2022 Temporary Assistance General Information System (GIS) Messages

• 12/22/22 — 22TA/DC113 — COVID-19 TA and SNAP Interview Adjustments
• 12/21/22 — 22TA/DC112 — Requirement to Post Notice of Class Action Settlement, Andersen v. Hein
• 12/21/22 — 22TA/DC111 — 2022-2023 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Emergency Benefit Component Opening
• 12/20/22 — 22TA/DC110 — Change to Most Common Non-English Languages Spoken by Limited English Proficient (LEP) Population in New York State and Availability of Translated Vital Documents
• 12/19/22 — 22TA/DC109 — 2022-2023 Holiday Moratorium Schedule for New York State PSC Regulated and Municipal Utility Companies
• 12/13/22 — 22TA/DC108 — 2023 SSI COLA NYSNIP Standard Benefit Amount Adjustments
• 12/13/22 — 22TA/DC107 — COVID-19 December Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 22TA/DC107 — Attachment 1 — Frequently Asked Questions for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 12/12/22 — 22TA/DC106 — Release of PUB-5210: Protect Yourself from Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Skimming Flyer
• 12/08/22 — 22TA/DC105 — 2022-2023 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Regular Heater Benefit Increase and Supplement
• 12/02/22 — 22TA/DC104 — COVID-19 December Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 22TA/DC104 — Attachment 1 — Frequently Asked Questions for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 11/25/22 — 22TA/DC103 — COVID-19 TA and SNAP Telephonic Signature Waiver Extension
• 11/15/22 — 22TA/DC102 — Increase in Allowable Fees for Deliverable Non-Utility Services Vendors
• 11/10/22 — 22TA/DC101 — Processing Temporary Assistance (TA) Requests for Energy Emergencies
• 11/03/22 — 22TA/DC100 — Release of LDSS-5208 What Are My Rights Poster
  • 22TA/DC100 — Attachment 1 — LDSS-5208 What Are My Rights
• 11/01/22 — 22TA/DC099 — COVID-19 November Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 22TA/DC099 — Attachment 1 — Updated FAQs for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 10/28/22 — 22TA/DC098 — Upstate and NYC — Updated Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Standards for October 2022
  • 22TA/DC098 — Attachment 1 — 2022 Thrifty Notice
  • 22TA/DC098 — Attachment 2 — Thrifty Notice-SP
  • 22TA/DC098 — Attachment 3 — LDSS-5006 Notice to All SNAP Recipients
  • 22TA/DC098 — Attachment 4 — LDSS-5006 Notice to All SNAP Recipients-SP
• 10/27/22 — 22TA/DC097 — Skimming & Phishing: EBT Scams Currently Impacting Recipient Households
  • 22TA/DC097 — Attachment 1 — Safeguard Your EBT Card
• 10/21/22 — 22TA/DC096 — Social Security Administration (SSA) Government to Government Services Online (GSO) Registration/Managing User Access
  • 22TA/DC096 — Attachment 1 — GSO Website Registration Form
  • 22TA/DC096 — Attachment 2 — Certificate Interim Assistance Reimbursement
  • 22TA/DC096 — Attachment 3 — GSO Website Account Modification/Deletion Form
• 10/19/22 — 22TA/DC095 — Skimming & Phishing: EBT Scams Currently Impacting Recipient Households
  • 22TA/DC095 — Attachment 1 — Safeguard Your EBT Card
• 10/18/22 — 22TA/DC094 — COVID-19 TA and SNAP Telephonic Signature Waiver Extension
• 10/12/22 — 22TA/DC093 — COVID-19 October Emergency Allotments SNAP Households
  • 22TA/DC093 — Attachment 1 — Frequently Asked Questions for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 10/05/22 — 22TA/DC091 — COVID-19 October Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 22TA/DC091 — Attachment 1 — Frequently Asked Questions for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 09/30/22 — 22TA/DC090 — Low Income household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) FFY 2022-2023
• 09/22/22 — 22TA/DC088 — Upstate and NYC — Updated Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Standards for October 2022
  • 22TA/DC088 — Attachment 1 — 2022 Thrifty Notice
  • 22TA/DC088 — Attachment 2 — LDSS-5006 Notice to All SNAP Recipients
• 09/14/22 — 22TA/DC087 — Stock of 2022-2023 HEAP Application (LDSS-3421) (Rev. 5/22)
• 09/13/22 — 22TA/DC086 — New SAVE System Response "Institute Additional Verification with Document"
