§ 350-J — Emergency assistance to needy families with children

§ 350-j. Emergency assistance to needy families with children. 1.\nAny inconsistent provisions of this chapter or of any other law\nnotwithstanding, so long as federal aid is available therefor, a social\nservices district shall provide emergency assistance as herein defined\nto persons eligible, including migrant workers with families.\n 2. For purposes of this section, the term "emergency assistance" means\naid, care and services to meet the emergency needs of a child or the\nhousehold in which he or she is living, in the following circumstances:\n (a) where the child is under twenty-one years of age; and\n (b) the child is living with, or within the previous twelve months\nhas lived with, an adult related by blood, marriage or adoption; and\n (c) in cases of applications for grants of cash assistance, such child\nor such household is not categorically eligible for or receiving family\nassistance; and\n (d) such emergency needs resulted from a catastrophic occurrence or\nfrom a situation which threatens family stability and which has caused\nthe destitution of the child and/or household; and\n (e) such occurrence or situation could not have been foreseen by the\napplicant, was not under his or her control and, in the case of a person\nreceiving public assistance, did not result from the loss, theft or\nmismanagement of a regular public assistance grant; and\n (f) the emergency grant being applied for will not replace or\nduplicate a public assistance grant already made under section one\nhundred thirty-one-a of this chapter.\n 3. Emergency assistance to needy families with children shall be\nprovided to the extent of items of need and services set forth in\nsections one hundred thirty-one and one hundred thirty-one-a of this\nchapter, and items of medical services set forth in section three\nhundred sixty-five-a of this chapter, and in amounts set forth in the\nregulations of the department for children who are without available\nresources, and when such assistance is necessary to avoid destitution or\nto provide them with living arrangements in a home, and such destitution\nor such need did not arise because such children or relatives refused\nwithout good cause to accept employment or training for employment;\nprovided, however, that no assistance shall be provided which would\nduplicate assistance under sections one hundred thirty-one and one\nhundred thirty-one-a of this article for which a person is eligible or\nwould be eligible but for a sanction for violation of the requirements\nof title nine-B of article five of this chapter or other requirement of\nstate law and provided further that, notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovision of this section or section one hundred thirty-one-a of this\narticle, persons for whom preventive services are being provided under\ntitle four of article six of this chapter or who are living in foster\ncare or in public, congregate or group facilities, such as residential\nfacilities for victims of domestic violence, may, pursuant to\nregulations of the department within amounts specifically appropriated\ntherefor and subject to the terms and conditions of such appropriation,\nreceive assistance hereunder on their behalf for such services or for\ncare in such facilities in amounts exceeding those set forth in section\none hundred thirty-one-a of this article.\n 5. In scheduling investigations concerning applications for emergency\nassistance pursuant to this section, local social services districts\nshall give priority to such applications.\n