N.Y. Social Services Law § 465-d: Criteria for high risk areas

§ 465-d. Criteria for high risk areas. In selecting those areas which

would be determined to be high risk and therefore eligible for a grant,

the commissioner may consider factors including, but not limited to:

1. fifty percent or more of those potentially eligible are not

participating in the food stamp program or where a significant number of

the population potentially eligible, particularly the working poor and

the elderly, are not participating;

2. twenty-five percent or more of children are eligible for free or

reduced price meals within the school lunch program;

3. infant mortality or morbidity rates;

4. economic indicators including, but not limited to, the unemployment

rate, prevailing wages, and recent loss of job base;

5. high concentration of at risk populations; and

6. unavailability of food assistance programs in the area because of

lack of provider participation or knowledge about the existence of such

programs.