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Department of Social Services

NYC Admin. Code tit. 21, ch. 1
in effect

Contents

section21-101. Definitions.section21-102. Powers of commissioner as to destitute children.section21-103. Limitations on powers of commissioner as to destitute children.section21-104. Term of commitment of children; discharge.section21-105. Reports and records of institutions.section21-106. Payments to private institutions.section21-107. Power of commissioner as to removal of destitute persons.section21-108. Support of poor persons by relatives.section21-109. Recovery from recipient who has property or other means.section21-110. Potter's field.section21-110.2. Office of burial services.section21-111. Soliciting of contributions in public.section21-112. Records to be kept by commissioner.section21-113. Information to be furnished to commissioner and other agencies.section21-113.5. Interpretation services.section21-114. Municipal lodging houses.section21-115. Establishment of day nurseries.section21-116. Commissaries.section21-117. Contracts to make rental payments.section21-118. New York city commission for the foster care of children. [Repealed] (Repealed L.L. 2023/068, 5/29/2023, eff. 6/28/2023)section21-119. Screening of child care services personnel by persons, corporations or other entities under contract with the city.section21-120. Training in detection and the dissemination of information about child abuse.section21-120.1. Family child care and group family child care.section21-120.2. Home care services.section21-120.3. Temporary task force on child care funding. [Repealed] (Repealed L.L. 2023/068, 5/29/2023, eff. 6/28/2023)section21-123. Temporary commission on childhood and child caring programs. [Repealed] (Repealed L.L. 2023/068, 5/29/2023, eff. 6/28/2023) Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1990/016.section21-124. Prohibiting the use of Tier I shelters.section21-124.1. Homeless diversion teams.section21-125. Computer linkages to any emergency assistance unit and assessment center. [Expired] Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1995/075.section21-126. Provision of services to people living with HIV.section21-127. Case management and allowances.section21-128. Benefits and services to be provided to persons with HIV.section21-129. Opioid antagonist administration training.section21-129.1. Referral of additional services.section21-130. Shelter and related services for victims of domestic violence.section21-131.1. Supplemental nutrition assistance program enrollment and recertification for seniors.section21-131.2. Information regarding health bucks and farmers' markets.section21-131.3. Information on emergency feeding programs, food benefits programs, and senior centers.section21-131. Food stamp applications at emergency feeding programs.section21-131. [Child welfare parent advocate advisory committee.]section21-132. Internet submission of applications for the food stamp program.section21-132.1. Handling of applications for the food stamp program.section21-133. Web-based information for youth and young adults aged sixteen through twenty applying for or receiving public assistance.section21-134. Cash assistance application and caseload engagement status reports for individuals aged sixteen through twenty-four.section21-135. Process for youth and young adults aged 16 through 24 receiving public assistance as head of household.section21-136. Semiannual reports regarding referrals to adult protective services.section21-137. Adult protective services training.section21-138. Information regarding unlawful evictions.section21-139. Requirements for job centers.section21-140. Client service trainings.section21-141. Exits from domestic violence shelters.section21-141.1. Information regarding lawful source of income discrimination.section21-142. Reporting on the termination and denial of public assistance.section21-142.1. Arrests, summonses, removals, escorts and use of force incidents in a job center or SNAP center.section21-142.2. Office of constituent services.section21-142.3. Social work services in job centers.section21-142.4. Space for children in job centers and SNAP centers.section21-142.5. Job center and SNAP center appointments.section21-143. Information on local emergency feeding programs.section21-144. Online access to rental assistance application status.section21-145. Use of rental assistance vouchers.section21-145.1. Rental assistance for youth in foster care. [Repealed] (L.L. 2021/157, 12/24/2021, eff. 4/23/2022; Repealed L.L. 2023/100, 7/13/2023, eff. 1/9/2024)section21-145.2. Rental assistance for runaway and homeless youth. [Repealed] (L.L. 2021/170, 12/24/2021, eff. 4/23/2022; Repealed L.L. 2023/100, 7/13/2023, eff. 1/9/2024)section21-145.3. Rental assistance payments.section21-145.4. Reporting on CityFHEPS rental assistance payments.section21-146. Resources for client service providers and responses to complaints of gender-based harassment and sexual assault.section21-147. Domestic violence emergency shelter services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, gender non-conforming and non-binary residents.section21-148. Annual reporting on supportive housing.section21-148.1. Supportive housing occupancy reporting.section21-149. Supportive housing bill of rights.section21-150. Emergency assistance grants program.section21-151. Training and supervision of housing specialists.section21-152. Reports on removals involving individuals experiencing homelessness.section21-153. Benefits application notice and document receipts.section21-154. Supportive housing eligibility for involuntarily confined persons.section21-155. Biannual reporting on air conditioning in shelters.section21-156. Benefits and services applications web forms.section21-157. Reporting on warming centers.subchapter1. Equal Access to Human Services
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