 INF-23 TA Diversion Payment Type F6-Diversion Rental Payment (PDF, 23k)
• 2001 INF-22 Revisions of LDSS - 2921 Upstate Common Application and PUB - 1301 upstate “How to complete” Publication (PDF, 27k)
  • Attachment: LDSS-2921 (PDF, 1241k)
  • Attachment: PUB-1301 (PDF, 174k)
• 2001 INF-21 Food Stamp Questions and Answers (PDF, 24k)
  • Attachment (PDF, 22k)
• 2001 INF-20 Providing Temporary Assistance to Individuals Sanctioned From Supplemental Security Income (PDF, 38k)
• 2001 INF-19 Responses to Questions Raised at Time Limit/Tracking Regional Meetings (PDF, 108k)
  • Attachment (PDF, 183k)
• 2001 INF-18 Clarification of Temporary Assistance Drug and Alcohol Employment Coding and Case Type Policy/Procedures (PDF, 29k)
• 2001 INF-17 Revisions To Manual Notices (PDF, 48k) (use links within PDF to view attachments)
• 2001 INF-16 Revision of Client Information Books (PDF, 21k)
  • Attachment: 4148A (PDF, 108k)
  • Attachment: 4148B (PDF, 148k)
  • Attachment: 4148C (PDF, 24k)
• 2001 INF-15 Revised SSI Benefits Level Chart (PDF, 33k) and Attachment (PDF, 32k)
• 2001 INF-14 Converting EBT Food Stamp Benefits to EBT Cash When Recipients Move Out Of State (PDF, 31k)
  • Attachment A (PDF, 6k)
  • Attachment B (PDF, 5.9k)
  • Attachment C (PDF, 10k)
• 2001 INF-13 HEAP Public Hearings on the Proposed 2001-2002 State Plan (PDF, 26K)
  • Attachments (PDF, 10k)
• 2001 INF-12 Temporary Assistance Sanctions:  Budgeting for TA and FS, Treatment of Income for FS When the TA Case Closes, and Medicaid Implications (PDF, 71k)
• 2001 INF-11 Temporary Assistance Questions and Answers and Attachment
• 2001 INF-10 Clarification of Food Stamp Denials When an Eligibility Interview Is Missed (PDF, 10k)
• 2001 INF-09 Application Access for Non-Citizens: Temporary Assistance and Food Stamps (PDF, 7k)
• 2001 INF-08 Temporary Assistance (TA) and Food Stamps (FS) Policy: The Treatment of Supplemental Needs Trusts (SNTs) and Reverse Annuity Mortgage (RAM) Loans (PDF, 17k)
• 2001 INF-07 Revision of LDSS-4398: “WMS Non-Services Code Cards” (December 2000 Update) (Upstate Only) (PDF, 7k)
• 2001 INF-06 Revision of “Notice of Responsibilities and Rights for Support” (LDSS-4279) (rev.8/00) (PDF, 11k)
• 2001 INF-05 Revision of “Food Stamp Change Report Form” (LDSS-3151) (Rev. 9/00) (PDF, 12k)
• 2001 INF-04 The 2001 New York State and Federal Earned Income Credit Campaign (PDF, 12k)
• 2001 INF-03 Clarification of Policy Relating to the Provision of the Emergency Shelter Allowance for Persons with AIDS or HIV-related Illness (PDF, 9k)
• 2001 INF-02 Digest of Laws of 2000 Relating to Programs of the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (PDF, 15k)
• 2001 INF-01 Revision of DSS-3087: “Application/Recertification Guide Dog Food Program” Form, and DSS-3097: “Cover Letter for DSS-3087” (PDF, 8k)

Local Commissioner Memoranda (LCM)

• 2001 LCM-12 Availability of the Spanish Version of the “Youth Application for TANF Services” Form (PDF, 22k) and Attachment (PDF, 165k)
• 2001 LCM-11 Reserved Accommodations (PDF, 17k)
• 2001 LCM-10 Availability of the “Youth Application for TANF Services” Form (PDF, 23k)
  • Attachment (PDF, 23k)
• 2001 LCM-09 Bureau of Transitional Programs Responsibilities (PDF, 28k)
  • Attachment A (PDF, 15k)
  • Attachment B (PDF, 21k)
  • Attachment C (PDF, 5k)
• 2001 LCM-08 Two Year Claiming Deadline (PDF, 27k)
• 2001 LCM-07 Modifying an Approved TANF Services Plan (PDF, 40k)
• 2001 LCM-06 IRS - 1099 Match (PDF, 8k)
• 2001 LCM-05 EBT Fedwire Settlement Process (PDF, 16k)
• 2001 LCM-04 Errata: Food Stamp Error Rate for FFY 1998 and FFY 1999 Cancelled (PDF, 3k)
  • 2001 LCM-04 Food Stamp Error Rate for FFY 1998 and FFY 1999 (PDF, 8k)
• 2001 LCM-03 HEAP 2001-2002 Public Needs Assessment Hearings (PDF, 9k)
• 2001 LCM-02 Special Claim Forms for TANF Services Plan Programs and TANF MOE (PDF, 8k)
• 2001 LCM-01 Cancellation of 99 LCM-38 (County Financial Incentives) (PDF, 4k)