NYS Homes and Community Renewal’s Residential Emergency Services to Offer Repairs to the Elderly (RESTORE) program provides financial assistance for senior homeowners to make repairs that allow them to continue living independently in their homes. Governor Hochul signed legislation in August 2022 increasing the July-August 2022 Page 6 Benefits Plus E-Newsletter amount of time to complete [...]

Effective August 1, 2022, the income threshold for child care assistance will be set at 300% FPL. For example, for a household size of three can have income up to $69,090 annually. Families in NYC who are interested in applying can go to https://www1.nyc.gov/site/acs/early-care/acs-child-care-options.page.

CSS’s Financial Coaching Corps is happy to offer financial coaching to interested participants through our helpline. If your clients need help in the areas of budgeting, banking, credit, and debt, they can speak with one of our financial coaches, either in person or virtually. Experienced volunteer coaches, trained and certified by the Community Service Society of [...]

The New York State office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) is issuing a one-time, non-assistance cash payments to help eligible families purchase back-to-school supplies and to help certain households with a child under the age of 3 to purchase formula or food.OTDA will issue these payments directly to the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cash account. [...]