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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

vices on Programmatic Review 150,000 )1. Family Independence Administration

’ funded The Family Independence Administration (FIA) administers the Department’s Public Assistance and / placed employment services programs. These programs include Family Assistance (FA), Safety Net Assistance (SNA), and Food Stamps. FIA assists individuals with employment, providing access to work experience: job placement and training prograrhs, and ensuring that support services, including childcare and transportation assistance are available.

As the remaining Income Support Centers are converted to Job Centers staff roles will be expanded to more )___ fully incorporate work-first strategies. Job Center case managers will work directly with clients to connect them 51 with skills assessment, employment and job placement services and to place them in work experience programs. linary Job Center case managers provide access to information and make referrals to childcare services, Medicaid, Food Iget ; Stamps and additional employment programs. 0,383 FIA offers a wide array of programs and services to heljp families and individuals achieve independence. In addition to the Employment Slervice and Placement and Skills Assessment programs, the PRIDE prdgram connects 7,724 disabled individuals with vendors who offer specialized work experience and job search activities. FIA also 8,107 coordinates the BEGIN program in partnership with CUNY, the Board of Education and private vehdors to offer literacy and ESL program to those needing educational services. ■ 9,087) Clients in need of substance abuse treatment are also assessed and referred to appropriate case management services. In 2002, the Department will pilot two new programs using contract vendors to provide services to 3,668) sjibstance abuse clients. Two providers, serving a total of 2,000 individuals in Brooklyn and the Bronx, will provide comprehensive services, including assessment, referrals and treatment monitoring. Another contractor vvill provide intensive case management services to 2,000 substance abusing clients with multiple barriers to self- 7,284 sufficiency. ! 3,578 Total expenditures for public PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASELOAD 1995-2002 8,107 assisttuice, including FA and SNA payments 1,200 BsaassssBS as well as employment programs and other lUOO related services, are projected to be SI.8 7 billion in 2002, of which $552 million are g ''OOO (City funds. In 2002, an average of494,520 | 3 900 (persons is 'projected to receive public assistance— a decline of 42,005 persons or, | 7.8% from 2001 projected levels. | J™ 7 S 600 Projection__ Family Assistance, which is partially 500 funded by Federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and State 400 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 ' funds, will assist an average of 408,898 Fiscal Year adults and children in 2002, compared with 447,537 for 2001. Expenditures for this program will be $914 million, of which $189 million are City funds. An additional $258 million, of which $ 129 million are City funds, will be spent in the City/State S afety Net program fdr an average of 85,623 persons, compared to 88,988 in 2001.

Federal law prohibits states from using TANF funds to provide assistance to a household head that has received assistance for 60 cumulative months. On December 2,2001, the first New York City families will begin

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