  • 22TA/DC086 — Attachment 1 — Institute Additional Verification With Document Response
• 09/12/22 — 22TA/DC085 — Public Assistance Policy Changes Included in the Enacted 2022-23 New York State Budget
• 09/12/22 — 22TA/DC084 — Expiration of Emergency Masking Regulations, 18 NYCRR § 304.3
• 09/07/22 — 22TA/DC083 — COVID-19 September Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 22TA/DC083 — Attachment 1 — Updated FAQs for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 09/07/22 — 22TA/DC082 — Extension of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela
• 09/01/22 — 22TA/DC081 — Release of Revised LDSS-548 Budget Worksheet-Temporary Assistance
  • 22TA/DC081 — Attachment 1 — LDSS-548 — LDSS-548: Budget Worksheet
• 08/16/22 — 22TA/DC080 — Elimination of the 45-Day Waiting Period for Safety Net Assistance Applications
• 08/16/22 — 22TA/DC079 — Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund (PEAF) Exception Report Processing — Back-to-School Payment and Infant Nutritional Payment
  • 22TA/DC079 — Attachment 1 — LDSS-5206 — PEAF Back-to-School Payment Notice
  • 22TA/DC079 — Attachment 2 — LDSS-5206SP — PEAF Back-to-School Payment Notice
  • 22TA/DC079 — Attachment 3 — LDSS-5207 — PEAF Infant Nutritional Assistance Payment Notice
  • 22TA/DC079 — Attachment 4 — LDSS-5207SP — PEAF Infant Nutritional Assistance Payment Notice
• 08/08/22 — 22TA/DC078 — 2022-2023 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Pre-Autopay Vendor Information — Second Set of Reports
  • 22TA/DC078 — Attachment 1 — 2022-2023 Home Energy Assistance Program Pre-autopay Request for Vendor Information
• 08/05/22 — 22TA/DC077 — Designation of Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status
• 08/05/22 — 22TA/DC076 — COVID-19 August Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 22TA/DC076 — Attachment 1 — Updated FAQs for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 08/03/22 — 22TA/DC075 — Change in the Time Limit for Expungement of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits from 365 Days to 274 Days
  • 22TA/DC075 — Attachment 1 — SNAP Expungement Notice
• 08/01/22 — 22TA/DC074 — Statewide Waiver of the Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) Time Limit for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2023
• 07/27/22 — 22TA/DC073 — Reminder: Treatment of Meal Plans at Institutions of Higher Education
• 07/18/22 — 22TA/DC072 — COVID-19 TA and SNAP Telephonic Signature Waiver Extension
• 07/18/22 — 22TA/DC071 — 2021-2022 HEAP Emergency Benefit Closing Date
• 07/18/22 — 22TA/DC070 — Use of Temporary Assistance, Emergency Assistance to Needy Families (EAF), Emergency Safety Net Assistance (ESNA) and Emergency Assistance for Adults (EAA) to Assist with Rental Arrears
• 07/13/22 — 22TA/DC069 — Mass Processing of SDX Daily File Backlog
• 07/07/22 — 22TA/DC068 — COVID-19 July Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 22TA/DC068 — Attachment 1 — Updated FAQs for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 07/06/22 — 22TA/DC067 — 2021-2022 HEAP Cooling Assistance Component Revised Closing Date
• 07/01/22 — 22TA/DC066 — COVID-19 TA and SNAP Telephonic Signature Waiver Extension
• 07/01/22 — 22TA/DC065 — Updates to the Earned Income Disregard for Summer Youth Employment Program Participants
• 07/01/22 — 22TA/DC064 — Release of Revised LDSS-3677 Report of Support Collected and LDSS-3677 NYC Report of Support Collected
  • 22TA/DC064 — Attachment 1 — LDSS — 3677 Report of Support Collected
  • 22TA/DC064 — Attachment 2 — LDSS — NYC Report of Support Collected
• 06/30/27 — 22TA/DC063 — SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery (SOAR)
• 06/30/27 — 22TA/DC062 — NYS Public Service Commission Utility Bill Credit
• 06/27/27 — 22TA/DC061 — RESOLVED: SOLQ Inquiry & Exception Report Now Available
• 06/23/22 — 22TA/DC060 — Treatment of Health Care Worker Bonus Payments for Temporary Assistance (TA), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
• 06/21/22 — 22TA/DC059 — Guidance on Providing Assistance to Ukrainians
