TA is temporary help for needy men, women and children. If you are unable to work, can’t find a job, or your job does not pay enough, TA may be able to help you pay for your expenses.

One must apply for the benefit in person.

Chautauqua County provides once-only or alternative assistance to applicants, who are low-income and without sufficient resources, in the form of diversion services. This diversion assistance is available to persons who are at risk of needing ongoing Temporary Assistance. The purpose is to improve the applicant's opportunities for employment or to maintain their current employment so that the need for ongoing assistance wouldn't be necessary.

Services Provided Diversion services include, but are not limited to:

**Transportation Needs - For eligible applicants some of the needs might include help with motor vehicle insurance, vehicle registration and/or necessary vehicle repairs to ensure transportation to and from employment

**Work-Related Expenses - For eligible applicants some of the expenses might include purchase of work clothes, work boots and/or tools necessary for employment

Temporary Assistance (TA) is the term now used in NYS for Public Assistance (welfare) programs. The term conveys the message that assistance is short-term help for families and individuals while they work their way toward self-sufficiency. Program has an employment focus. TA clients receive money for basic living expenses, food stamps and medical coverage. Eligibility is based on the income and resources of the family. Family Assistance provides money to families with children and Safety Net Assistance provides money for basic living expenses for single adults and childless couples.

Emergency Assistance for Adults (EAA) is a short-term program to meet the emergency needs of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients.

Emergency Assistance for Families (EAF) is a short-term program to meet the emergency needs of families.

Temporary Assistance

The Temporary Assistance Unit works to provide benefits and services to eligible individuals and families according to federal and state laws and regulations while striving to assist each recipient to become self-sufficient.

Temporary Assistance Services

The Temporary Assistance Unit provides the following areas of services:

•Child Care Subsidy

•Employment

•Electronic Benefits Transfer

•Family Assistance

•Food Stamps

•HEAP

•Safety Net Assistance

Temporary Assistance provides short-term help to families and individuals as they work toward self-sufficiency. If you are unable to work, can’t find a job, or your job does not pay enough to meet your basic needs, Temporary Assistance may be able to help you pay expenses. Eligibility for Family Assistance and Safety Net Assistance is determined based on income, resources, and cooperation with all required actions.

Family Assistance

Family Assistance is a cash benefit program providing payments to eligible households with children. Benefits are based on the household size, income, resources available, and the needs and expenses of the household as defined by state and federal regulations. Under welfare reform, an adult is eligible for a lifetime limit of 60 total months.

Safety Net Assistance

Safety Net Assistance is a program of financial assistance to needy individuals and childless couples that do not meet the requirements for Family Assistance or SSI. Generally, cash Safety Net Assistance is received for a 24-month lifetime total. After reaching the lifetime limit, benefits are received as non-cash vouchers or direct payments to vendors like landlords or utilities.

Description

The EAA Unit evaluates the need for emergency financial assistance for SSI recipients. EAA authorizes benefits when necessary for true emergencies beyond the individual’s control. Examples of emergencies are:

• replacement of SSI checks (usually due to burglary or theft and verified with a police report)

• provision of emergency housing and emergency moving expenses

• damages due to catastrophes such as fires or floods.

• An EAA funded emergency shelter allowance is also available to persons who have AIDS or

persons who have tested positive for HIV and have an HIV-related illness provided that certain eligibility criteria are met.

Who Is Eligible?

Over 18, on SSI and with a financial emergency that was beyond the individual’s control.

Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Referral process

Apply in person at Dept. of Social Services - Economic Security

421 Montgomery St., 2nd Floor, Syracuse, NY 13202.

Temporary assistance provides financial support and emergency assistance to individuals and families who meet income and resource eligibility criteria.

Provides undesignated temporary financial aid to low income people and families for daily necessities.

Service: Marriage licenses, dog licenses, handicap permits, town building, zoning and sign permits.

Temporary Assistance is Chautauqua County's term for federal and state temporary assistance programs. These programs give short-term help to families and individuals as they work toward self-sufficiency; Family Assistance provides cash assistance to needy families that include a minor child living with a parent (including families where both parents are in the household) or a caretaker relative; Safety Net assistance; Services and Assistance Programs for Non-Parent Caregivers; indigent burials (Indigent Burials The local district provides for burial when a Temporary Assistance recipient or other indigent person dies leaving no funds or insurance sufficient to pay the cost and there are no relatives, friends or other persons liable or willing to take responsibility for the burial expense.) **Temporary assistance for clients who actively receive cash assistance have the water bill vouchered in their name and have to be a home owner. Anyone is able to submit an emergency application for termination notices for water, but they need to go through the eligibility process.

Temporary Assistance is Chautauqua County's term for federal and state temporary assistance programs. These programs give short-term help to families and individuals as they work toward self-sufficiency; Temporary Assistance for Needy families (TANF) Program provides cash assistance to needy families that include a minor child living with a parent (including families where both parents are in the household) or a caretaker relative; Safety Net assistance; Services and Assistance Programs for Non-Parent Caregivers; indigent burials (Indigent Burials The local district provides for burial when a Temporary Assistance recipient or other indigent person dies leaving no funds or insurance sufficient to pay the cost and there are no relatives, friends or other persons liable or willing to take responsibility for the burial expense.) **Temporary assistance for clients who actively receive cash assistance have the water bill vouchered in their name and have to be a home owner. Anyone is able to submit an emergency application for termination notices for water, but they need to go through the eligibility process. The Department of health and Human Services Temporary Assistance Division can provide assistance with short term emergency situations such as homelessness, shelter, evictions foreclosures, utility shut offs. Services assist with benefits Application assistance, housing and counseling and search, financial planning, education/employment guidance, transportation arrangements, legal referral, daily living services, health care and rep payee/fiduciary