2020 Temporary Assistance General Information System (GIS) Messages

• 12/24/20 - 20TA/DC115 – Delay in Processing of SDX Daily Files
• 12/23/20 - 20TA/DC114 – Guidance on TA and SNAP Employment Requirements during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• 12/18/20 - 20TA/DC113 – COVID-19 TA Waiver Extension Dates
  • 20TA/DC113 – Attachment 1 – SNAP-Only Application
  • 20TA/DC113 – Attachment 2 – PA, SNAP, or MA on a PA Case Application
• 12/16/20 - 20TA/DC112 – 2020-2021 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Emergency Benefit Component Opening
• 12/15/20 - 20TA/DC111 – Public Comment Period for the Federal Fiscal Year 2021 New York State Caseload Reduction Report
• 12/15/20 - 20TA/DC110 – Timely Medicaid Eligibility Enrollment for Newborns on Temporary Assistance Cases
• 12/08/20 - 20TA/DC109 – COVID-19 December Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 20TA/DC109 – Attachment 1 – FAQs for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 12/07/20 - 20TA/DC108 – COVID-19 Pandemic EBT - Second Group 2 Targeted Communication Effort
• 11/27/20 - 20TA/DC107 – COVID-19 Pandemic EBT Food Benefits – Targeted Text Outreach to Non-Redeemers
• 11/20/20 - 20TA/DC106 – New Notice of Death Match Results
• 11/18/20 - 20TA/DC105 – Requirement to Advise Certain SNAP Households of the Availability of Employment and Training Services
  • 20TA/DC105 – Attachment 1 – Employment and Training Services Resources
  • 20TA/DC105 – Attachment 2 – Local Workforce Development Board Websites
  • 20TA/DC105 – Attachment 3 – New York State Venture Providers
• 11/17/20 - 20TA/DC104 – Extended Assistance for Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Populations Affected by COVID-19
• 11/16/20 - 20TA/DC103 – 2020-2021 Processing Temporary Assistance (TA) Requests for Energy Emergencies
• 11/10/20 - 20TA/DC102 – COVID-19 November Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 20TA/DC102 – Attachment 1 – COVID-19 FAQs for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 11/09/20 - 20TA/DC101 – REISSUED COVID-19 SNAP Interview Requirement and Certification Period Extension Waiver Renewals
• 10/30/20 - 20TA/DC100 – Utility Moratorium on Terminations andDisconnections during the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 20TA/DC100 – Attachment 1 – COVID-19 Utility Shutoff Guidelines Fact Sheet
• 10/22/20 - 20TA/DC099 – 2020-2021 HEAP OSC Voucher Payment
• 10/20/20 - 20TA/DC098 – COVID-19 October Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 20TA/DC098 – Attachment 1 – FAQs for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 10/16/20 - 20TA/DC097 – OAH Transmittal 20-05 - Allowing or Requiring Fair Hearing Appearances by Written, Telephonic, Video, or other Electronic Means
• 10/13/20 - 20TA/DC096 – COVID-19 SNAP Interview Requirement and Certification Period Extension Waiver Renewals
• 10/13/20 - 20TA/DC095 – COVID-19 Reactivation of Treasury Offset Program (TOP) Offsets
• 10/01/20 - 20TA/DC094 – HEAP 2020-2021 Opening Dates for Heating Equipment Repair & Replacement and Heating Equipment Clean & Tune
• 09/28/20 - 20TA/DC093 – COVID-19 September Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households - Missed Eligible Households
• 09/24/20 - 20TA/DC092 – COVID-19 Emergency Relief – Treatment of Supplemental Lost Wages Payments for Temporary Assistance (TA), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
• 09/21/20 - 20TA/DC091 – Social Services District Responsibility for Timely Submission of Voter Registration Forms
• 09/17/20 - 20TA/DC090 – COVID-19 Telephone Signature Waiver Option Extension through December 31, 2020
• 09/09/20 - 20TA/DC088 – COVID-19 September Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