• 06/14/22 — 22TA/DC058 — SOLQ Inquiry & Exception Report Temporarily Unavailable
• 06/10/22 — 22TA/DC057 — 2022-2023 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Pre-Autopay Vendor Information Report
  • 22TA/DC057 — Attachment 1 — 2022-2023 HEAP Pre-Autopay Request for Vendor Information Outreach Tool
• 06/08/22 — 22TA/DC056 — Treatment of the Federal Fiscal Year 2020 - 2021 Child Care Stabilization Grant program Grants
• 06/06/22 — 22TA/DC055 — COVID-19 June Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 22TA/DC055 — Attachment 1 — Updated FAQs for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 06/02/22 — 22TA/DC054 — DSOC — 22.1 — Security Measures — Incident Reporting in Shelters
• 05/31/22 — 22TA/DC053 — HEAP Processing Timeframes
• 05/31/22 — 22TA/DC052 — Temporary Assistance Budgeting: 2022 Poverty Level Income Test and Changes to the Earned Income Disregard
• 05/31/22 — 22TA/DC051 — Transmitting HEAP Forms to Vendors
• 05/25/22 — 22TA/DC050 — SNAP 2022-2023 Disaster Plan Local Emergency Contacts
• 05/24/22 — 22TA/DC046 — REISSUED — Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund (PEAF) Exception Report Processing — Family Pandemic Payment
  • 22TA/DC046 — Attachment 1 — LDSS-5204 — PEAF Family Pandemic Payment Notice
  • 22TA/DC046 — Attachment 2 — LDSS-5204SP — PEAF Family Pandemic Payment Notice
• 05/23/22 — 22TA/DC049 — Designation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status
• 05/18/22 — 22TA/DC048 — Designation of Sudan for Temporary Protected Status
• 05/17/22 — 22TA/DC047 — Social Services District Responsibility for Timely Submission of Voter Registration Forms
• 05/16/22 — 22TA/DC046 — Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund (PEAF) Exception Report Processing — Family Pandemic Payment
  • 22TA/DC046 — Attachment A — LDSS-5204 — PEAF Family Pandemic Payment Notice
• 05/12/22 — 22TA/DC045 — NYDocSubmit Mobile Application Deployment of Release 1.6.1
  • 22TA/DC045 — Attachment 1 — NYDocSubmit Quick Reference Card (Rev.5/22)
• 05/11/22 — 22TA/DC044 — FFY2022 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Process and Technology Improvement Grants
• 05/04/22 — 22TA/DC043 — May Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 22TA/DC043 — Attachment 1 — Updated FAQs for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 05/03/22 — 22TA/DC042 — Reissued 2022–2023 HEAP Advanced Nominal Benefit
• 05/02/22 — 22TA/DC041 — Loss of Food — April 2022 Severe Storm
• 04/29/22 — 22TA/DC040 — Expansion of Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance Programs (RCA and RMA)
• 04/29/22 — 22TA/DC039 — 2021–2022 HEAP Benefit Component Dates and Third Emergency Benefit.
• 04/26/22 — 22TA/DC038 — COVID-19 TA and SNAP Interview Adjustment and Telephonic Signature Waiver Extensions
• 04/21/22 — 22TA/DC037 — Change to Real Property Lien Policy due to Repeal of Social Services Law § 106: Powers of Social Services Officials to Receive and Dispose of a Deed, Mortgage or Lien
• 04/18/22 — 22TA/DC036 — Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund (PEAF) Exception Report Processing —Multi-Generational Food Payment
  • 22TA/DC036 — Attachment A — PEAF Recipient Multi-Generational Food Benefit Notice
• 04/18/22 — 22TA/DC035 — Availability of new LIHWAP Outreach Materials
• 04/08/22 — 22TA/DC034 — Mass Processing of SDX Daily File Backlog
• 04/07/22 — 22TA/DC033 — Front End Detection System and Eligibility Verification Review Programs
• 04/06/22 — 22TA/DC032 — Guidance on taking negative action for non-compliance with TA eligibility requirements involving in-person contact
• 04/06/22 — 22TA/DC031 — COVID-19 April Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 22TA/DC031 — Attachment 1 — FAQs for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 04/06/22 — 22TA/DC030 — Colaj v. Roberts: Informing Social Services Districts of the Issuance of a One-Time Restored Temporary Assistance Benefit Payment to a Second Group of Identified Class Members
  • 22TA/DC030 — Attachment 1 — LDSS-5200 (Rev. 2.22) Colaj Payment Notice B and OTDA-5137 (Rev. 10-21)
