§ 4-02 In General.
RCNY § 4-02
(a)Individuals residing in a DHS shelter for single adults who receive earned income that exceeds the sum of the following amounts shall be required to participate in the ISP Program following the individual's receipt of notice of the terms of the program and of their enrollment in the program, which notice shall be provided in the month prior to the month in which they receive their first monthly savings statement: (i) the statewide standard of monthly need for a one-person household set forth in Section 131-a(2)(a-4) of the New York Social Services Law; (ii) the monthly allowance for rent for a single person household without children in New York City set forth in Part 352.3(a)(1) of Title 18 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations; (iii) the statewide monthly home energy and supplemental home energy payments for a one-person household set forth in Part 352.2(d) of Title 18 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations; and (iv) the amount of the earned income disregard set forth in Part 352.19(a) of Title 18 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations.
(b)Except on a case-by-case basis where a household has been approved by DSS to use their own commercial bank account, savings of program participants pursuant to this chapter will be maintained in client accounts maintained by the New York City Department of Social Services and shall be made available to such individuals before or after their exit from DHS shelter as described in 31 RCNY § 4-05.
(c)Participation in the ISP Program will be a shelter program requirement for such individuals. (Added City Record 11/15/2019, eff. 12/15/2019)
