New York State Department of Family Assistance
The New York State Department of Family Assistance (DFA), also known as the Department of Family Services, is a department of the New York state government.[1] Its regulations are compiled in title 18 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations.
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It is composed of two autonomous offices:[2][3]
- the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA)
- the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
Welfare Management System edit
The New York (state) Welfare Management System receives, maintains and processes information relating to persons who apply for benefits, or who are determined to be eligible for benefits under any program administered by the department.
Fair hearings edit
Administrative reviews ("Fair Hearings") of decisions by a local social services agency are handled by the OTDA Office of Administrative Hearings.[4]
A Rivera request, also known as an evidence packet request, is the document (labeled W-186A) used for requesting evidence relating to a NYC Human Resources Administration fair hearing pursuant to the stipulation and settlement in Rivera v. Bane.
History edit
On August 20, 1997, Governor Pataki signed the Welfare Reform Act of 1997 that, in relevant part, renamed the Department of Social Services (DSS) as the Department of Family Assistance, and also divided the department into Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) and the State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS).[3][5][6][7][8][9] These two offices assumed many of DSS' functions. Other functions of the former DSS were transferred to the Department of Labor and the Department of Health. In addition, as part of the reorganization of State government, OCFS assumed all of the functions of the Division for Youth (DFY).[10] It was also formerly the Department of Social Welfare.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Social Services Law § 5; "The state department of social welfare, provided for in the constitution, is hereby continued." Social Services Law § 2(1); "Department means the state department of social services[...]" Chap. 436 of the Laws of 1997, § 122; "[...] the department of social services [...] is hereby renamed the department of family assistance. [...]"
- ^ Executive Law § 500. "There is hereby continued in the department of family assistance an autonomous office of children and family services. [...]"
- ^ a b "The Welfare Reform Act of 1997". Laws of the State of New York Passed at the Sessions of the Legislature. 220th sess.: III: 2806–2961. 1997. hdl:2027/nyp.33433017532999. ISSN 0892-287X. Chapter 436, enacted 20 August 1997, effective immediately with provisos. § 122(a) at p. 2922: "Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, effective April 1, 1997, the department of social services, as established by chapter 55 of the consolidated laws of the state of New York, is hereby renamed the department of family assistance. Within the department there shall be the following autonomous offices: (1) the office of children and family services; and (2) the office of temporary and disability assistance. (b) The head of the office of children and family services shall be the commissioner of children and family services and the head of the office of temporary and disability assistance shall be the commissioner of temporary and disability assistance."
- ^ "Fair Hearings". New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ Counsel to the Governor (20 August 1997), NYS Bill and Veto Jackets: 1997, Chapter 436, New York State Archives
- ^ "Analysis Of The NYS Welfare Reform Act Of 1997". Western New York Law Center. § 122.
- ^ Pecorella, Robert F.; Stonecash, Jeffrey M. (2006). Governing New York State (5th ed.). SUNY Press. p. 358. ISBN 0-7914-6692-2.
- ^ Eisenstadt, Peter (2005). The Encyclopedia of New York State. p. 544. ISBN 9780815608080.
- ^ Benjamin, Gerald (2012). Benjamin, Gerald (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of New York State Government and Politics. p. 396. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195387230.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-538723-0.
- ^ . New York State Ethics Commission. Archived from the original on 2010-04-27.
- Infausto, Felix; Hipple Jr., Byron T. (Autumn 1946). "Reorganization of Public Welfare Services in New York State". Public Administration Review. 6 (4): 315–324. doi:10.2307/972725. JSTOR 972725.
External links edit
- New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
- New York State Office of Children and Family Services
- Department of Social Services in the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
- New York Office of Children and Family Services recipient profile on USAspending.gov