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:
Terms Used In N.Y. Social Services Law 465-D
- At risk populations: means populations including but not limited to families with children receiving family assistance, households receiving federal supplemental security income payments, households with incomes at or below one hundred eighty-five percent of the poverty level, recipients of emergency food, elderly or disabled persons, homeless persons, unemployed persons, and families and persons residing in rural households who are at risk of nutritional deficiencies. See N.Y. Social Services Law 465-A
- Food assistance programs: means programs including but not limited to food stamp programs, school breakfast and lunch programs, child care food programs, summer food service programs, special supplemental programs for women, infants and children, congregate meal programs and home delivered meal programs. See N.Y. Social Services Law 465-A
- High risk areas: means any county or urban area where a significant percentage or number of those potentially eligible for food assistance programs are not participating in such programs. See N.Y. Social Services Law 465-A
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.