• 09/02/20 - 20TA/DC087 – Updated Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Standards for October 2020
  • 20TA/DC087 – Attachment 1 – LDSS 5006
  • 20TA/DC087 – Attachment 2 – LDSS 5006 (SP)
• 09/01/20 - 20 TA/DC086 – HEAP Early Outreach
• 08/27/20 - 20 TA/DC085 – 2019-20 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Regular, Emergency, and Cooling Assistance Benefit Components Closing Date and Reminder of Heating Equipment Repair and Replacement (HERR) and Heating Equipment Clean and Tune (C&T) Components Closing Date
• 08/19/20 - 20TA/DC084 – Extension of Period for Replacement of SNAP Benefits Due to Loss of Food Caused by Power Outages
  • 20TA/DC084 – Attachment 1 – LDSS-2291
• 08/14/20 - 20TA/DC083 – Extension of Certain Requirements for Inspections of Hotels/Motels and Uncertified Shelters
• 08/14/20 - 20TA/DC082 – Statewide Waiver of the Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) Time Limits
• 08/13/20 - 20TA/DC081 – Lifeline Program Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 20TA/DC081 – Attachment 1 – Lifeline Brochure
• 08/11/20 - 20TA/DC080 – COVID-19 August Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
• 08/10/20 - 20TA/DC079 – Using Work Experience Program (WEP) Participation as a Temporary Assistance (TA) Recovery Source
  • 20TA/DC079 – Attachment A – Instructions for Obtaining Work Experience Program (WEP) Credit Information
  • 20TA/DC079 – Attachment B – Instructions for Biennial Accounting Report Inclusion of Work Experience Program (WEP) Credit Information
• 08/06/20 - 20TA/DC078 – COVID-19 TA Waiver Extension Dates – August 2020
• 08/03/20 - 20TA/DC077 – 2020-2021 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) TA – SNAP Pre-Autopay Vendor Information – Second Set of Reports
  • 20TA/DC077 – Attachment 1 – 2020 -2021 HEAP PRE-Autopay Request for Information Attachment
• 07/17/20 - 20TA/DC076 – OAH Allowing or Requiring Fair Hearing Appearances by Written, Telephonic, Video, or other Electronic Means
• 07/16/20 - 20TA/DC075 – COVID-19 Telephone Signature Waiver Option Extension
• 07/15/20 - 20TA/DC074 – COVID 19 July Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 20TA/DC074 – Attachment 1A – Public Notice
  • 20TA/DC074 – Attachment 1B – Public Notice (Spanish)
  • 20TA/DC074 – Attachment 2 – Supplemental Emergency Allotments FAQs
  • 20TA/DC074 – Attachment 3 – SNAP Social Media Announcement
• 07/10/20 - 20TA/DC073 – COVID-19 Pandemic EBT Food Benefits – “Group 2” Payments
  • 20TA/DC073 – Attachment 1 – COVID-19 Pandemic EBT “Group 2” Payments Notice
• 07/07/20 - 20TA/DC072 – COVID-19 TA Waiver Extension Dates
• 07/06/20 - 20TA/DC071 – Training for the myBenefits e-2921
• 07/02/20 - 20TA/DC070 – COVID-19 July Certification Periods Extension
• 06/30/20 - 20TA/DC069 – VA PARIS Match NYC
• 06/30/20 - 20TA/DC068 – Denial of Waiver to Extend July Certification Periods
• 06/29/20 - 20TA/DC067 – 2019 – 2020 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Revised Component Closing dates and Change to the Cooling Assistance Component (CAC)
• 06/25/20 - 20TA/DC066 – COVID-19 Telephone Signature Waiver Option Extension
• 06/23/20 - 20TA/DC065 – Date of Eligibility when an Applicant becomes a Recipient
• 06/17/20 - 20TA/DC064 – Instructions for Subscribing to New York State OTDA Emailings
• 06/12/20 - 20TA/DC063 – Applicants in Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Temporary Release Programs
• 06/16/20 - 20TA/DC062 – REISSUED - COVID-19 June Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 20TA/DC062 – Attachment 1 – Public Notices
  • 20TA/DC062 – Attachment 2 – Social Media Announcement
