TO:	Commissioners, TA Directors, FS Directors, Staff Development Coordinators

FROM:	Russell Sykes, Deputy Commissioner, Division of  Employment & Transitional Supports

SUBJECT:	Group Home Standardized Benefits (GHSB) Adjustments

EFFECTIVE DATE:	January 1, 2007

CONTACT PERSON:	For FS program questions contact (518)-473-1469; for WMS systems questions contact Tom Walkuski @ (518)-473-9780.

We have secured federal approval for adjustments in the Group Home Standardized Benefit (GHSB) amounts as follows:

	TA Income	SSI/SSA income	Other Income, No TA or SSI/SSA income	
NYC, Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, Westchester	  $89  
(Was $86)	$37  
(Was $39)
	$54
(Was $51)	
Rest of State	
$93 
(was $90)	
$42 
(was $44)	
 $143
(Was $140)
	
All Districts Supervised /Supportive Apartment/Enriched Housing Eligible for full HT/AC SUA	$155
(Was $152)	$155
(Was $152)	$155
(Was $152)	

These benefit standards apply to all group home recipients in shelter types 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, and 42.

NYC Shelter Types 15, 16, 17, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 42, 43, 47 and 48.   (N/A for Homeless or Domestic Violence shelter residents)

The new GHSB standards were migrated into the Upstate WMS system on November 11, 2006.  Information regarding the WMS mass rebudgeting/reauthorization of GHSB cases was provided in ABEL Transmittal 06-4.