{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-465-d","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Social Services Law § 465-d","heading":"Criteria for high risk areas","body":"§ 465-d. Criteria for high risk areas. In selecting those areas which\nwould be determined to be high risk and therefore eligible for a grant,\nthe commissioner may consider factors including, but not limited to:\n  1. fifty percent or more of those potentially eligible are not\nparticipating in the food stamp program or where a significant number of\nthe population potentially eligible, particularly the working poor and\nthe elderly, are not participating;\n  2. twenty-five percent or more of children are eligible for free or\nreduced price meals within the school lunch program;\n  3. infant mortality or morbidity rates;\n  4. economic indicators including, but not limited to, the unemployment\nrate, prevailing wages, and recent loss of job base;\n  5. high concentration of at risk populations; and\n  6. unavailability of food assistance programs in the area because of\nlack of provider participation or knowledge about the existence of such\nprograms.","path":["Social Services Law","Article 8-A. Nutrition Outreach and Public Education Program"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/SOS/465-D","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"5e044a64c5389fea16a4fe5586802ec602d4d8572d593207c1d420009837772f","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-465-c","next":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-466-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}