• 06/09/20 - 20TA/DC061 – SNAP 2020-2021 Disaster Plan Local Emergency Contacts
• 06/09/20 - 20TA/DC060 – RFI Daily UIB Match Running Again
• 06/08/20 - 20TA/DC059 – 2020 Maintaining Uninterrupted Managed Care Enrollment for Individuals - Non-MAGI DOH OASAS
• 06/08/20 - 20TA/DC058 – 2020-2021 HEAP Pre-Autopay Vendor Information
  • 20TA/DC058 – Attachment 1 – 2020-2021 HEAP Pre-Autopay Request for Vendor Information
• 06/07/20 - 20TA/DC057 – COVID-19 June 6, 2020 TA Expiration Dates
• 06/05/20 - 20TA/DC056 – RFI Daily UIB Match Not Running
• 05/29/20 - 20TA/DC055 – COVID-19 Telephone Signature Waiver Option Extension
• 05/29/20 - 20TA/DC054 – Extension of COVID-19 SNAP Interview Adjustment Waivers
• 05/27/20 - 20TA/DC053 – COVID-19: Resuming Computer Matches
• 05/27/20 - 20TA/DC052 – 2020 EID and Poverty Level Income Guidelines
• 05/26/20 - 20TA/DC051 – COVID-19 Pandemic EBT Food Benefits
• 05/26/20 - 20TA/DC050 – COVID-19 Special Claiming Code
• 05/20/20 - 20TA/DC049 – COVID-19 Telephone Signature Waiver Option
  • 20TA/DC049 – Attachment 1 – SNAP-Only Application Telephonic Signature Script
  • 20TA/DC049 – Attachment 2 – PA, SNAP or MA on a PA Case Application Telephonic Signature Script
• 05/14/20 - 20TA/DC048 – COVID-19 TA and SNAP Employment Requirements
• 05/14/20 - 20TA/DC047 – COVID-19 Related TA CSR and Other Extensions
• 05/13/20 - 20TA/DC046 – Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) Payments Not Being Posted to RFI
• 05/12/20 - 20TA/DC045 – COVID-19 May Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 20TA/DC045 – Attachment 1 – Public Notices
  • 20TA/DC045 – Attachment 2 – Social Media Announcement
• 05/11/20 - 20TA/DC044 – Stewart v. Roberts: Court Decision Impacts Policy in SSL 131-n(1)(a), 18 NYCRR 352.23(b)(2), and 16-ADM-09 “Temporary Assistance Policy: Change in the Vehicle Resource Exemption and Lump Sum Set-Aside”
• 05/08/20 - 20TA/DC043 – COVID-19 Executive Order Expiration Date
• 05/07/20 - 20TA/DC042 – Additional COVID-19 Questions and Answers
• 05/07/20 - 20TA/DC041 – COVID-19 and DV Waiver Extension
• 05/06/20 - 20TA/DC040 – Clarifications on COVID-19 Related Systems Actions
• 05/05/20 - 20TA/DC039 – COVID-19 Temporary Assistance Questions and Answers
• 05/04/20 - 20TA/DC038 – COVID-19 June Certification Periods Extension
  • 20TA/DC038 – Attachment 1 – LDSS-5165 (Rev. 5/20): “Notice to All Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and/or Temporary Assistance Cash Benefits (TA) with Medicaid (MA)”
  • 20TA/DC038 – Attachment 2 – LDSS-5165-SP (Rev. 5/20): “Notice to All Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and/or Temporary Assistance Cash Benefits (TA) with Medicaid (MA)”
• 05/04/20 - 20TA/DC037 – Informing Social Services Districts of the Issuance of a One-Time Restored Temporary Assistance Benefit Payment to Eligible Class Members
  • 20TA/DC037 – Attachment 1 – Karamalla Payment Notice
• 04/30/20 - 20TA/DC036 – Q&As about COVID-19 Mask Provisions
• 04/29/20 - 20TA/DC035 – COVID-19 Emergency Relief- Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Treatment for Temporary Assistance (TA), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
• 04/23/20 - 20TA/DC034 – 2019-2020 Home Energy Assistance Programs – Revised Component Closing Dates and Third HEAP Emergency Benefit
• 04/21/20 - 20TA/DC033 – Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) Override Transactions due to COVID-19
• 04/20/20 - 20TA/DC032 – Use of SNAP E&T Funds to Purchase Laptops Necessary for Remote Learning
• 04/20/20 - 20TA/DC031 – FFY 2020 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Process and Technology Improvement Grants
  • 20TA/DC031 – Attachment 1 – USDA SNAP FFY 2020 Process and Technology Improvement Grants
