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Attached Document:
kennedy-ragule__maureen_12-20-04_letter.pdf
Documents : Pre-Hearing Disclosure of Requested Policy Materials
December 20, 2004 Letter to P.O.O.R from Maureen Kennedy-Ragule (Agency Duty to Provide Free Copies of Specific Policy Materials Upon Request to Prepare for or Determine Whether to Request a Fair Hearing)
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In this letter, Maureen Kennedy-Ragule, Chief of the Bureau of Cash Assistance of the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) acknowledges "that local social services districts have an obligation under 18 NYCRR 300.5(b), that upon request, specific policy material must be made available for an applicant, recipient or his representative to determine whether a fair hearing should be requested or to prepare for a fair hearing."
Ms. Kennedy-Ragule explains that
"OTDA supports the districts in this respect by posting the Administrative Directives, Informational Letters, the program manuals such as the Temporary Assistance Source Book (TASB) and the Food Stamps Source Book (FSSB), etc. on the OTDA web site. We recognize that not everyone has the ability to access materials via the internet and that some older specific policy materials are not available on the internet and the only way that the material can be gotten is from the local district."
Ms. Kennedy-Ragule concludes
"Your complaint is the first that we have had regarding this issue and we will gladly notify the district or districts in question to remind them of their obligation that when an applicant, recipient or that person's representative requests specific policy material issued by the State agency . . . that specific policy material must be provided free of charge when the request is being made to determine whether or not a fair hearing should be requested or to prepare for a fair hearing."
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Created: 6/1/2008
Updated: 6/1/2008
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