2015 Temporary Assistance General Information System (GIS) Messages

• 12/22/15 - 15TA/DC057 – HEAP Emergency Benefit Component Opening
• 12/16/15 - 15TA/DC056 – HEAP and TA Implications of the 2015-16 Utility Termination Moratorium Schedule for NYS PSC Regulated and Municipal Utility Companies
• 12/10/15 - 15TA/DC055 – Biennial Accounting for Liens and Child Support Recoveries
• 12/02/15 - 15TA/DC054 – ABAWD Waiver Status and One-Time Mailing of ABAWD Status Notification Letter (UPSTATE ONLY)
• 12/01/15 - 15TA/DC053 – Safety Net Assistance (SNA) 45-Day Application Period During a Leap Year
• 11/24/15 - 15TA/DC052 – Changes to the LDSS-760: “Bank Inquiry and Clearance Report Agency Completed”
• 11/19/15 - 15TA/DC051 – Unlinked Casekeys and On Hold/Deleted SNAP and Cash Payments on EBT
• 11/13/15 - 15TA/DC050 – Electronic Disqualified Recipient System (eDRS)
• 11/12/15 - 15TA/DC049 – 2015-16 HEAP NYS Office of State Comptroller (OSC) Payment File Transfer Schedule (UPSTATE ONLY)
• 11/09/15 - 15TA/DC048 – Processing Temporary Assistance (TA) Requests for Energy Emergencies
• 11/04/15 - 15TA/DC047 – Re-issuance of 15-ADM-06 (15-ADM-06-T) Temporary Housing Assistance Consolidation and Clarification of Policy
• 10/30/15 - 15TA/DC046 – Refugee Form I-94 Arrival/Departure Record Automation
• 10/26/15 - 15TA/DC045 – Alternative Formats and Rafferty v. OTDA, DOH, HRA, et. al Settlement
• 10/20/15 - 15TA/DC044 – Electronic Disqualified Recipient System (eDRS)
• 10/02/15 - 15TA/DC043 – Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Manual
• 10/02/15 - 15TA/DC042 – Federal Government Shutdown Averted
• 09/25/15 - 15TA/DC041 – Potential Federal Government Shutdown and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Benefits
• 09/25/15 - 15TA/DC040 – Temporary Assistance and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) Eligibility for Yemeni nationals applying for or granted Temporary Protected Status by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• 09/25/15 - 15TA/DC039 – Statewide Financial System (SFS) Blackout Period affecting Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) vendor payments (UPSTATE ONLY)
• 09/14/15 - 15TA/DC038 – Reminder to Disregard Certain SNAP E&T Sanctions from the SNAP E&T Sanction Progression
• 09/14/15 - 15TA/DC037 – Important Notification about October 2015 SSP Payments
• 09/09/15 - 15TA/DC036 – Changes to National Grid's Procedures for Elderly, Blind or Disabled Households (UPSTATE ONLY)
• 08/28/15 - 15TA/DC035 – Validation of Social Security Numbers
• 08/25/15 - 15TA/DC034 – Upstate and NYC-Updated Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Standards for October 2015
• 08/24/15 - 15TA/DC033 – Closing of the 2014-2015 Home Energy Assistance Program Cooling Assistance Component
• 08/14/15 - 15TA/DC032 – Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Outage
• 08/04/15 - 15TA/DC031 – 2015-2016 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) TA/SNAP Pre-Autopay Vendor Information Reports
• 08/04/15 - 15TA/DC030 – Excessive Replacement Card Letter to Clients
• 07/24/15 - 15TA/DC029 – Temporary Cessation of System Generated CNS Notices to Shelter, Fuel and/or Utility Vendors
• 07/02/15 - 15TA/DC028 – Revised State Verification and Exchange System (SVES) and State Online Query (SOLQ) Manual
• 06/15/15 - 15TA/DC027 – EBT Forms Ordering. LDSS 5066 and LDSS 5004.
• 06/12/15 - 15TA/DC026 – Change to the Address for the Guide Dog Food Coordinator on the LDSS 3087, “Application/Recertification Guide/ Dog Food Program.” (NYC ONLY)
• 06/08/15 - 15TA/DC025 – 2015-2016 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) TA/SNAP Pre-Autopay Vendor Information Reports (UPSTATE ONLY)
• 06/05/15 - 15TA/DC024 – SNAP Disaster Plan Local Emergency Contacts
• 06/03/15 - 15TA/DC023 – Rafferty v. OTDA, DOH, HRA, et. al Settlement and Alternate Format Materials for the Visually Impaired
• 05/29/15 - 15TA/DC022 – Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Pending Report Closing (UPSTATE ONLY)
• 05/12/15 - 15TA/DC021 – Restoration of SFARS (Specialized Fraud and Abuse Reporting System) Database and Reports
• 05/08/15 - 15TA/DC020 – 2014-15 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Revised Program Allocations (UPSTATE ONLY)
• 05/06/15 - 15TA/DC019 – FFY 2015 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Process and Technology Improvement Grants
• 05/05/15 - 15TA/DC018 – Removal of Gender Field from Common Benefit Identification Card (CBIC)
• 04/13/15 - 15TA/DC017 – Clarification of Affixed SSDs Representative’s Signature on Interim Assistance Reimbursement Authorizations
• 04/02/15 - 15TA/DC016 – No-Heat Referrals to NYSERDA EmPower Program
• 03/26/15 - 15TA/DC015 – Statewide Financial System Blackout Period - HEAP Implications
• 03/26/15 - 15TA/DC014 – 2014-15 Home Energy Assistance Program Regular and Emergency Benefit Components Closing Date
• 03/24/15 - 15TA/DC013 – 2015-16 Income Guidelines for Emergency Safety Net Assistance (ESNA) and Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EAF)
• 03/12/15 - 15TA/DC012 – Calculation of Utility Arrears When TA, HEAP and/or Customer Payments Have Been Made
• 03/11/15 - 15TA/DC011 – Additional Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Administrative Funding
• 03/06/15 - 15TA/DC010 – 2014-15 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) – Second Emergency Benefit and Revised Closing Dates
• 03/05/15 - 15TA/DC009 – Important Notification about April SSP Payments
• 03/05/15 - 15TA/DC008 – New Haitian Family Reunification Parole (HFRP) for SNAP Benefits
• 02/24/15 - 15TA/DC007 – Third-party Application (App) for Android phones offering free EBT balance information
• 02/24/15 - 15TA/DC006 – SNAP Closing Reason Code “M12”
• 02/24/15 - 15TA/DC005 – 200% of Poverty Income Standards Chart-June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2016
• 02/06/15 - 15TA/DC004 – Additional Update on SNAP Applications submitted through Intuit (Turbo Tax)
• 02/03/15 - 15TA/DC003 – Update on SNAP Applications submitted through Intuit (Turbo Tax)
• 01/21/15 - 15TA/DC002 – SNAP Applications submitted through Intuit (Turbo Tax)
• 01/07/15 - 15TA/DC001 – Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Heating Equipment Repair and Replacement Closing Date