• 04/17/20 - 20TA/DC030 – Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) 2019-2020 Cooling Assistance Component Opening Date
  • 20TA/DC030 – Attachment 1 – HEAP Cooling Assistance Component Reference Tool
• 04/10/20 - 20TA/DC029 – COVID-19 Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 20TA/DC029 – Attachment 1 – Public Notices
  • 20TA/DC029 – Attachment 2 – Families First SNAP Supplement
  • 20TA/DC029 – Attachment 3 – Social Media Announcement
• 04/10/20 – 20TA/DC028 – COVID-19 April 11, 2020 Executive Order Expiration Date
• 04/06/20 - 20TA/DC027 – COVID-19 Emergency Relief - Treatment of Families First Coronavirus Response Act payments for Temporary Assistance (TA), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
• 04/03/20 - 20TA/DC026 – COVID-19 SNAP Interview Requirements
• 04/01/20 - 20TA/DC025 – 2020-2021 Income Guidelines for Emergency Safety Net Assistance (ESNA) and Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EAF)
• 03/31/20 - 20TA/DC024 – Temporary Modification to the Case Supervisory Review Approval Process in Response to COVID-19
  • 20TA/DC024 – Attachment 1 – Temporary Case Supervisory Review Plan Request Form
• 04/01/20 - 20TA/DC023 – COVID-19 Questions and Answers - 2nd Update
• 03/31/20 - 20TA/DC022 – COVID-19 SNAP Interview Requirements
• 03/30/20 - 20TA/DC021 – Temporary Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) Time Limit Suspension due to COVID-19 Pandemic
• 03/27/20 - 20TA/DC020 – Suspension of Treasury Offset Program (TOP) Offsets
• 03/24/20 - 20TA/DC019 – COVID-19 Certification Periods Extension
  • 20TA/DC019 – Attachment 1 – LDSS-5165 (Rev. 3/20): “Notice to All Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and/or Temporary Assistance Cash Benefits (TA w/Medicaid) MA”
  • 20TA/DC019 – Attachment 2 – LDSS-5165-SP (Rev. 3/20): “Notice to All Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and/or Temporary Assistance Cash Benefits (TA w/Medicaid) MA”
• 03/20/20 - 20TA/DC018 – District Office Hours and Availability to Meet Needs During COVID-19
• 03/17/20 - 20TA/DC017 – HEAP Clean and Tune Flyer (Pub-5157)
• 03/16/20 - 20TA/DC016 – COVID-19
• 03/13/20 - 20TA/DC015 – Temporary Suspension of In-Person Interview and Application Requirements for HEAP
• 03/12/20 - 20TA/DC014 – OAH Demonstration Project – Conducting Hearings by Telephone, Video, and Other Means of Communication
• 03/12/20 - 20TA/DC013 – COVID-19
  • 20TA/DC013 – Attachment 1 – USDA 2020 SNAP Pandemic Planning Guidance
• 02/21/20 - 20TA/DC012 – Shelter Supplement Plan Submissions and Revisions
• 02/20/20 - 20TA/DC011 – Update on the “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds” Final Rule
• 02/13/20 - 20TA/DC010 – 200% of Poverty Income Standards Chart – June 1, 2020 through May 31, 2021
• 02/13/20 - 20TA/DC009 – 2019-2020 HEAP Revised Component Closing Dates and Secondary Emergency Benefit
• 02/10/20 - 20TA/DC008 – Release of Revised LDSS-4732B: “District of Fiscal Responsibility (DFR) Determination Worksheet”
• 01/29/20 - 20TA/DC007 – Release of Revised LDSS-5072 “Informational Letter Regarding Able Bodied Adult Without Dependents (ABAWD) Requirements” and LDSS-5127 “ABAWD Work Activity Letter”
• 01/29/20 - 20TA/DC006 – Definition of a Work Program for Purposes of Meeting the Work Requirement for Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD).
• 01/22/20 - 20TA/DC005 – SNAP Claims for Multi-Person Cases with Deceased Individual(s)
• 01/22/20 - 20TA/DC004 – 2020 SSI COLA NYSNIP Standard Benefit Amount Adjustments
• 01/21/20 - 20TA/DC003 – ABAWD Waiver Status
• 01/14/20 - 20TA/DC002 – HEAP HERR Benefits and Heat Pumps
• 01/13/20 - 20TA/DC001 – Finger Imaging requirements for Temporary Assistance