N.Y. Social Services Law § 332-a: Supportive services

§ 332-a. Supportive services. A social services district shall,

subject to the availability of federal and state funds, provide such

supportive services, including but not limited to transportation, work

related expenses, child care for children up to age thirteen, case

management, and medical assistance in accordance with regulations of the

department, to enable an individual to participate pursuant to this

title. Social services districts may continue such services for persons

who lose eligibility for public assistance if funds for the activity are

obligated or expended, or for up to ninety days if necessary or

appropriate to assist individuals to become self-sufficient. In

accordance with paragraph (f) of subdivision five of section one hundred

thirty-one-a of this chapter, each district shall guarantee child care

to each individual participating in work activities who requires child

care to participate in such activities, attending orientation or an

assessment in accordance with the requirements of this title. Case

management shall be provided for pregnant adolescents, adolescent

parents and at-risk youth under eighteen years of age as required by

title four-B of article six of this chapter. To the extent that

resources permit, case management also shall be provided (in order of

priority) to: persons identified in department regulations as at-risk

youth, persons in the target populations defined in section three

hundred thirty of this title, persons whose employability plan indicates

a need for two or more concurrent activities and persons with limited

English proficiency.