On December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (the Omnibus) was signed into law. The Omnibus includes provisions for the replacement of stolen EBT benefits using federal funds.  The law allows states to replace certain benefits stolen October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2024. The benefit theft that qualifies includes card skimming, card cloning, and [...]

As we mentioned in a previous blog post (see blog details here), the non-MAGI Medicaid income/resource limits, as well as the income limits for Medicare Savings Program (MSP), increased, effective January 1, 2023. On January 19th, the Health and Human Services released the official poverty levels for 2023, however, NYS has not yet adopted them. What [...]

Since April 2020, the Benefits Plus Learning Center has been current on the changes to policy and procedures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the height of the pandemic there were many federal and state waivers to provide greater flexibility in the application process for cash benefit programs. However, many of these waivers have [...]

New York State’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) closed its application portal on January 20, 2023 at 9:00pm (EST). This means that the State is no longer accepting ERAP applications. Applications that were submitted before the closing of the portal will be processed in the order received in accordance to program rules. Applications of households with [...]