• 03/30/22 — 22TA/DC029 — 2021–2022 Cooling Opening and Policy Changes
  • 22TA/DC029 — Attachment 1 — Revised NYS Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Cooling Assistance Component Reference Tool
• 03/25/22 — 22TA/DC027 — Information on Gender Identity and Pronoun Fields in the Welfare Management System (WMS)
• 03/16/22 — 22TA/DC026 — COVID-19 SNAP Interview Adjustment and Telephonic Signature Waiver Extensions
• 03/14/22 — 22TA/DC025 — Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Regular Arrears Supplement (RAS) Closing Questions and Answers
  • 22TA/DC025 — Attachment 1 — HEAP RAS Closing Questions and Answers
• 03/11/22 — 22TA/DC024 — Demonstration Project — Conducting Hearings by Telephone, Video, and Other Means of Communication
• 03/07/22 — 22TA/DC023 — Domestic Violence Data Entry and Reporting
• 03/04/22 — 22TA/DC022 — 2020–2021/2021–2022 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Regular Arrears Supplement (RAS) Revised Closing Date
• 03/04/22 — 22TA/DC021 — COVID-19 March Emergency Allotments to SNAP households
  • 22TA/DC021 — Attachment 1 — Updated FAQs for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 03/04/22 — 22TA/DC020 — 2022–2023 Income Guidelines for Emergency Safety Net Assistance (ESNA) and Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EAF)
• 03/03/22 — 22TA/DC019 — Laser Letters for HEAP Regulars Arrears Supplement (RAS) Recipients
  • Attachment 1 — Regular Arrears Supplement—;RAS Laser Letter
• 03/02/22 — 22TA/DC018 — Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund (PEAF) Exception Report Processing
  • Attachment-A PEAF Recipient Diaper Notice

• 02/24/22 — 22TA/DC017 — Redesign of the Welfare to Work Caseload Management System (WTWCMS)
• 02/18/22 — 22TA/DC016 — 2021–2022 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Revised Component Closing Dates and Second Emergency Benefit
• 02/17/22 — 22TA/DC015 — 200% of Poverty Income Standards Chart — June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023
• 02/08/22 — 22TA/DC014 — COVID-19 February Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • Frequently Asked Questions for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits
• 02/03/22 — 22TA/DC013 — Reminder: Retention of Temporary Assistance Records
• 01/31/22 — 22TA/DC012 — 2022 SSI COLA NYSNIP Standard Benefit Amount Adjustments
• 01/28/22 — 22TA/DC011 — New York State Rental Supplement Program Questions and Answers
• 01/28/22 — 22TA/DC010 — 2021–2022 Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Desk Guide (LDSS-5005) (Rev. 12/21)
  • 22TA/DC010 — Attachment 1 — LDSS-5005 — 2021–2022 Home Energy Assistance Program Desk Guide (Rev 12/21)
• 01/25/22 — 22TA/DC009 — Guidance on Voluntary Quit and Good Cause Determinations as it relates to COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Mandates for Temporary Assistance (TA) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) employment and work activities
• 01/21/22 — 22TA/DC008 — Information Regarding System Alignment for Young Families Learning Academy
• 01/21/22 — 22TA/DC007 — Temporary Waiver of Periodic Reporting Requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Households
• 01/19/22 — 22TA/DC006 — HEAP Transactions Not Supported by CNS
• 01/13/22 — 22TA/DC005 — Colaj v. Roberts: Informing Social Services Districts of the Issuance of a One-Time Restored Temporary Assistance Benefit Payment to Eligible Class Members
  • 22TA/DC005 — Attachment 1 — XL0355 (11/21): "Colaj Payment Notice A" and XL0206 (Rev.10/21)
• 01/11/22 — 22TA/DC004 — Updates to the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
• 01/07/22 — 22TA/DC003 — Reminder of Temporary Assistance (TA) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Regarding Haitian Entrants and Haitians Granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
• 01/04/22 — 22TA/DC002 — Menstrual Products
• 01/04/22 — 22TA/DC001 — COVID-19 January Emergency Allotments to SNAP Households
  • 22TA/DC001 — Attachment 1 — Frequently Asked Questions for the Emergency Allotment of SNAP Benefits